Inclusion Lead

This position has a starting salary of £28,584 per annum based on a 28.80 hour working week pro-rata to £35,730 full-time equivalent.

This role is offered as a fixed term contract until 31st March 2025. Flexible, part-time hours and job share will be considered.

Rewards and benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Flexible and agile working

About the team

As the Active Partnership for Surrey, we believe that movement matters. It matters to our health, our schools, our communities and our environments.

Focused on tackling inactivity and inequality, we work together to help everyone in Surrey realise the benefits of a more active way of life by influencing systems, removing barriers and creating opportunities to get people moving more.

Our vision is that everyone in Surrey, but with a particular focus on those who need it most, embrace moving more, to improve health and wellbeing and to thrive as an active community.

About the role

As our Inclusion Lead (Additional Needs and Disabilities) you will be responsible for leading Active Surrey's additional needs and disabilities (AnD) work and supporting colleagues across the team in this area. This role will include a specific focus on the Club4 programme; Surrey's response to the Department of Education's Holiday, Activity and Food Programme. This focus will include leading on the implementation of the Club4 Additional Support Funding, development of stay and play sessions and co-ordinating suitable training for Club4 providers and other Surrey workforce such as teachers, coaches and community partners.

Using your knowledge of the AnD system, you will support members of the Active Surrey team to understand programme challenges and work collaboratively to seek suitable solutions. In addition, developing further opportunities for system change supporting children with AnD to become more physically active.

In addition to work on the Club4 programme, you will map out need and existing provision for young people with additional needs to be active, and work collaboratively to address gaps, increase partnership working and drive system change.

Reporting to the Holiday Activity Programme Manager, you will work very closely with the Active Surrey Team and a variety of partners such as Surrey County Council, Club4 providers, Lead Inclusion School, Surrey Youth Focus (lead for Additional Needs and Disabilities in the Community) and voluntary community and social enterprise sector.

Please note, the role may require some evening and weekend work, for which time will be given in lieu.

Shortlisting criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your CV and personal statement will clearly evidence the following:

• Experience or knowledge of the additional needs and disabilities system including challenges faced by the audience and key partners to engage with
• Experience of successful partnership working, particularly with voluntary and private sector organisations
• Excellent communication skills both in person and in a virtual environment

We are particularly interested in hearing from people with additional needs and disabilities and people from diverse communities who are currently under-represented in our workforce.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, interview questions will be provided in advance.

Contact us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 10th June 2024 with interviews planned for 20th June 2024.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.