Sports Coordinator (for Development Projects in South Cambridgeshire)

For 2015-2020 South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is focused on three corporate Aims. The Aim most relevant to the projects detailed within this brief is Wellbeing: Ensure that South Cambridgeshire continues to offer an outstanding quality of life for our residents.

Health and Environmental Services have a number of priority actions under the headings of Ageing Well, Localism, Children, Young People and Families and Health and Wellbeing. Those relevant to this contract are:

• Support development of community-led activities for older children
• Increase participation and engagement in community groups to create social networks and reduce isolation and loneliness
• Target business parks as business communities for health promotion activities
• Focus on prevention & early intervention to prevent crises, particularly for vulnerable groups
• Reduce falls in elderly as a key trigger for accessing social care services
• Set-up locality patches and meetings aligned to partners’ delivery arrangements to include locality-leads for SCDC Environmental Health & Licensing, Development Control, Housing & Sustainable Communities representatives

This brief will help deliver these actions for the Council through a range of Sports Development Projects, which may change over time and currently consist of, but are not restricted to:

• Paddleboarding
• Active and Healthy for Life (Exercise referral scheme)
• Parklife
• Run4Fun (R4F), Walk4Fun (W4F), Bike4Fun (B4F), Women Try Netball, Adult Try sessions and Older adult activities
• Women’s

The staff within your organisation nominated for this work must be of a status appropriate to this type of work, suitably qualified and experienced, with a thorough knowledge of the Sports Development Project planning and delivery within the public sector, including current regulations.

The purpose of this brief is to deliver the current sports development projects on behalf of SCDC. The brief is for a minimum period of three years, subject to annually approved budgets. The brief may be extended by mutual consent for up to three further years. The projects are subject to monthly monitor and review meetings as well as an annual review of performance and agreement on the work plan for the following year. SCDC is seeking a coordinator who can help develop our sports development programme through continual improvement and partnership working. Suitably qualified and experienced companies, organisations and individuals are invited to submit their proposals for delivery of these projects.

The total maximum for the coordinators role is £25,000 (includes expenses and travel) Budgets are subject to review at each financial year and no guarantees can be provided from the Council of the budget levels or the continuation during the three-year term. Therefore, the contract will contain a break clause each year and the continuation will be subject to the budget and agreement by the Council and the coordinator.