Providing administrative and delivery support to the Leap Team and the Leap Board to further the development of sport and physical activity in Bucks and Milton Keynes.
Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.
We are the Sport England funded Active Partnership for Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes. A social enterprise, our role is to support, influence and improve opportunities for people living in Bucks & MK to be active through movement, physical activity, and sport.
We influence and work with a wide range of local organisations including schools, sports clubs, and charities to ensure those people not currently accessing/benefitting from physical activity can get involved.
Leap has a passionate belief that everyone can improve the quality of their life through involvement in movement, physical activity, and sport. Our partnership’s ambition is to inspire and connect people and organisations to raise aspiration and remove the barriers to an active and healthy lifestyle.
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Now in its third year, Buckinghamshire Council brings together the best of the previous five councils to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.
Leap is looking for a passionate, collaborative, and dedicated individual to join the team.
Within the role, the officer will be responsible for supporting Leap’s vision and mission to remove the barriers to moving by challenging inequalities and improving lives through physical activity and sport.
The post holder will work across the Leap Team providing the administrative support so we can deliver all our programmes.
The successful candidate will be passionate about the impact movement, physical activity and sport can have on improving lives.
If you are a dedicated and enthused individual with great communication and organisational skills, and a sound knowledge of IT software and databases, we’d love to hear from you.
The role will provide the essential administration required working as the hub of the team. Working in a small friendly passionate and experienced team of currently 10 people.
Flexible working is possible, ideally working over at least four days.
Key Accountabilities
- To provide administrative support to the Leap Team including minutes and meetings administration, dissemination of information and office tasks.
- Provide administration for the Partnership Director and Leap Board
- To act as the first point of contact for the Leap team with members of the public responding to queries and requests for information.
- Provide administrative support for key Leap events and projects, including the Leap Awards and School Games.
- To ensure Leap contacts and databases are kept up to date and available for the Leap Team to use.
- To co-ordinate information to support monitoring and evaluation of Leap events and activities.
- Promote the values of Leap
Fixed
As a ‘fixed’ worker, you’ll spend most of your time in the same location, which will likely be a fixed office or location where your role is performed. Typically, you’ll be based in the same location as the rest of your team, because you provide a particular service from that fixed location or need access to information there.
The successful candidate will be passionate about the impact movement, physical activity and sport can have on improving lives. With excellent communication and administration skills.
Please see the job description and personal specification on our website.
Number of positions available: 1
Closing date: Sunday 23rd August 2026
Interview date: TBC
Interview-type / process: In person
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions
For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro
We understand that candidates may use AI tools to assist with their applications. While we welcome innovation, we expect all submissions to reflect your own experience, skills, and achievements accurately. Please ensure your application is truthful and demonstrates your personal capabilities, as this will be assessed during the selection process.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.
By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:
- a fair and inclusive culture
- the chance to really make a difference to those around you
- health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
- a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
- ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
- opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events
At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.
From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.
We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.
Our Communities directorate works across the county to deliver a number of the key customer-facing services that our residents, businesses and visitors rely on every day.
This directorate includes a wide range of services, including:
- collecting and disposing of waste and recycling
- maintaining our roads and Rights of Way network and parking
- ensuring the delivery of school transport, and supporting sustainable travel including public bus services and School Crossing Patrollers
- managing Country Parks
- leisure facilities, museums, theatres and libraries, as well as developing our Cultural Strategy
- Licensing, Environmental Health and Trading Standards
- Cemeteries and Crematoria
The customer is central to how we develop and deliver all of these services, which help promote our rich and vibrant culture and special environment.
We are looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individuals to join our team and help us to continue to make Buckinghamshire a great place to live, work and visit. This is an exciting time for us as we bring together the services previously run by five separate councils before Buckinghamshire Council was created. Whilst making major changes to contracts affecting residents across Bucks, we continue to focus on delivering great customer service. You will join us on our journey of continuous improvement - whether that’s through developing strategies and ways of working or delivering services on the ground, every person in Communities is a valued member of the team.
Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.
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