Development Officer: Children and Young People (CYP)

Key Details

• Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Location: Hybrid (office, home, and across Staffordshire)
• Salary: £28,000 per annum

 

Role Description

This role focuses on creating opportunities for children and young people (CYP) to thrive through physical activity. You’ll work collaboratively with schools, community organisations, and local stakeholders to design inclusive, accessible programmes that remove barriers and promote healthier futures for CYP across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

 

Role Outcomes

• Strong partnerships developed with schools, local authorities, and community organisations.
• Inclusive programmes co-designed with schools to engage underrepresented CYP.
• Sustainable pathways into physical activity created for looked-after children.
• Improved access to physical activity opportunities through tailored initiatives.

 

What Does This Mean Day to Day?

• Build and maintain relationships with schools, CYP providers, and community groups.
• Co-design and deliver tailored programmes to address barriers for underrepresented CYP.
• Focus on looked-after children to create meaningful, sustainable pathways into activity.
• Champion system-wide approaches to improving physical activity access and outcomes.
• Use data and insights to evaluate programmes and enhance their impact.

 

How We Value You

• Generous annual leave allowance: 27.5 days upon commencement of employment plus bank holidays, increasing by an additional day per year after two years of continuous employment (up to an additional 5 days).
• Three concessionary days leave over Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part-time staff).
• Death in service scheme up to the value of three times actual salary.
• Wellbeing Grant: £50 voucher per year to spend on health and wellbeing.
• Volunteer day to support an organisation or cause of your choice.
• Up to 8% employer contribution to the pension scheme.
• Reimbursement of the cost of a standard eye test as a user of visual display equipment.
• Access to Cyclescheme.
• Annual CPD courses offered by Staffordshire University.
• Online skills training platform for personal and professional development.
• Access to counselling services.

 

To Apply

Please download our recruitment pack to learn more. Complete the application form and equality monitoring form and return both to hr@togetheractive.org

If you have accessibility requirements and need to submit your application in an alternative form, contact us by emailing hello@togetheractive.org

Recruitment Pack Application Form Equality Form