Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation Project Worker (Secondary Education)
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Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation Project Worker (Secondary Education)
PROJECT WORKER (SECONDARY EDUCATION)
(Full Time, Fixed Term Contract for 12 months)
Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation (MFCF) is the Club’s independent charity of MFC established in 1996 by Club Chairperson, Steve Gibson. The Foundation uses the power of the MFC brand to engage with the community to provide opportunities for disadvantaged young people and adults to maximise their potential to achieve.
Working closely with the Premier League Inspires Coordinator and within the Education Department, you will deliver on all aspects of the Foundation’s secondary education provision, predominantly the Premier League Inspires programme alongside support to Local Authority Virtual Schools provision. The role will include facilitating learning and education interventions to secondary school, as well as some targeted one-to-one support for identified young people providing both classroom and theory-based activity.
Premier League Inspires is an education programme developed by the Premier League and professional football clubs and introduced in 2019. The programme works with young people aged between 11-25 in educational settings and uses the unique characteristics of professional football club staff, along with learning and experience from a number of other educational programmes, to positively affect changed in those most in need.
This role will predominantly work around the North Yorkshire areas but will also include the Tees Valley area and occasional travel to the Foundation Offices in Middlesbrough. Hours of work will be Monday-Friday, 9 am – 5 pm; however, some flexibility will be required to include some evenings and occasional weekends on matchdays.
DUTIES:
Plan, deliver and evaluate a range of sessions which contribute towards the Premier League Inspires programme, including but not limited to, coursework for awarding qualifications.
Support with the design and adaption of the content of delivery to meet the needs of individual young people and different schools.
Provide whole group and one-to-one provision for young people aged 11-16.
Act as an internal verifier for qualifications offered across designated projects
Lead on regular data collection, monitoring and evaluation of all delivery. Assist in monitoring the progress of the project and offer support in producing such statistical data and input into qualitative reports as required
Build effective, positive and trusted relationships with key stakeholders and partner organisations and to be a role model for young people and vulnerable service users.
Be an active ambassador to promote equality, diversity and inclusion across the charity, positively challenge discrimination and be an advocate to promote change.
CANDIDATES MUST:
Have experience of working in the voluntary, community, education and/or sports sector and experience in delivering educational workshops within disadvantaged communities
Be experienced in managing and improving challenging behaviour
Have an understanding and passion for improving the ability, opportunity and dignity of disadvantaged people and under-represented groups or individuals in our communities and adapt delivery accordingly
Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as strong administrative, organisational and IT skills and the ability to work effectively towards achieving set KPIs and outcomes
Have an understanding of how to measure impact, both qualitatively and quantitatively
Have an excellent understanding, high regard and be commitment to promoting safeguarding, welfare, equality, diversity and inclusion and be able to apply this within a quality service delivery
Hold a level three award in education and teaching or willingness to work towards
Hold a full UK driving licence, with access to a vehicle and be eligible to work in the UK
This post falls within the scope of ‘regulated activity’ and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly CRB) check and are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exemptions) Act 1975.
MFCF is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
MFC is also committed to the safeguarding of vulnerable groups
