12 Temporary, Leisure / Sport / Fitness jobs in Merton, Oxfordshire

We have an exciting opportunity for a full time Community Developer to join the British Cycling Participation Team working in Oxfordshire. This is a home-based role with frequent travel around the area therefore applicants need to live within 30 minutes of Oxfordshire. About British Cycling British Cycling exists to bring the joy of cycling to everyone. We have embarked on an exciting new journey, with a modernised commercial and events offering grounded in social impact and storytelling, harnessing the spotlight and inspiration of our athlete's performance on the world stage, and our growing portfolio of major events. We are working towards our three key priorities outlined in our strategy; to support and grow the sport to make cycling more inclusive and accessible, to lead on the world stage by winning and winning well, and to drive social impact by tackling inequalities through providing opportunities. What will you be doing?

• Maintaining and developing new partnerships and relationships within local communities in and around Oxfordshire's market towns and villages to provide support for the delivery of local community cycling programmes.
• Working alongside Council stakeholders to engage with local workplaces building a strong and sustainable Active Travel workplace offer.
• Developing, coordinating and contributing to the delivery of a local community programme aimed at children & young people, families and women & girls alongside the Central Oxford Community Developer.
• Developing the local workforce and community volunteers to ensure sustainability of the local programme.
• Feed into the Development Plan ensuring an integrated and coherent pathway of cycling opportunities are in place for Oxfordshire market towns and villages and linking community cycling with clubs, schools, events and others.
• Working with local communities to develop the community pathway, raising awareness of the work of British Cycling and growing participation along with support more people to cycle more frequently.
• Support and build capacity through bespoke education course delivery, expanding access to courses to upskill the volunteer workforce within Oxfordshire market towns and villages.
  
  Sound knowledge of cycling and/or sport and the associated physical activity delivery.
• Awareness of current development in cycling in terms of transport, health and recreational agendas.
• Track record in partnership working and development.
• Experience of partnership programme delivery.
• Good organisational and project coordination skills with experience of being able to prioritise, plan and manage competing demands.
• Experience of using social media to promote and engage audiences is desirable but not essential.
  
  Competitive Salary
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Generous Holidays (25 days + bank holidays)
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Life Assurance
• Pension