Job Vacancy
GOGA Officer : Elective Home Education
Disability Sport Wales, in partnership with Pembrokeshire County Council, the Spirit of 2012 Trust & London Marathon Charitable Trust, is seeking a dynamic individual to help extend the community engagement of families with Home Educated Families across Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and West Powys.
Location:
The post will be located at Pembrokeshire County Council with agile home working.
Salary:
£4,970pa
Hours:
7 hrs/week (1 day)
Contract:
Till October 2023
Travel:
Some travel within Wales (especially within Mid & West Wales) is essential to this role (where required).
Closing Date:
Wednesday 19th October 2022, 12.00 midday
Interview Details:
Interviews will be held on the week commencing 31st October 2022, time will be confirmed with each short-listed candidate. The interview will be virtual (held via Zoom)
Application Pack
Please read:
- Job Description
Please complete and return:
- Application Form
- Equality Monitoring Form
- Offer an Interview Scheme (if applicable)
Applications should be submitted to office@disabilitysportwales.com
Background:
The Federation of Disability Sport Wales (or Disability Sport Wales (DSW)) are the lead organisation in Wales for disability sport and sport for disabled people. We are a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. We share the vision for sport in Wales (an active nation where everyone can have lifelong enjoyment of sport) and our mission is to:
influence, include, inspire, insport
We do this through the provision of specific programmes (DSWDO Community programme, insport, Performance Pathway Hubs) and services (Education and Training for those involved with physical activity (including sport)) which is intended to support a pathway of choice from initial engagement to performance sport at the highest level. We are a small team of incredibly committed, passionate individuals whose shared purpose is to advocate for an inclusive approach within the sector.
DSW Value Statements
You will always be able to expect DSW (as an organisation and individuals within the team) to:
- Champion Everyone - We believe in meaningful opportunity, broad diversity and great achievement. People drive all that we do.
- Proudly Welsh - Together we are dedicated, passionate and welcoming
- Value Growth - We listen and learn, we nurture, share and support
- Highlight Possibility - We are ambitious, creative and resourceful
The Opportunity:
The postholder will work alongside the current GOGA officer Elective Home Education to co-ordinate the Get Out Get Active programme (GOGA) (funded by Spirit of 2012 and The London Marathon Charitable Trust) within West Wales (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and West Powys). They will develop a community based 'physical activity' programme which will extend the community engagement of families with Elective Home Educated, with the focus being that disabled and non-disabled young people and their families with low activity levels, are provided with opportunities to be active together, in opportunities which are sustainable and create long term change. The project will focus on encouraging more (disabled) young people (YP) to take part in activities which will lead to improved health and well-being and increased physical literacy.
The GOGA programme sees an investment across the UK to develop, deliver and learn from innovative ways to support inactive people into active recreation. Disability Sport Wales is the partner organisation for facilitating delivery in Wales a uniquely inclusive and dynamic partnership which will see real change in a rural Welsh Locality area alongside 2 other localities in Wales.
Benefits
- Great annual leave allocation (25 days (pro rata) (increasing by 1 day annually up to a maximum of 30 days), plus statutory holidays in Wales)
- Branded team kit
How to apply?
You are asked to complete an Application for Employment Form outlining information relevant to your experience and the details of the post outlined in the Role Description.
If you would like to submit the Application for Employment Form via a BSL video, please do so, including all the information required. If you would like to receive the Application for Employment Form in an alternative accessible format please let us know via the contact below.
You will also need to return the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. This information will be anonymous and confidential and will need to be sent as a separate file attached to your email, entitled CONFIDENTIAL. This information will then be separated from your application form and considered ONLY for equality monitoring of the DSW processes and to make diversity improvements where required.
We will work with all candidates and employees to ensure that they are supported to perform to their full potential.
Applications should be submitted to office@disabilitysportwales.com
For further information or an informal discussion please either:
Email: nia.jones@disabilitysportwales.com
Call, text, WhatsApp or send video to: Nia Jones , 07716 110403
