MK Dons Sports & Education Trust recruit NCS Team Leaders for their summer programme

Position Details

Position:  NCS Team Leader

Department: SET

Reporting to: Youth Officer

Overall Objective: To assist your Team Leader in supervising a group of between 10-15 young people.  You will act as a positive role model to your team members and support them during their time on NCS.

Wage: Competitive

Job Description

Person Specification

Main Objectives

• To lead your identified team in all phases of the programme, including a residential trips.

• To build a rapport with team members and assistant team leader, and act as a support person for all individuals in the team.

• To act as a role model for a “good citizen”.

Essential

• Experience in a community or educational setting (E)
• Good communication skills (E)

• Ability to inspire, motivate and encourage young people through sport and volunteering (E)

• Good team worker and self-motivated (E)

• Ability to co-ordinate workload (E)

• Willing to work unsociable hours (E)

Summary of Duties

• To offer guidance to team members to ensure maximum gain throughout the programme.
• To constantly listen to the needs of the young people, and offer suggestions to the SET NCS Co-ordinator for changes and enhancements to the programme.
• To have an understanding and awareness of the local community.
• To ensuring that all activities are delivered in line with safeguarding and health and safety practices.
• To be able to support participants in the collation of their portfolio of evidence, and develop a Personal Development Plan and sign-post young people to on-going community opportunities.
• To continue to act as a mentor throughout the alumni programme, as appropriate.

Desirable

• Experience of delivery in a wide range of environments including schools, club and community settings (D)
• Experience of mentoring, supporting and encouraging team members and volunteers (D)
• Ability to adapt sessions appropriately dependent on the needs of young people (D)
• Ability to collect relevant information for evaluation purposes (D)
• First Aid (D)
• Safe Guarding (D)
• Able to drive and have access to a car (D)
• Be interested in all aspects of volunteering and community development (D)
• A demonstrable record of implementing Equal Opportunity policies and activities (D)