Project Officer (All To Play For) | 10674 | Fixed Term Contract until June 2028 | 14.8 hours per week | £32,061 to £33,699 per annum pro rata (Scale G) | Norfolk
Join us in transforming lives through the power of sport and community connection.
Active Norfolk is seeking an enthusiastic, relationship-focused, and highly motivated Project Officer to co-ordinate the expansion of our successful All to Play For programme into South Norfolk and Broadland.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in bringing an innovative mental health and physical activity programme to new communities, helping more men access support, build connections, and improve their wellbeing through football based activities.
About the Role
As Project Officer, you will work closely with partners across health, community, voluntary, sport, and local authority sectors to identify opportunities, build meaningful relationships, and embed the programme within existing support networks for men experiencing mental health challenges.
A key part of the role will be coordinating accessible, welcoming, and inclusive football sessions delivered by external coaches and providers, ensuring high-quality delivery that meets local needs and creates positive experiences for participants.
We’re looking for someone who thrives on building relationships and bringing people together around a shared purpose.
You will need to be a confident communicator with excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail. Most importantly, you’ll be passionate about creating opportunities that improve people’s lives and committed to working collaboratively with partners to achieve lasting impact.
You may have experience in project coordination, community development, partnership management, health improvement, sport for development, or a related field. Equally important is your ability to engage a diverse range of stakeholders, identify opportunities, and turn ideas into action.
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of an established and impactful programme as it expands into a new area. You’ll have the chance to build meaningful partnerships, support communities, and help men access opportunities that improve both their physical and mental wellbeing.
If you’re an adaptable, proactive individual who believes in the power of physical activity to connect people, strengthen communities, and improve lives, we’d love to hear from you.
Active Norfolk is striving to ensure our team reflects the diverse communities we aim to support, so we welcome applications from individuals of any background.
In return we think we have lots to offer. This is a role with an opportunity to make your own. We might be biased, but we think it’s a great role in a great place. If you think you have what it takes, we would love to hear from you.
All our office-based roles work on a hybrid basis from home and our office base as part of our Smarter Working plans and to support the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. We anticipate that hybrid working will be a key feature of this role going forward – our office base is located at Easton College, Norwich.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sam Watts either via email or telephone, details below:
01603 228953
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
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Competitive salary
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Generous holiday entitlement
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Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
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Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
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Financial benefits such as:
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A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
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Relocation expenses (where applicable)
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An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
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Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
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Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
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Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
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A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.
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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Redeployment closing date: 25 June 2026 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 2 July 2026 23:59
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