Stalybridge Celtic are pleased to announce that they been offered funding from The Football Conference Trust to employ a Community Development Officer all as detailed on the Job Description below. Applicants for this position must have previous experience in this area of work. Please forward your personal details together with your CV to: office@stalybridgeceltic.co.uk or by post direct to the club by January 31st marked for the attention of Gerald Crossley.

Job Description

Employer:                           Stalybridge Celtic Football Academy

Job Title:                              Community Development Officer

Responsible to:                 Academy Board Member

Reporting to:                     Stalybridge Celtic Community Steering Group

Location:                              Bower Fold. Mottram Road, Stalybridge, SK15 2RT

Salary :                                  �22,464 pro rata

Hours :                                  18.5 hours per week

Holidays :                             20 days plus bank holidays pro rata

Contract:                             One year linked to funding

Purpose:                              To develop the Community Development Plan for Stalybridge Celtic by developing partnerships in the community and coordinating the delivery of adult education courses for unemployed people and identifying and securing funding for the future.

MAIN TASKS

1.       To identify opportunities to develop partnerships in order to fulfil the Development Plan agreed with the Football Conference Trust

2.       To represent the Club at meetings with partners and potential partners

3.       To achieve the targets set out in the development plan agreed with the Football Conference Trust

4.       To establish pathways for referring unemployed adults onto adult education courses

5.       To deliver projects benefitting the local community which utilise local volunteers and especially volunteers recruited via the adult education courses.

6.       To develop a Community Development Plan

7.       To report to the Community Steering Group on progress made in relation to the development plan agreed with the Football Conference Trust and the Community Development Plan

8.       To identify sources of potential funding for the club's community work

9.       To make applications for funding for the club's community work.

GENERAL TASKS

1.       To abide by the policies of the football club and the academy including polices covering safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and equal opportunities.

2.       To keep abreast of relevant legislation, policy and best practice.

3.       To maintain records of the outputs and outcomes achieved by the club's community work to support future funding bids.

4.       To communicate with other staff at the club as and when necessary

5.       To carry out other duties that may be reasonably required

6.       To uphold the good name of Stalybridge Celtic FC