Outreach Officer, North West

Organisation: parkrun Global Limited
Salary: £30,000 - £34,000
Location: Remote (across the North West)
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 13 July 2025
Job Description: About parkrun
parkrun is a health and wellbeing charity and our vision is to create a healthier and happier planet.

Since our conception in 2004, parkrun has evolved into a global social movement with a vibrant and inclusive community at its core. As of 2024, we have recorded over 100-million instances of walking, jogging, running, and volunteering.

Our mission is to transform lives by empowering people to be active, together, outdoors in their local community; and to protect parkrun for the generations to come. Each and every weekend, we deliver free, weekly timed events that people of all ages and backgrounds can join in. By tackling barriers to participation, we encourage communities to come together and embrace regular physical activity.

Now in its 21st year, parkrun spans over 2,600 locations in 23 countries with more than 10 million people registered, and counting.

And we have really only just begun.

Brief role description:
The focus of parkrun UK’s Health and Wellbeing Team is to improve inclusivity, increase the diversity in participation and maximise the health and wellbeing impact of parkrun across the UK. Together with the junior parkrun Impact & Engagement Manager and lead volunteers in the North West, the Outreach Officer will devise, implement and support the evaluation of Health and Wellbeing projects and campaigns across the North West. The focus will be on growing and diversifying participation in junior parkrun, especially focusing on those marginalised from opportunities to take part in social, physical activity, and who may be inactive/less active or in lower states of health.

Main responsibilities:
Take the lead in developing, implementing and evaluating a programme of outreach initiatives to grow the number of junior parkrun events in areas of deprivation and increase participation amongst target demographics across the North West
Keep abreast of, draw on and drive the latest innovations around outreach and engagement
Forge and maintain strong, positive relationships with local event teams and Ambassadors
Regularly share experiences and learning with other members of staff, particularly outreach officers in other area of the UK
Identify, forge and maintain strong relationships links with community and voluntary sector organisations especially those who work with target groups
Recruit and manage, if required, local volunteer ambassadors to support community outreach
Represent parkrun at meetings, conferences and other events
Facilitate research to develop insight around barriers to participation and strategies for increasing participation
Help develop resources and content to support outreach efforts
Regularly update colleagues and stakeholders on progress and sharing insight and learnings

Essential experience requirements:
Working closely and collaboratively with people, including children, or groups that are typically marginalised from opportunities to lead healthy, active lifestyles
Developing, implementing and learning from outreach activities to successfully engage marginalised groups, including piloting new interventions
Forging and sustaining strong relationships with a range of people and organisations at the local and regional level particularly across the education, activity/sports and health sectors, creating an effective model of community collaboration and outreach
Convening meetings, workshops and groups to discuss outreach activities
Confidently delivering presentations at meetings, events and conferences
Keeping accurate records of activities, and disseminating and sharing learning with colleagues and stakeholders
Knowledge and understanding of the factors that impact people’s health and wellbeing, including the wide-ranging benefits of interventions like parkrun

Desirable experience requirements:
Experience in managing volunteers
Experience in working in, or closely with, schools
Experience in integrating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion priorities into everyday work and activities

Most relevant skills:
Accountability: Will be accountable and pass on accountability for one’s own actions and those of colleagues and the organisation.
Adaptability: Able to easily adjust to changing circumstances and a growing organisation.
Attention to Detail: Able to process detailed information effectively and consistently.
Communication: Able to talk and work with people at all levels in a professional and mature manner across. the whole parkrun network.
Initiative: Able to be proactive, take initiative and take steps to improve ways of working seeking support where necessary.
Remote working: comfortable with remote working, but able to develop strong working relationships
Interpersonal Skills: Ability to communicate and establish rapport at all levels, internally and externally.
Presentation: Able to present ideas and plans clearly, using available resources.
Teamwork: Able to work well with others in multiple situations to achieve a shared goal.
Able to use a variety of IT systems and tools, such as google workspace.
Demonstrates high levels of discretion and confidentiality.
Demonstrates a growth mindset, with a desire to improve and learn new skills.
How to apply: https://blog.parkrun.com/uk/2025/06/27/join-us-as-outreach-officer-north-west/