School Games Organiser & Girls Football Development Officer
School Games Organiser & Girls Football Development Officer for Poole, Dorset. 30.00 hours per week, fixed term contract until 31st July 2026. You will be reponsible for: Planning, coordinating, and executing the School Games in your area.. Supporting schools to promote the importance of physical activity and 60 active minutes per day. Focus on national priorities, including, tackling inequalities, youth engagement, and physical literacy. Deliver the outcomes of the Barclays Girls Football Partnerships programme for the Poole area. Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in line with Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.
- Location
- Poole High School, BH15 2BW
- Contact Name
- Nikki Steele
- Contact Telephone
- 01202 662015
- Contact Email
- recruitment@twynhamlearning.com
- Salary
- 21,837
- Hours
- Part Time
- Contract
- Contract/Temporary (Fixed term until 31st July 2026)
- Placed On
- Mon 29th September, 2025
- Closes
- 9:00am - Tue 14th October, 2025
About School Games Organiser & Girls Football Development Officer
School Games Organiser and Girls Football Development Officer for Poole, Dorset.
Type of Position: Support staff - fixed term
Host Site: Poole High School
Reports to: Strategic Lead for Sport
Salary: £21,837
Start Date: ASAP (subject to pre-start checks)
Closing Date: Monday 13th October 2025 at 9am
Contract Term: Fixed term contract until 31st July 2026
Working Hours: 30.00 hours per week. Hours to be worked flexibly, exclusing INSET days but including TRUST days
Salary Range (per annum): £21,837 Support staff salary point 19 fixed (linked to funding) £32,061 (FTE)
About the Post
We are looking to appoint a School Games Organiser & Girls Football Development Officer to join our wonderful school.
We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to:
- Be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing the School Games in your designated area
- Support schools to promote the importance of physical activity and ensure appropriate competitive opportunities can be enjoyed by all young people across Key Stages 2-4.
- Focus will be on addressing national priorities, such as tackling inequalities, promoting youth engagement, and enhancing physical literacy through the School Games
- Recruit, train and deploy suitable workforce and support the development of club opportunities for all young people.
- Deliver the outcomes of the Barclays Girls Football Partnerships programme for the Poole area. The aim of which is to sustain the growth of girl's football in schools and increase the number of community opportunities through providing opportunities for girls to:
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.
What we can offer you
- An opportunity to work with wonderful children and their families as well as fantastic work colleagues
- Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Free on-site parking
- The opportunity to work within Twynham Learning; a progressive multi-academy trust
- The opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful areas of the South Coast
Who we are looking for
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Knowledge and experience of school sport and community sport structures.
- Qualified or working towards a degree or level 4 qualification in any of the following fields:
Physical Education, Sports related qualifications, Business/management qualifications - Experience in planning, coordinating events and organising competitions.
- Successful track record of managing projects and of partnership working.
- Experience of school sport and physical activity development
- Experience of working in the field of school and/or community sport and physical activity with young people (4-19 age groups)
You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are:
- Aim high
- Keep improving
- Don't leave anyone behind
- See the bigger picture
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