Physical Activity Officer

Job Description

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we need to employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authoritywhose residents are at the heart of our decision-making.The One Leisure Active Lifestyles team provides an extensive physical activity programme focussing on getting individuals more active and reducing inactivity levels across the district. The populations views and opinions on living a healthy lifestyle havechanged following Covid-19, and as a service we aim to use this as an opportunity to help people become more active and improve their health and wellbeing.We are seeking an individual who is passionate about keeping the residents of Huntingdonshire active to join the team on a fixed term contract, with potential of a permanent role. The individual should ideally possess a Level 3 Exercise Referral Qualificationand with level 3 or level 4 specialist population qualifications and extensive experience of delivering and developing physical activity opportunities to these population groups.You will undertake sessions on a 1-1 basis; teach group exercise; promote, advocate, and foster a health and wellbeing community, and help us to celebrate our successes. An assured, confident manner, a flexible approach, a source of new innovative ideas,and excellent administrative skills with an attention to detail are essential. As is the ability to build effective relationships in this customer facing delivery role.Above all, it is essential that you demonstrate behaviours in line with our values and passion and a commitment to continually seek to innovate and develop our workforce, which will, in turn, enable us to succeed in our strategic ambitions.Closing date is 12pm 20 July 2022 and interviews will be held the week commencing 25 July 2022At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising) all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.Please note that the official closing date is as above and will be the correct date. Some third party websites may have different dates so please always refer to the HDC website for the official closing date to ensure you do not miss out on applying.As an employer who values diversity of thought, we seek to employ candidates from a range of backgrounds in order to make our organisation more innovative. We are seeking candidates who are looking for their next career opportunity and are a supportive employer,enabling our staff to work in an environment that produces high standards of work in an employee-led environment.Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our recruitment and along with our values we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applicationsfrom all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits, including flexitime, to encourage a work-life balance.

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