Head of Leisure and Physical Activity

The Role In Tameside over 73,000 people who live in the borough are not currently active enough. In order to improve their health and wellbeing, we want to change this. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Public Health team within Tameside MBC in a new role which will be leading on a major priority across the council. This role will provide strategic leadership both within Public Health and across the council for the public leisure offer in Tameside and the wider physical activity agenda. The Head of Leisure and Physical Activity will be the lead for leisure within the organisation, alongside the Director of Public Health. This will include being the client lead for the operator of the public leisure service in Tameside. This service is currently run by an independent trust, which the council commissions, and the facilities it operates out of are owned by the council. The service is shifting into a new phase, with leadership for this agenda only recently moving to Public Health in the council. There is a renewed focus on recognising the inequalities and barriers that some residents face in being active, and for the service to support more people to move on a regular basis. It also continues to be important that our leisure facilities are managed and maintained in the best way possible, between the operator and the council, to facilitate good access for residents. This role will be responsible for the client management of this function, including supporting the ..... full job details .....