Regional Delivery Officer East

Active Partnership; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization is seeking an individual to engage with local community groups in Greater London. You'll be crucial in supporting grassroots movements through strategic engagement and partnership development. The role involves delivering projects, promoting services, and fostering relationships within the community, ensuring groups have the resources they need to thrive. This position will also involve administrative tasks to ensure accuracy and effective communication. A commitment to community service is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a clear strategy for engagement, support, and recruitment.
• Be the primary contact for Sported groups for capacity building.
• Promote services and process new group applications.
• Create content for group communications across platforms.
• Identify needs and trends from the Area within the network.
• Support groups with fundraising, strategic planning, and sustainability.
• Maintain records in central databases.
• Implement best practices and partnership ideas with the team.
• Support future group projects and volunteer recruitment.
• Deliver regional networking events for volunteers.

Job description

Performance On Off

You’d be part of an organisation delivering vital services for community groups and young people - knowing that our support is a genuine lifeline for small grassroots groups and the communities they support. As a key point of contact for our network in your region, you will ensure our groups are appropriately engaged and supported with a range of services and benefits, including direct support from our pool of volunteer consultants. Supporting and developing key partnerships within the region, your role is critical in delivering specific projects according to regional and organisational priorities.

Location East England – The job is home based within a commutable distance to Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire., CB1 0BA Organisation Sported

Responsibilities

• In conjunction with the Area Manager deliver a clear strategy for group engagement, support and recruitment in your area in support of organisational KPIs and Projects.
• Be the primary point of contact for Sported groups within your area (Area/designated counties?) and support them with their own capacity building /organisational development.
• Promote Sported services to current and potential groups, and process new group application and conduct onboarding calls.
• Support content creation for group communications, including utilisation of relevant social media platforms, channels and other alternative communication methods.
• Build strong relationships with the Sported network, identifying areas of need and trends from the Area.
• Promote and engage groups with our services and benefits, ensuring they are aware of how to access the Sported Hub.
• Provide support to groups on elements of capacity building – e.g. fundraising, strategic planning, health checks & sustainability.
• Support Sported groups with completion of relevant monitoring and evaluation in conjunction with the support they have received.
• Maintain accurate records in our central database and other systems.
• Work in partnership with the rest of the Delivery Team to share best practice and implement partnership ideas/opportunities where appropriate.

Delivery and Projects

• To support the delivery of current and future group projects within the Area including the development and delivery of necessary support, and the deployment of volunteer consultants where necessary.
• Maintain accurate project administration, including project measurement, evaluation and feedback as required to achieve agreed project outcomes.
• Support the development of new project ideas within your area, identifying areas of group need or areas of focus.
• Working closely with the Area Manager deploy the volunteer team across the area to support group groups.
• Support the recruitment of volunteers across the area in line with the specific requirements for the region and in line with organisational priorities.
• Working closely with the Volunteer Services Team to ensure all necessary volunteer processes, including documentation, capturing impact of support are adhered to.
• Support the delivery of the Sported Volunteer programme delivering regional networking events, facilitate and support the development of volunteers.

General Administration (and other responsibilities)

• Support the Area Manager in the administration of Sported operations across the area.
• Ensure data on your areas’ groups and volunteers is kept accurate and up to date.
• General involvement with other Sported events as required such as national team meetings (approx. one every 3 months).