JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title:
Insight Officer
Hours:
37 hours per week
Salary:
SCP 21: £20,138 to SCP 25: £22,658
Contract:
Fixed Term; 31 March 2018
(Potential extension subject to funding)
Location:
National Squash Centre and Regional Arena, Rowsley Street,
Manchester, M11 3FF
Directly responsible to:
Analyst
Key external partners:
New Economy, Sport England, Behavioural Insight Team, GM
Universities, GM Health and Social Care Team, Sport and Physical
Activity Alliance (SPAAs).
Key Outcomes of Post:
 To create an evidence base and business case for sport and physical activity in Greater
Manchester, in order to inform and improve future practice.
 To grow GreaterSport’s research, insight and evaluation offer so it becomes financially
sustainable.
 Increase GreaterSport’s knowledge on Greater Manchester and its non-active cohorts.
 To present information and communications effectively and consistently both internally
and externally for maximum impact.
Key Tasks:
Greater Manchester
 To collect, analyse and interpret a wide range of data and information in order for
GreaterSport and external partners, to understand local trends in physical activity.
 To conduct both quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation of sport and physical
activity projects/ programmes, to inform future delivery and share good practice.
 To keep up to date with developments in research methodology, economic and statistical
data, policy and good practice in similar organisations.
 To work collaboratively with partners to identify new areas of research and evaluation that
could shape and drive their future programmes, and where appropriate secure commercial
revenues for services over and above standard practice.
 To ensure meaningful information is presented and communicated effectively in a
consistent way both internally and externally to local and National partners for maximum
impact.
 To become the expert on place (Greater Manchester) and people (traditional non-active
cohorts).
 To position GreaterSport as the ‘thought leaders’ within this field of work.
Responsibilities to GreaterSport
 To support the delivery of GreaterSport events such as the Greater Manchester Sports
Awards and School Games.
GMSP is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales, no. 3258930. Registered Charity no. 1059115
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To abide by the Company’s policies e.g. Personnel, Child Protection, and Health &
Safety, and report issues via the relevant mechanisms in a timely fashion.
To use GreaterSport’s CRM system, ThankQ, to ensure effective communication and
that company contacts are kept up to date
To ensure that equity is integral to all work areas and programme development.
To remain flexible and adaptable to any additional demand as it is confirmed, and to be
available to work different hours including weekends / evenings as required.
The post holder may be required to travel to areas in around Greater Manchester.
To attend any staff meetings or other sessions as may be required by the post, for the
purposes of team or personal development.
Confidentiality
Any information relating to people contacted by the Partnership acquired in the course of duty
must be treated in strictest confidence and must be discussed only within the confines of the
work setting with the appropriate members of staff.
Any information relating to staff acquired in the course of duty must be treated in the strictest
confidence and must be discussed only with senior staff members.
Disclosure
Because of the nature of the work of the Partnership, we take Child Protection very seriously.
The following information is required for legal reasons. If you have any questions or concerns
about this, please feel free to contact our Child Protection Officer or a member of the
management team.
Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from
the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation
of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975. Applicants are not entitled, therefore, to
withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the
provisions of the Act. In the event of employment, any failure to disclose such convictions
could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Partnership. Any information given
will be completely confidential. The Partnership is registered with the Criminal Records
Bureau for the purposes of obtaining Disclosures, and is committed to the Disclosure
Code of Practice. The Partnership has a Policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders and on
the secure storage of Disclosures in line with the requirements of the Code of Practice
(all available on request). Further information can be obtained from:
http://www.disclosure.gov.uk/
If you are successful in your application, you will be required to obtain a Disclosure at the
level decided upon by the Partnership and indicated on the Application Form.
Note
This job description is not exhaustive and amendments and additions may be required in line
with future organisational changes.
GMSP is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales, no. 3258930. Registered Charity no. 1059115
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