Grassroots Football Officer - part time (Wolves Foundation)

at  Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Grassroots Football Officer
DEPARTMENT: Wolves Foundation
REPORTS TO: Senior Grassroots Football Officer

KNOWLEDGE: THE LEVEL AND BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE TO DO THE JOB ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE

Excellent knowledge and experience of delivering high quality ✓
football activity.
Ability to set aims and objectives and to prioritise/ manage ✓
workload within the project framework.
Experience of delivering football activity independently and as ✓
part of a wider team
An understanding of community development, sport, volunteering ✓
and how to motivate, inspire and enthuse others.
Understanding of planning and evaluation methods. ✓
High quality partnership skills and local engagement strategies. ✓
An understanding of Safeguarding children, young people and ✓
adults at risk.
Knowledge of Safeguarding legislation, policies and procedures ✓
(including reporting platforms and/or requirements).
Wellbeing knowledge in relation to supporting children, young ✓
people and adults at risk.
Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and ability to ✓
provide opportunities for all participants
Experience of working with grassroot football clubs ✓

TECHNICAL/WORK-BASED SKILLS: SKILLS SPECIFIC TO THE JOB ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE

Understanding safeguarding reporting procedures ✓
Ability to embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion principles ✓
throughout all components of the role.
Ability to support all participants and deliver appropriate session ✓
content.
Strong IT and presentation skills ✓
Competency and confidence in delivering recreational football ✓
sessions.
Competency around evaluation of session engagement. ✓
Ability to manage your own workload and effective time keeping ✓
Experience of project and data management programmes and ✓
successfully working towards set targets.
Experience of completing project monitoring reports ✓

GENERAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE

Understanding of how to work safely with children, young people ✓
and adults at risk to uphold Safeguarding best practice.
Excellent project organisation and time management skills ✓
Highly motivated, keen to inspire and enthuse others. Excellent ✓
interpersonal and communication skills
Confident, enthusiastic and non-judgemental. ✓
Availability for flexible working hours ✓
Ability to travel around the Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation ✓
geographical area or to get to Molineux Stadium
Committed to making a positive impact to beneficiaries ✓
Resilient and compassionate ✓
An energetic team worker ✓
A strong set of values that meets the organisations own values ✓

DUTIES, SCHEDULED AND AGREED BY YOUR LINE MANAGER

DATE: January 2025
Wolves Foundation is a cornerstone of the city of Wolverhampton. Through a team of highly skilled,
dedicated staff and volunteers it harnesses the strong local connection with Wolves to motivate,
educate and inspire tens of thousands of beneficiaries of its work across the city.
The charity works in partnership with key local stakeholders including the local authority, police,
health service and education providers to identify risk factors in the city around societal issues and
health status; using data and insight to deliver evidence-based practice through its vast array of
projects that address these needs through its key three objectives;
The charity covers three pillars:
Healthier, more active people
Lifelong learning and skills
Safer, stronger communities
Working in the community is vital to its work and removing barriers to engagement regardless of age,
gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. With participants ranging from 1 month to 100
years old across 225 different delivery sites in the city, work is delivered all year round improving the
physical and mental health, personal development and life choices of the people engaged in its work.
All employees must uphold the key values and ethos of the Foundation to ensure delivery excellence.
Employees must maintain professionalism and contractual, delivery and policy requirements.

JOB PURPOSE

As the Grassroots Football Officer, you will support the Senior Grassroots Football Officer in the
development and delivery of the Kick-Off project, funded by the Premier League & PFA. The role has
been developed to enhance recreational football across the city, thereby improving the physical
activity and wellbeing of Wolverhampton residents. Our goal is to ensure that all adults can access
free recreational football within 1 mile of their homes, as well as providing grassroots junior clubs and
un-affiliated groups with bespoke support to increase participation, particularly from under-
represented communities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Support the Senior Grassroots Football Officer with the project implementation, including
mapping and planning activities.
Establish new relationships and maintain existing relationships with key stakeholders and
partner organisations.
Lead and assist on the delivery of inclusive, recreational football sessions for adults, as well
as specific sessions for targeted groups.
Assist in developing and coordinating affiliations with clubs and community groups.
Develop creative ways to promote and market the project to engage participants to meet
the intended project outcomes.
Support the facilitation of project celebration events, festivals and competitions including the
Molineux Football Festival.
Develop Kick-Off case studies to showcase impact and project reach.
Identify, train, manage and mentor project volunteers.
Collect qualitative and quantitative data to demonstrate outcomes for project reporting.
Support and deliver across all department projects where necessary within the Foundation.
Perform other duties as required and directed by your line manager which are considered
relevant to the post and to the objectives of the Foundation.
Ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not
committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation, or harassment of any
description and to promote positive working relations amongst employees and customers.
The ensure positive commitment to sustainability and social action projects and targets in line
with the Foundation’s One Pack One Planet action plan.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

To follow and enforce best practice in relation to Safeguarding policies and processes
including but not limited to reporting procedures.
To work alongside the Safeguarding Team and Designated Safeguarding Leads to ensure
safeguarding standards are met and maintained.
Maintain CPD, knowledge and skills in relation to safeguarding practices, delivery and
management.
Responsible for structuring adequate safeguarding related quality assurance assessments for
relevant business areas.
This role involves working with children and/or adults at risk in a Regulated Activity (or in close
proximity to children and/or adults at risk). This means that the post-holder is required to apply all
relevant policies and uphold the Club’s commitment to safeguarding children and adults at risk.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Compliance with Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation Policies.
Compliance with Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation health & safety procedures.
Compliance with Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation safeguarding policies.
Champion the club and Foundation values at all times.
To maintain professional conduct at all times.
To undertake other duties as may be reasonably expected.