Development Officer (Children & Young People)

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Please apply online via the link provided.

Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).

Please fully complete the online application form.

Hours: 21.6 hours per week over 3 days - Monday, Tuesday and Friday with some flexibility.

Duration: Fixed term to 31/03/2028

Location: Office Base – Litherland Sports Park, delivery across the borough of Sefton.

Introducing ourselves:

The Active Sports Team are responsible for delivering a portfolio of numerous Health, Sport and Physical activity programmes working with a wide range of partners and contributing to key council priorities including Health & Wellbeing, Most Vulnerable and Community Resilience.

Job requirements:

Active Sefton are looking to recruit a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our high performing services on a part time job share basis.

The Development Officer (Children and Young People) will be responsible for the development and delivery of existing and new services as part of the Active Sefton Team, the Children and Young People’s 0-19 Pathway and the Living Well Sefton Services within Community settings.

A large part of the role will be to co-ordinate and organise our holiday programme Be Active so working during school holidays will be expected and there will be occasional weekend and evening work. The role involves contact with a wide range of individuals and organisations from health professionals, service providers, schools, to children, young people, and their families. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills are essential elements for the post.

The role will involve supporting colleagues within the team deliver our commissioned services around reducing anti-social behaviour, health interventions, and Active Schools delivery (after school clubs and healthy habits workshops in schools), using sport and physical activity as a tool to engage people and deliver relevant projects.

NB: These posts are registered as exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and in accordance with the police act; any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced criminal record disclosure. Any disclosure of a criminal record will not automatically prevent an offer of employment.

Closing date: Wednesday 8th April 2026

Interview dates: Thursday 16th April and Friday 17th April 2026

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we recieve a large amounts of applicants

To apply quickly and securely online, and for application form and further details, click on the links below. If you experience difficulty submitting your form online, completed forms may alternatively be emailed to recruitment@sefton.gov.uk.

Note that we cannot accept applications via links to cloud storage sites, and do not accept CVs in place of an application form.