Newcastle PE & School Sport Service Assistant Manager

Please apply for this vacancy via North East Jobs using this link – https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Newcastle_PE_and_School_Sport_Service_Assistant_Manager/263065

This post is fixed term, term time only plus 5 training days.

Newcastle PE and School Sport Service is looking for an Assistant Manager to lead, organise and develop our PE and School Sport Service on a temporary basis covering maternity leave.  This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for sport and education and great people management skills to ensure effective day-to-day running of the department including the supervision of staff in relation to Service Level Agreement Programmes and Services.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience of managing and delivering activity programmes and events.
• Experience of developing and delivering to standards of service.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships at all levels within an organisation and with external partners.

Newcastle PE and School Sport Service is based at Benfield School in the east of Newcastle upon Tyne and is part of NEAT Academy Trust, a family of seven primary and secondary schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East.

Our service covers the whole of Newcastle upon Tyne, engaging with and delivering a variety of programmes and services to First, Primary, Middle and High Schools. We provide high quality PE and sporting opportunities to children and young people; raising participation to ultimately encourage and motivate them to lead healthy, active, lifestyles.

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
• A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
• The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
• Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying Person Specification and Job Description and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on 8th May 2024.

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.