Place Universal Offer Programme Manager

What will you be doing?

Are you passionate about creating real, lasting change for families and communities? Do you believe in the power of movement to improve lives? This is your opportunity to play a leading role in shaping how Kent supports families to be more active every day.

Active Kent & Medway is seeking an inspiring Place Universal Offer Programme Manager to drive forward our ambitious, community led approach across Ashford, Dartford, Maidstone and Folkestone & Hythe. In this exciting role, you will lead day to day programme delivery, shaping a place based, insight driven approach to tackling inactivity.

Sport England’s Place Universal Offer is a nationwide investment designed to help communities tackle inactivity and inequality. You will work at the heart of system change, strengthening local partnerships, empowering organisations, and helping to create the conditions that make active living possible for everyone.

We’re looking for a confident collaborator with experience in partnership working, system change, and project management, someone who is motivated, curious, compassionate, and ready to make a meaningful difference.

If you’re excited by the idea of shaping healthier, more active futures for families across Kent, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits include a Local Government pension scheme with 20.5% contribution for members, 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and a wide range of discounts plus a cycle to work scheme through the Kent Rewards scheme.

Location(s): Active Kent & Medway, Worrall House, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, (travel required throughout Kent) NB: Hybrid working re: office and home working.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

About you

For any other queries about this role please contact:

Andrea Murphy Email: andrea.murphy@kent.gov.uk

Phone: 03000 414454

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.