Leisure and Active Wellbeing Officer

Service Area: Communities & Economic Prosperity

About The Role

Forest of Dean District Council is looking for a motivated and community-focused Leisure and Active Well-being Officer to join our Community Well-being Team. In this role, you’ll help improve residents’ quality of life by ensuring the delivery of high-quality leisure facilities and activities through effective contract monitoring. Working closely with our leisure provider, you’ll support performance monitoring, data collection, and contract compliance, while attending regular site visits and stakeholder meetings.

A key part of this role is building strong relationships with providers, colleagues, and community partners to support the implementation of our Active Well-being Strategy. You’ll contribute to community-based physical activity programmes, help organise and attend regular review meetings and support initiatives that align with the Council’s health and well-being priorities. This is a great opportunity to make a positive impact on local health and leisure services in a collaborative and rewarding environment.

You will need

• A level, NVQ3,or BTEC
• Relevant professional qualification or relevant industry experience
• Experience in the leisure industry, a similar field or transferable skills
• Experience in contract monitoring
• Experience in project delivery and performance management
• Confidence and experience in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.

Special Conditions

• Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes
• BPSS check

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

What we can do for you

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays, which increases to 30 days after five years of service
• In addition you will have an extra two volunteering days a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Renewed again for another year there is a Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Generous contributory local government pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with significant tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
• Accredited of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies - Please state this within your covering statement or in a separate email.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults, young people and children.  Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies

Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies. Successful candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment medical questionnaire; provide references;  proof of identity; nationality and immigration status; three years’ employment or education history (if applicable) and, in some cases, verification of criminal record.

About Us

Forest of Dean District Council is dedicated to creating a vibrant and sustainable future for our community. Our priorities are centred on fostering thriving communities by empowering and engaging residents, enhancing infrastructure, promoting community well-being, and ensuring social equity.

We are committed to decarbonisation and nature recovery, focusing on renewable energy transitions, energy efficiency, transport transformation, nature recovery, and food resilience. Additionally, we strive to build a sustainable economy through the promotion of a circular economy, robust business support, workforce skill development, sustainable town initiatives, and the preservation of natural capital.

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