School Games Organiser

Dear prospective applicant,

Thank you for taking the time to read about this role, Inspire Together and our school. CHCC is in the top 12% of schools nationally and blends a 70-year history of inclusive education with an innovative, forward-looking approach to providing a state education like no other to 1500 students from inner city backgrounds. We are now looking for a School Games Organiser (SGO) to support the work across Leicester City and beyond and create opportunities for the young people in the area.

Over the past three years, the school has changed significantly not only in its performance but in the way it operates. We are not interested in the OFSTED grade or judgement and it is not something that we use to threaten staff with nor do we use it to set policy. We do what is best for the staff and the students underpinned by a set of clear values and we trust that everything else will take care of itself. I would therefore, urge you to visit us and to look at our website and the video about what it is that we stand for and why you would want to join us - https://www.crownhills.com/join-us/

Crown Hills is a founding school within the “Well Schools” movement and I sit on the board as well as being an advocate Headteacher for the YST. My approach and therefore our approach to leadership at CHCC is summarised in my podcast with the Youth Sport Trust. https://www.buzzsprout.com/273805/9656144 you can expect to be led in this way too and if not have the license to challenge it.

Inspire Together have just undertaken a rebranding and will be know as ‘Inspire Together – A healthier, happier future generation’ from September 2022. This reects a change in direction for us where we are no longer focussed solely on school sports but across our 6 delivery strands of Inclusion, High Quality Competition, Leadership, Health and Wellbeing, Community and High Quality Physical Education.

We are looking for an organised, energetic and inspirational SGO to work with the manager for School Sport and Inclusion, Assistant Manager and another SGO to create and deliver a world class Inspire/Develop/Excel programme. Also within the team are 2 Health and Well-being coaches, a female engagement officer, an inclusion officer, 2 admin support and a Health, Wellbeing and Community Manager. This role is permanent, term time and paid on LG band 6 actual (£21,972 - £23,920 ). Your contract will be with Crown Hills Community College and as such you will receive a number of further benefits. These include a dedicated office space, work laptop, work mobile phone, continual professional development, Westfield Health Insurance, no emails at the weekend or after 8pm and during holidays, administrative support, 24 hours a day/365 days a year phone counselling service and a cycle to Work scheme.

What we are building at ‘Inspire Together’ is truly unique; there is no blue print that we are following and we are one of the first in the country to have a vision so ambitious and all encompassing. Our aim is to go beyond school sports and have a positive impact on the young people in Leicester, their families and their communities.

To be successful in this role you will possess a proven record of organising sporting activities and having a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of young people. You should also be able to demonstrate a positive track record of working with others to achieve a set of outcomes and positive KPIs.

Working within our team you will need to have the emotional intelligence to deal with sensitive matters with clarity as well as trusting those around you to deliver and, when needed, have tough love conversations to improve delivery. We have 127 primary, secondary and special schools in the partnership and making strong professional relationships with a variety of groups of people in a dynamic environment is paramount, and a key part of the role.

We are looking for the role to start in the new academic year August 2022. If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Charlotte Spencer the Inspire Together Assistant Manager on cspencer@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk

Please read the attached job description and person specification. If you are interested in applying, please fill in the application form available on our website: www.crownhills.com and include e-mail addresses of all referees, and e-mail it to jamey@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk by 9am on Wednesday 29th June 2022.

As we have become clearer about the way we do things and why we do them, it is important that you attend our information evening on Wednesday 22nd of June or request a recording of it in order to be shortlisted. Please contact Rachael Barnett by emailing rbarnett@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk to confirm your attendance or for a copy. I look forward to receiving your application.

Information Evening – Wednesday 22nd June - 6.00pm if you can’t make this you can request a recording - rbarnett@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk

Deadline for applications is Wednesday 29th June 2022 @ 9am, emailed to jamey@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk

Interview Date – Thursday 7th July 2022