Assistant Project Officer - Sport, Leisure and Major Events Team

Organisation: Sheffield City Council
Salary: Grade 6, £33,143 to £37,280
Location: Sheffield - Hybrid
Contract type: Fixed Term (Full time)
Closing date: 18 January 2026
Job Description: Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your career, while supporting the delivery of strategic priorities for Sheffield? We are looking for an Assistant Project Officer with the right skills and values. If you are keen to work collaboratively, have strong attention to detail and take pride in delivering excellent outcomes, we welcome your application.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Sheffield City Council’s Sport, Leisure and Events Team, supporting the delivery of the Move Well scheme. We are looking for a passionate, driven and focused individual to lead on supporting the operational management of the scheme, as well as developing performance measures, monitoring of strategies, policies and plans that set the direction and standards for service delivery.

Why join us?

This is more than a job—it’s a chance to make a real difference in people’s lives. You’ll be at the heart of a citywide movement to reduce health inequalities, improve wellbeing, and transform how communities engage with physical activity.

You’ll have the opportunity to:
- Lead operational delivery of a nationally recognised scheme.
- Work with passionate partners across health, leisure, and community sectors.
- Shape services that empower people to live healthier, happier lives.

About Move Well

The Move Well Scheme is a citywide initiative designed to help people with health conditions increase their physical activity levels. Sheffield City Council is the operational lead for the scheme, which aims to:

Connect people to support that meets their individual needs, enabling them to be active in ways that work for them.
Provide healthcare professionals with tools to refer or signpost people to physical activity support as part of routine practice.
Offer individuals access to a wide range of physical activity opportunities delivered by diverse providers in various locations and formats.

Our vision is to enable sustained behaviour change by ensuring people with health conditions can access and maintain physical activity options in their community. Using a person-centred approach, we empower individuals to explore their motivations and find the support that is right for them.

As Assistant Project Officer, you’ll take on a dynamic and varied role that combines operational leadership, team support, and community engagement.

About the role

Key Responsibilities

Person-Centred Support:
- Deliver telephone triage appointments using a person-centred approach.
- Use assessment tools to identify appropriate physical activity support.
- Signpost and refer people to physical activity and community support.
- Apply motivational interviewing techniques to help people overcome barriers.

Service Quality and Development:
- Collect and record outcome and monitoring data, contributing to service evaluation.
- Complete administrative tasks to ensure smooth service operation.
- Build knowledge and relationships with physical activity providers across Sheffield.
- Respond to enquiries from health professionals and providers.

Operational Leadership:
- Coordinate day-to-day operations of Move Well.
- Provide support and guidance to Prevention Workers.
- Liaise with partners and stakeholders to maintain strong working relationships.
- Assist the Project Officer with monitoring, reporting, and service improvements.

Outreach and Awareness:
- Represent Move Well at meetings, events, and conferences.
- Deliver presentations and training sessions to raise awareness among professionals.
- Promote the scheme through community engagement and partnership networks - Building relationships and raising the profile of Move Well regionally and nationally.

What we’re looking for

- Strong organisational and coordination skills.
- Experience in partnership working and stakeholder engagement.
- Ability to lead and support a team effectively.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Commitment to person-centred approaches and equality principles.

Why you’ll love working with us

- Be part of a forward-thinking team making a real impact on public health.
- Opportunities for professional development and training.
- A supportive, inclusive work environment where your ideas matter.

For further information about this position, including application details, please visit Sheffield City Council's job vacancies web page.

For informal enquiries please contact Josh Blunkett at Josh.Blunkett@sheffield.gov.uk.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more:
https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/news/2024/new-job-evaluation-process-be-introduced-sheffield-city-council
How to apply: Please visit https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/job-vacancies to locate the roles and follow the link to apply.