Opportunities

In January 2009, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) named Adecco as their official recruitment services provider of choice.  As the exclusive provider of permanent and temporary workers, Adecco will support LOCOG in sourcing talented individuals for a range of positions between now and 2012. The Official website Jobs For The Games is now live and recruiting

Organisation: England Netball Youth Advisory Group

AIMS:
to recognise the countless number of young volunteers in netball. It aims to provide you with opportunities,ideas and rewards to help you on your leadership and volunteering journey. No matter what your role in netball, we want you to Get Involved and Get Recognised.

It's time to share your passion with other young people, so register now and get volunteering!'

Who is it for?
It's for every young person aged 12-25 actively volunteering in netball; whether as a coach, official,committee member, event helper, school team helper...the list is endless!

What are the benefits?                                                                             You'll get rewards once you've completed 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 and 400 voluntary hours in netball.

Kendal Arts International the organisation responsible for the Lakes Alive Cultural Olympiad programmes across Cumbria occasionally have volunteer vacancies.  Find out more, including contact details on their website here

The 2012 School Games is taking place in London between the 6th and 9th May 2012. The location of the event will be at ExCel, Old Loughtonians Hockey Club and Barking RFC on 6-8th May, and at the Olympic Park on Wednesday 9th May 2012. 12 National Governing Bodies of Sport are involved in the event, these are: Athletics, Badminton, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Rugby Sevens, Swimming, Table Tennis, Volleyball and Wheelchair Basketball. We estimate that around 1657 athletes will participate in this event across the 12 sports and an event of this size will require 400+ volunteers to support the delivery of this event.

Employment basis: Voluntary, however appropriate expenses can be covered by responsible use of the budget.

Budget responsibility: £500

Volleyball England is looking to assign a Young Official Deployment Officer (YODO) in each of it's nine regions, including;

• North East
• North West
• Yorkshire
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• East Anglia
• London
• South East
• South West

This is an opportunity for somebody to gain some valuable experience as a volunteer and help their local and regional associations provide more structured volleyball to young people. This occurs with the YODO actively recruiting other volunteers to lead our Young Referees Award, who will then start to create a network of tutors and Young Referees nationwide. They will also work with the associations to offer opportunities for the Young Referees to continue to develop their refereeing skills.

Next year there will be 24 Kids of Steel events happening around the county, and yes, it's coming to Cumbria.

On Tuesday 15th May 2012 Workington Leisure Centre will play host to the successful Tata Kids of Steel Event.  This is the British Triathlon tool for engaging with schools. The children's events are now in their sixth year, with approximately 800 children due to take part in the event at Workington in May.

This unique series sees the British Triathlon Federation partnering with its long standing sponsor and now Corporate Partner, Tata Steel, in delivering a fun and healthy day for school children between the ages of 8 and 13 complete a mini triathlon.

The event needs a team of around 50 volunteers to help out on the day. Volunteers will be responsible many different key tasks including:

Box Carrier

Cycle Marshal

Drinks Station

Registration

Run Marshal

Transition

British Triathlon would like to invite you all to volunteer at the event.  The date start time is at 8.30am and it will finish at approximately 4pm.

The event has never happened in Cumbria and to make sure that it returns in 2013 it needs to be as successful as possible and without key partners and volunteers, such as yourselves, this won't happen.

If you would like to help volunteer on the day, please download the volunteer application form and send it through to:

Michelle Scott

Regional Programme Manager

Triathlon England

Northumberland, Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Durham,

Tees Valley and Tyne & Wear

Mobile: +44 (0) 7834 542 086

Email: michellescott@triathlonengland.org

You can also contact Michelle for more information.

ROLE  DESCRIPTION

POST: Business Manager

SALARY: £27,000 - £28,000 subject to negotiation

HOURS: 40 hours per week; flexible in accordance with the needs and demands of the Service. Evening and weekend work is part of the requirements of the post.

BASE: The Pelican Centre. Employee may be required to work at any location, as and when required.
ROLE PURPOSE

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the newly formed Pelican Centre for a Business Manager to manage the day to day running of a Leisure development and its facilities in a community environment, to promote and develop the business.

The Board are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and articulate individual to work alongside the Board of Directors to build a strong team of staff, with employed and voluntary members.

If you require a job description or a visit to the Centre please contact Paul Costello by E-Mail paul.costello@pelicantyldesley.co.uk

If you feel that you have the appropriate transferable skills please forward your CV along with a covering letter to paul.costello@pelicantyldesley.co.uk For further information visit the Centres website www.pelicantyldesley.co.uk

Closing date 4pm Friday 3rd February 2012

Swim Teachers 2 posts  Salary £16,000 - £16,500 Full Time

Part Time Swim Teachers 2 Posts Salary £7,000 - £8,000 not pro rata(20 hours)

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the newly formed Pelican Centre for Swim Teacher's to work as one of a team of teachers providing swimming instruction at the Pelican Centre and also to assist the management in the day to day running of a Leisure development and its facilities in a community environment.

To provide instructional courses and classes for the general public and children attending school swimming lessons. To assist mentor and integrate volunteers to be part of the aquatics team 

The Board are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and articulate individual .You must have excellent class programming and instructing skills. Level 2 teaching certificate and lifeguard qualification is essential
If you require a job description please contact Paul Costello by E-Mail paul.costello@pelicantyldesley.co.uk

If you feel that you have the appropriate transferable skills please  forward your CV along with a covering letter to paul.costello@pelicantyldesley.co.uk   For further information visit the Centres website www.pelicantyldesley.co.uk

Closing date 4pm Friday 10th February 2012

Partnership Manager (People)
C £28,000 - £33,000 plus pension

Are you passionate about people development? Do you relish the opportunity to lead engagement with a wide range of partners so that we have the very best coaches, volunteers and club representatives to make sport across Cheshire flourish? If so, we need to hear from you! You will need to be an excellent project manager, who has experience of hitting challenging targets, so that we can deliver the national Sport Makers scheme locally.

You will also play a pivotal role in developing a world-leading coaching system in England, putting your mark on the development of our local Coaching Support Network to support coaches at a community level across Cheshire & Warrington.

You will be a first class communicator, able to get the very best from your talented staff team, and can effortlessly maintain relationships with a wide range of partners.

You'd be working full-time for Sport Cheshire, an independent charitable company who works with a wide range of partners to inspire the creation of a world-leading community sport system locally. To find out more about us, visit www.sportcheshire.org or more about our work and partners visit www.cwsportspartnership.org.

You will be joining a great staff team. We offer a competitive salary and flexible working conditions. You would be eligible to join the Cheshire Pension Fund. Ideally we'd like you to start working for us immediately. Whilst we are currently based in Northwich, you would be expected to work across Cheshire & Warrington as well as attend regional and national events.

For an informal discussion please call Paul Kendall, Senior Partnership Manager on 01606 305232.

Closing Date:  Friday 17th February 2012, 12 noon
Interview Date : Wednesday 29th February 2012

For a job application pack contact Melanie Wyatt at DLP on 0844 815 6151 or email melanie@dlp.org.uk

An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the Penrith & District Junior Football League.

FA Charter Standard League, The Penrith and District Junior Football League are offering a budding journalist an opportunity to gain some experience whilst supporting the grassroots game.

A PRESS OFFICER, with an interest and knowledge of football is needed for the new season to cover and report on a fixture each week on a Sunday morning or afternoon.

This could be a student, a semi-retired person or someone who would like to gain experience in media journalism.

If this opportunity interests you, please contact the League Chairman, Colin Hodgson on 07876403442 or Helen Aitchison on 07918 083637 or Helen.Aitchison@CumberlandFA.com

Expenses and a nominal fee is available for the right person.

Cumberland FA's Girls Player Development Centre is giving local coaches the opportunity to become involved in a National coaching programme through the Girls Talent Development Structure.

The Player Development Centre (PDC), based in Penrith for girls within Cumberland is one of 28 licensed Centres across the country. Trials took place in November to select girls at Under 11, 13 and 15 to follow a 15 week training programme. Training takes place on Monday evenings.

The FA Player Development Centre is part of The FA's player pathway and bridges the gap between grassroots football and The FA Centre of Excellence programme. Players involved in the PDC have been selected from grassroots clubs in Cumberland and continue to play and train with their local clubs in addition to the PDC programme.

Cumberland FA PDC is looking for an enthusiastic coach who would like to get involved in supporting the girls pathway whilst also committing to developing their skills through a varied Continued Professional Development (CPD) programme.

Interested coaches should hold the following minimum qualifications:
The FA Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Football
FA Youth Award Module 1
FA Youth Award Module 2 (To be completed as part of individual CPD)
Up to date Emergency Aid and Safe Guarding Children Certificates
Valid FA CRB Check
Hold The FA Coach Licence or be willing to join the scheme

For further information please contact Helen Aitchison, Girls and Women's Football Development Officer on 01900 872310