The purpose of the Transport and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with the four Transport Teams across the Black Country to integrate physical activity into Transport planning and delivery. The role will focus on supporting the implementation of the Black Country Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Plan (BC LCWIP), ensuring localised improvements are considered further to ensure connectivity between communities and the active travel infrastructure being delivered. The role will have responsibility for developing understanding of the walking and cycling landscape and community need. The role will understand how the BC LCWIP needs to be able to capitalise on both available and emerging funding opportunities to help deliver the cycling and walking vision for the area. The funding, however, is not only limited to the delivery of infrastructure but also to ensuring the right resources and skills are in place to support local activation. Main Duties 1. Be the lead advocate for the integration of physical activity with Black Country Transport to decrease physical inactivity and support health, environmental and economic outcomes. 2. Drive approaches to place-based work with local partners to support a whole system approach to integrating physical activity into transport policy & services. 3. Lead the development of high-quality relationships which enable a collaborative focus on local transport assets, interventions, initiatives, programmes and activities which create opportunities for people to be active and tackle physical inactivity. 4. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised Place Based investment in the Black Country. 5. Work with transport leads from the four Black Country authorities to develop understanding of local people & communities, the needs, opportunities, and challenges of communities to be active and how this understanding can be used to strengthen partnerships and yield influence to integrate services. 6. Coordinate the development of Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure plans (LCWIP) that support the implementation of local priorities to improve outcomes and tackle inequalities in physical activity levels. 7. Establish and/or maintain effective multi-partner place networks and related forums to support connectivity of assets across the Black Country landscape particularly the canal infrastructure to influence co-design opportunities for walking and cycling. 8. Provide regular reports as required on the progress of the implementation of programmes, in line with established key performance indicators. 9. Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice. 10. Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures. 11. To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures. 12. To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times. 13. To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times. 14. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate Person Specification Transport: Experience of the transport sector, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider outcomes. Contemporary knowledge of transport, health & wellbeing policies & strategies. Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to environmental & socio-economic outcomes. Place-based work: Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities particularly in roles involving community development or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country, to develop propositions that respond to strategic need. Partnership and relationship building: Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations. Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice. Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities. Systems change understanding : Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas. Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery. Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change. I mpact and learning: Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of socio-economic outcomes. Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, multistakeholder projects with defined output requirements. Equity and inclusion: Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings. Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity. Communication: Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders. Initiative and adaptability: A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.
Aug 18, 2025
Full time
The purpose of the Transport and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with the four Transport Teams across the Black Country to integrate physical activity into Transport planning and delivery. The role will focus on supporting the implementation of the Black Country Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Plan (BC LCWIP), ensuring localised improvements are considered further to ensure connectivity between communities and the active travel infrastructure being delivered. The role will have responsibility for developing understanding of the walking and cycling landscape and community need. The role will understand how the BC LCWIP needs to be able to capitalise on both available and emerging funding opportunities to help deliver the cycling and walking vision for the area. The funding, however, is not only limited to the delivery of infrastructure but also to ensuring the right resources and skills are in place to support local activation. Main Duties 1. Be the lead advocate for the integration of physical activity with Black Country Transport to decrease physical inactivity and support health, environmental and economic outcomes. 2. Drive approaches to place-based work with local partners to support a whole system approach to integrating physical activity into transport policy & services. 3. Lead the development of high-quality relationships which enable a collaborative focus on local transport assets, interventions, initiatives, programmes and activities which create opportunities for people to be active and tackle physical inactivity. 4. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised Place Based investment in the Black Country. 5. Work with transport leads from the four Black Country authorities to develop understanding of local people & communities, the needs, opportunities, and challenges of communities to be active and how this understanding can be used to strengthen partnerships and yield influence to integrate services. 6. Coordinate the development of Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure plans (LCWIP) that support the implementation of local priorities to improve outcomes and tackle inequalities in physical activity levels. 7. Establish and/or maintain effective multi-partner place networks and related forums to support connectivity of assets across the Black Country landscape particularly the canal infrastructure to influence co-design opportunities for walking and cycling. 8. Provide regular reports as required on the progress of the implementation of programmes, in line with established key performance indicators. 9. Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice. 10. Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures. 11. To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures. 12. To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times. 13. To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times. 14. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate Person Specification Transport: Experience of the transport sector, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider outcomes. Contemporary knowledge of transport, health & wellbeing policies & strategies. Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to environmental & socio-economic outcomes. Place-based work: Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities particularly in roles involving community development or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country, to develop propositions that respond to strategic need. Partnership and relationship building: Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations. Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice. Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities. Systems change understanding : Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas. Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery. Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change. I mpact and learning: Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of socio-economic outcomes. Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, multistakeholder projects with defined output requirements. Equity and inclusion: Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings. Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity. Communication: Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders. Initiative and adaptability: A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.
The purpose of the Health and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with health & care partners across the Black Country, including the NHS, Local Authorities and wider Integrated Care System partners. The role will ensure physical activity & moving are fundamental to people s health and wellbeing, benefiting individuals from childhood through to older age, by reducing the risk of injury or disease, improving mental health, bringing communities together and encouraging connectedness to support the prevention agenda. This role will play a critical part in reducing health inequalities, improving health outcomes, and embedding physical activity as a core component of health & care pathways & interventions alongside community wellbeing strategies. In addition, they will work alongside national bodies to influence and engage in best practice for the benefit of residents both within the Black Country and beyond. Main Duties 1. Working closely with the health and care sector, operate as the lead advocate for the benefits that physical activity and movement can play in benefiting people with long-term health conditions and future prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. 2. Develop understanding of the wider health and care system to influence the integration of physical activity into health & care pathways to support population health outcomes. 3. Establish effective relationships across local place-based health partnerships that develops understanding, listening and acting on the needs of local communities, working in close partnership with providers of activities and community services, to ensure residents will have equitable access to opportunities to be active and move more. 4. Identify and develop models of practice that provide easily accessible physical activity pathways, that can be delivered alongside routine care across health and care settings, that provide consistent quality assured models of delivery, trusted by health and care colleagues and offering better support for those communities in most need. 5. Taking a lead role in the physical inactivity workstream as part of the Black Country Personalisation & Prevention implementation plan to influence and ensure physical inactivity is embedded as a cross-cutting theme to address health inequalities. 6. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised Place Based investment in the Black Country. 7. Represent Black Country partners in regional and national conversations regarding physical activity & health promoting the Black Country as a place for national organisations to work in partnership and invest into. 8. Develop a Prevention & Enablement model that can inform future approaches across the Black Country that can support delivery and coordination of community physical activity and health initiatives and opportunities for those living with long-term health conditions to be active and to engage in physical activity within their community in order to enable independence and to achieve wider outcomes. 9. Provide expert advice to senior leaders, boards, and external partners on best practices in physical activity promotion. 10. Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice to inform decision-making and evaluate the impact of interventions. 11. Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures. 12. To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures. 13. To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times. 14. To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times. 15. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate. Person Specification Health: Experience of the health & social care sectors, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider determinants of health. Contemporary expert knowledge of national health policy and strategic frameworks i.e. NHS 10 Year Plan. Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to health & socio-economic outcomes. Place-based work: Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities particularly in roles involving community development, systems change, learning or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country. Partnership and relationship building: Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations. Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice. Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities. Systems change understanding : Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas. Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery. Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change. I mpact and learning: Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, community-driven settings. Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of health and socio-economic outcomes. Demonstrable expertise in building a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice. Equity and inclusion: Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings. Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity. Communication: Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders. Initiative and adaptability: A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.
Aug 13, 2025
Full time
The purpose of the Health and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with health & care partners across the Black Country, including the NHS, Local Authorities and wider Integrated Care System partners. The role will ensure physical activity & moving are fundamental to people s health and wellbeing, benefiting individuals from childhood through to older age, by reducing the risk of injury or disease, improving mental health, bringing communities together and encouraging connectedness to support the prevention agenda. This role will play a critical part in reducing health inequalities, improving health outcomes, and embedding physical activity as a core component of health & care pathways & interventions alongside community wellbeing strategies. In addition, they will work alongside national bodies to influence and engage in best practice for the benefit of residents both within the Black Country and beyond. Main Duties 1. Working closely with the health and care sector, operate as the lead advocate for the benefits that physical activity and movement can play in benefiting people with long-term health conditions and future prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. 2. Develop understanding of the wider health and care system to influence the integration of physical activity into health & care pathways to support population health outcomes. 3. Establish effective relationships across local place-based health partnerships that develops understanding, listening and acting on the needs of local communities, working in close partnership with providers of activities and community services, to ensure residents will have equitable access to opportunities to be active and move more. 4. Identify and develop models of practice that provide easily accessible physical activity pathways, that can be delivered alongside routine care across health and care settings, that provide consistent quality assured models of delivery, trusted by health and care colleagues and offering better support for those communities in most need. 5. Taking a lead role in the physical inactivity workstream as part of the Black Country Personalisation & Prevention implementation plan to influence and ensure physical inactivity is embedded as a cross-cutting theme to address health inequalities. 6. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised Place Based investment in the Black Country. 7. Represent Black Country partners in regional and national conversations regarding physical activity & health promoting the Black Country as a place for national organisations to work in partnership and invest into. 8. Develop a Prevention & Enablement model that can inform future approaches across the Black Country that can support delivery and coordination of community physical activity and health initiatives and opportunities for those living with long-term health conditions to be active and to engage in physical activity within their community in order to enable independence and to achieve wider outcomes. 9. Provide expert advice to senior leaders, boards, and external partners on best practices in physical activity promotion. 10. Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice to inform decision-making and evaluate the impact of interventions. 11. Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures. 12. To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures. 13. To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times. 14. To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times. 15. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate. Person Specification Health: Experience of the health & social care sectors, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider determinants of health. Contemporary expert knowledge of national health policy and strategic frameworks i.e. NHS 10 Year Plan. Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to health & socio-economic outcomes. Place-based work: Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities particularly in roles involving community development, systems change, learning or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country. Partnership and relationship building: Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations. Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice. Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities. Systems change understanding : Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas. Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery. Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change. I mpact and learning: Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, community-driven settings. Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of health and socio-economic outcomes. Demonstrable expertise in building a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice. Equity and inclusion: Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings. Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity. Communication: Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders. Initiative and adaptability: A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.
The Digital Inclusion Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the Black Country s vision - of creating a region where people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds can be active, move more, and enjoy sport - through maximising the use of digital connectivity to realise health, wellbeing and community benefits. This role aims to increase a range of opportunities for local people to be active & move more, through implementing the Physical Activity Digital Inclusion strategy to address user needs, develop digital literacy and confidence through training and support, and collaborate with other sectors to create inclusive digital services and opportunities. Main Duties 1. As the Digital Inclusion Manager, you will develop and manage an implementation plan which reflects the desired outcomes of Active Black Country s Physical Activity Digital Strategy. 2. Work with the place partners across the 4 Black Country local authority areas and Active Black Country to develop a comprehensive understanding of the digital landscape across the Black Country. 3. Develop effective working relationships with a breadth of partners and organisations to support integration across digital platforms and systems to connect, maximise resources and influence across the Black Country. 4. Be the lead advocate for the Black Country Moving digital platform as a resource for stakeholders and community organisations to promote opportunities for people to be active and access high quality CPD & training. 5. Work closely with Active Black Country s Active Communities Strategic Lead to oversee the work of the Community Engagement Officers and work closely with partners to build capacity across community organisations to become confident and capable in using digital tools that make it easier for residents to access physical activity opportunities. 6. Sustain an inclusive and accessible open data Black Country Moving Platform that promotes a diverse range of activities, services, training and CPD. 7. Ensure the Black Country Moving platform remains accessible, user friendly and responsive to community and partners needs. 8. Co-ordinate and chair project steering group meetings and produce reports for partners and appropriate governance requirements. Including ABC Strategic investment Committee. 9. Working with the support of the ABC Strategic Lead for Impact, ensure monitoring, evaluation and learning is captured and applied to help us fulfil organisational and place ambitions. 10. Work with the Active Black Country Strategic Communications Lead to share case studies and good news stories. 11. Under the Director of Partnerships manage the digital inclusion budget, ensuring accurate financial management and reporting. 12. Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures. 13. To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures. 14. Adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times. 15. To adhere to all relevant Active Black Country Limited policies and procedures at all times. 16. Undertake such other duties as may be appropriate. Person Specification 1. Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations. 2. Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice. 3. Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities. 4. Proven experience of leading digital projects, employment and skills programmes or related work and a willingness to maintain contemporary knowledge of digital trends. 5. Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity. Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to health, environmental & socio-economic outcomes. 6. Strong understanding of digital technologies (cloud platforms, data analytics, data integration, open data) 7. Demonstrable expertise in building a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice, by supporting teams to ask effective questions, use data wisely, and apply learning practically. 8. Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery. 9. Can effectively prioritise and set and meet objectives within deadlines and planned goals. 10. Can demonstrate a quality of thought disseminating data, insight and trends translating it into meaningful action and decision making. 11. Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders. 12. A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.
Aug 13, 2025
Full time
The Digital Inclusion Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the Black Country s vision - of creating a region where people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds can be active, move more, and enjoy sport - through maximising the use of digital connectivity to realise health, wellbeing and community benefits. This role aims to increase a range of opportunities for local people to be active & move more, through implementing the Physical Activity Digital Inclusion strategy to address user needs, develop digital literacy and confidence through training and support, and collaborate with other sectors to create inclusive digital services and opportunities. Main Duties 1. As the Digital Inclusion Manager, you will develop and manage an implementation plan which reflects the desired outcomes of Active Black Country s Physical Activity Digital Strategy. 2. Work with the place partners across the 4 Black Country local authority areas and Active Black Country to develop a comprehensive understanding of the digital landscape across the Black Country. 3. Develop effective working relationships with a breadth of partners and organisations to support integration across digital platforms and systems to connect, maximise resources and influence across the Black Country. 4. Be the lead advocate for the Black Country Moving digital platform as a resource for stakeholders and community organisations to promote opportunities for people to be active and access high quality CPD & training. 5. Work closely with Active Black Country s Active Communities Strategic Lead to oversee the work of the Community Engagement Officers and work closely with partners to build capacity across community organisations to become confident and capable in using digital tools that make it easier for residents to access physical activity opportunities. 6. Sustain an inclusive and accessible open data Black Country Moving Platform that promotes a diverse range of activities, services, training and CPD. 7. Ensure the Black Country Moving platform remains accessible, user friendly and responsive to community and partners needs. 8. Co-ordinate and chair project steering group meetings and produce reports for partners and appropriate governance requirements. Including ABC Strategic investment Committee. 9. Working with the support of the ABC Strategic Lead for Impact, ensure monitoring, evaluation and learning is captured and applied to help us fulfil organisational and place ambitions. 10. Work with the Active Black Country Strategic Communications Lead to share case studies and good news stories. 11. Under the Director of Partnerships manage the digital inclusion budget, ensuring accurate financial management and reporting. 12. Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures. 13. To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures. 14. Adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times. 15. To adhere to all relevant Active Black Country Limited policies and procedures at all times. 16. Undertake such other duties as may be appropriate. Person Specification 1. Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations. 2. Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice. 3. Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities. 4. Proven experience of leading digital projects, employment and skills programmes or related work and a willingness to maintain contemporary knowledge of digital trends. 5. Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity. Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to health, environmental & socio-economic outcomes. 6. Strong understanding of digital technologies (cloud platforms, data analytics, data integration, open data) 7. Demonstrable expertise in building a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice, by supporting teams to ask effective questions, use data wisely, and apply learning practically. 8. Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery. 9. Can effectively prioritise and set and meet objectives within deadlines and planned goals. 10. Can demonstrate a quality of thought disseminating data, insight and trends translating it into meaningful action and decision making. 11. Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders. 12. A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.
