Community and Education Coordinator

Job Title: Community and Education Coordinator

Location: Manchester

Accountable to: Community and Education Manager

Salary: Up to £20,000

Job Description

Supporter-owned football club FC United of Manchester are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic self-starter to coordinate and develop our award winning community outreach programme.

The successful applicant will work with the Community and Education Manager to ensure that the club’s reputation for delivering excellent community work is maintained. The role requires the managing and coordination of our community coaching team; the development and management of the club’s community education and outreach projects and managing relationships with key partners.

Applicants should note that this role is not a football specific post. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about the role that sport and football can play in inspiring individuals as well as creating opportunities for personal development as much as physical activity. We are particularly interested in candidates who have had previous experience of managing and developing youth, community and/or sport development programmes and delivering personal and community development outcomes. Candidates must have a track record of managing staff or volunteers and be prepared to evidence key successes.

We are also looking for candidates who have new approaches and innovative ideas about improving the delivery of community sports programmes targeting some of the most deprived areas of Manchester.

Job Prospects

The post is particularly attractive for those wishing to develop a career in this area of work:

• FC United of Manchester are a high profile non-league football club with a national reputation and award winning community programme.
  
• The club are hoping to take occupancy of a new stadium and community sports and function facility in 2012/13 which will offer enormous opportunities for developing the club as an exemplar of good community practice.
  
• The post offers huge potential for well motivated, self-starting applicants to ’grow into the post’ and develop a key role at the new facility.

Job Purpose:

• To provide office management and administrative support to our community and education programme
  
• To act as the first point of contact for our community partners
  
• To provide support to our coaching and outreach staff and volunteers
  
• To maintain the quality of our community work
  
• To ensure the proper monitoring and evaluation of projects
  
• To provide information on the community work to the club board and members
  

Essential Skills:

• Proven track record of managing staff or volunteers
  
• Articulate and able to communicate confidently and persuasively, both verbally and in writing
  
• Strong organisational skills, able to operate effectively in meetings and an office environment
  
• Experience of successfully working with young people, delivering positive outcomes
  
• Ability to work under pressure and effectively plan and prioritise workload
  
• Evidence of successfully developing professional client partnerships
  
• IT Literate and proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word software
  
• Current driving licence
  

FC United of Manchester is an Equal Opportunities employer.

For a person specification and job description please email office@fc-utd.uk.

To apply for this post, please send a CV and covering letter outlining evidence of ’Essential Skills’ and how you meet all criteria along with supporting information on required qualifications to:

General Manager, FC United of Manchester Hope Mills, 113, Pollard Street, Manchester M4 7JA
OR email your application to office@fc-utd.uk.

Closing date for applications is 12pm Monday 17th October 2011

Interviews will take place at the club offices in the week commencing 31st October 2011

Address: FC United of Manchester, Hope Mills, 113, Pollard Street, Manchester M4 7JA

All enquiries about the post should be directed by email to General Manager FC United of Manchester: office@fc-utd.uk