Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
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a competitive salary
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a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
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lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
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generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
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hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
The NXT Level Active Training Lead is an exciting new role in NNC that will be managing a programme of training needs for the community by coordinating and supporting young people aged 14–24 in priority places to gain qualifications, life skills, volunteering experience and pathways into employment within sport, physical activity and community settings. The role will act as the central link between youth sector organisations and youth groups, schools, colleges, sports clubs, NGBs, training providers and young people to develop opportunities with a focus on the priority areas of Queensway Wellingborough, Lodge Park and Kingswood in Corby. This post is funded by Sport England and delivered in partnership with Northamptonshire Sport.
What will you be doing?
As the post holder you will work to deliver the aims and actions of the Active Communities Strategy to ensure opportunities are provided for the community to more more and be active. You will be responsible for the development and scheduling of the NNC NXT Level Active annual training programme of sport and physical activity related courses to meet the needs of the community of North Northants.
As part of the programme you will instruct and teach some of the training courses in the programme (training will be provided to the post holder) such as the Sportsleaders, First Aid and Safeguarding courses and coordinate, schedule and host other workshops and training courses with external providers.
Working with partners such as schools, VSCE, Youth organisations, Children's Trust, Police and probation services you will support young adults to build confidence and gain qualifications to take the next steps in the life/career. You will represent NNC at meetings with partners and present successes and results to the funders Northamptonshire Sport and Sport England.
About you
We are looking for someone who has a good standard of education, a teaching coaching or tutoring qualification and someone who has had experience working with young people and adults, particularly those facing barriers such as low confidence, risk of exploitation, poor school engagement or complex needs. To be a successful applicant you will have experience of working with multiple partners and you should have a good understanding of sport, physical activity and community development, including volunteering pathways, NGB qualifications and workforce routes.
You will also have had experience in coordinating community, sport, youth or training programmes including planning, delivery and monitoring and also in managing and scheduling courses, workshops or events. A strong knowledge of safeguarding, risk management and trauma informed practice would also be beneficial.
You will be required to work evenings and weekends as needed but we offer a flexible approach to working with the opportunity to work from home for some of the working week.
Training will be given if required to the successful candidate in tutoring and specific training course delivery i.e. sportsleaders, first aid and safeguarding and other training opportunities.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
Disability Confident Employer
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council
Armed Forces Community
The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
