Position: Project Officer - Active Journeys Wales
Cymru is seeking a dynamic and dedicated individual to join its team as a Project Officer for the Active Journeys Programme in North West Wales. The role, focusing on behaviour change and engagement activities in schools, offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the region.
Key Responsibilities
- Candidates should demonstrate excellent organizational skills, the ability to prioritize and manage their workload, and the capacity to build and maintain strong relationships.
- Experience leading physical activity or behavior change projects within schools, workplaces, or communities is essential.
- A flexible and enthusiastic approach, with the ability to engage and support lesser heard voices in the community, is desired.
Benefits and Perks
- Cymru is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion, and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect.
- The organization offers 28 days leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and flexible working practices with full-time hours being 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday.
- Staff can buy an extra week of annual leave (pro rata for part-time staff).
- Discount benefits are offered, and bike, computer, and season ticket loans are available.
- The Group Personal Pension scheme has a 6% or 7% of basic salary contribution being matched by the organization.
- Cymru is a member of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme, offering cycle to work schemes.
- Candidates will work on exciting, impactful projects that will stretch and empower them, and will be rewarded by seeing the difference they make to people, communities, and the planet.
Working Environment
- The role requires experience working on projects within an established project management framework and within a Welsh Language environment.
- Candidates are asked to demonstrate their knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and relevant knowledge of North West Wales and its diverse range of communities.
- The Active Journeys Programme at Cymru, which delivered behaviour change and engagement activities in schools in North West Wales, was managed by a Project Officer recruited specifically for that role. The position was associated with Sustrans Cymru, focusing on physical activity and behaviour change projects within schools and communities in that region.
Application and Interview Process
- Interviews will take place by teams on the 09 or 10 October 2025.
- The closing date for applications is 23:59, 29 September 2025.
- The role may close ahead of schedule if there is strong interest.
- A 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service is available.
- Working at Cymru means being part of a movement to make it easier for people to walk and cycle, and being part of a community of talented, passionate, creative problem solvers.
Join Cymru today and be a part of a movement that aims to create healthier places and happier lives for everyone. Apply now for the opportunity to make a real difference in North West Wales.
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