We are often looking for brilliant people to join our team and help us achieve our vision, Making Our Move.
Are you keen to understand what drives us? Maybe you’re wondering how you might fit in to our organisation? Here is the place to find out a bit more about what it’s like to work at APT, our commitment to being an inclusive employer and current vacancies.
We are Active Notts and Active Derbyshire, collectively known as Active Partners Trust. We are part of a network of Active Partnerships, funded by Sport England to support people and communities across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to move more in a way that works for them.
Our work isn’t about delivering activities, we’re here to empower people and communities to create their own opportunities to be active, in a way that works for them, their friends, families and communities. We team up with local councils, community groups, businesses, healthcare organisations, charities, national governing bodies, sports clubs and more to find out what’s needed to make this happen. That means asking questions, making suggestions, sharing our learning, finding the right partners, and spotting opportunities, all to make movement part of everyday life. Because when we all work together, we can better understand, reach, and support the people who need it most.
When you join our team, you will have a key role in helping us achieve this vision.
Our values and behaviours define us as an organisation. They set out who we are, what we stand for and how we work. When growing our team, we are looking for people who understand and relate to our values and behaviours.
Make a Difference – We seek to positively make a difference through movement, physical activity and sport. We add value through insight and learning, influencing relationships, strengthening our networks and embedding what works well.
Integrity – We will act with integrity in all that we do, being open, honest and trusted, encouraging this culture with others.
Collaborate – We commit to collaborate, giving time and space to develop relationships, to listen, to reflect and to build shared purpose. We take collective responsibility and learn together to inform our work.
Inclusive – We ensure we are inclusive in everything we do. We are open minded and equitable, encouraging others to reflect on how they think and act. We are a committed ally to inclusion.
Passionate – We believe in what we do. We are energetic, curious and aspire to think creatively. We are bold in our thinking, not afraid to try new things.
COLLABORATIVE
INCLUSIVE
PASSIONATE
INTEGRITY
Want to know what it’s like to work at Active Notts and Active Derbyshire? Watch our Day in the Life videos created by our Nottingham City Place Lead, Children and Young People Lead and Strategic Lead for Walking.
Day in the Life of a Strategic Lead for Walking
Day in the Life of a Place Lead
Day in the Life of a Young People Lead
We are a committed ally of inclusion. We believe it is important for our team to be reflective of the communities we work with. We use lived experience to drive our work, whether it is our own or from residents. We strive to build a culture that celebrates diversity and is inclusive for all, recognising sometimes an equitable approach is needed. We welcome people to join our organisation from all walks of life – you don’t need experience in sport and physical activity to work for us. We commit to supporting each other to ensure we are all equipped to fulfil our roles. We want everyone to feel they can use their voice and be themselves at work. This starts with our recruitment process and will continue the whole time you work for us. Within our commitments to be a Disability Confident employer, we will guarantee an interview for applicants with disabilities who meet our minimum role criteria (we understand that not all people with a disability wish to be considered for a job under this scheme and that this is only one measure to help diversify our workforce).
Reasonable Adjustments and Positive Action
People living with disabilities and from ethnically diverse communities are underrepresented in our workforce and are particularly encouraged to apply.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we will consider all reasonable adjustments you need to have a positive experience whilst working for us. We encourage new team members to identify any reasonable adjustments that can be made to support you in your role. Within our commitments to be a Disability Confident employer, we will guarantee an interview for applicants with disabilities who meet our minimum role criteria.
Shortlisting
We strive to eliminate any unconscious bias when making decisions on who to interview. We remove any identifying parts of your application, including your name, until we have completed the shortlisting process. There will always be at least three colleagues to independently review applications before shortlisting is completed. Your Diversity Monitoring form will always be kept separate from your application and will only be used to monitor the demographics of who is applying for our roles to identify any gaps. After the interview process, we offer feedback on how we made our decision on request. We welcome any feedback from applicants on how we could improve our recruitment process to be more inclusive at any stage.
Policies and Benefits
Our policies are reflective of our commitment to support the diverse needs of our team whilst ensuring we fulfil our organisational objectives. We offer flexible working patterns with full time, part time and job share available for most of our roles.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to the following five actions:
1. Ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
2. Communicating and promoting vacancies through a range of communication channels
3. Offering interviews to disabled people providing they meet the essential criteria for the role
4. Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
5. Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition to stay in work
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