Job Description

Ipswich Borough Council is committed to enabling people to enjoy sport and physical activity in ways which meet their needs and supports an active, healthy lifestyle. Ipswich is a borough that currently offers a wide range of opportunities for residents and visitors to be active within its swimming pools and sports centres, parks and open spaces. Ipswich plays an important role as the county town and the reach of our facilities and services extend beyond the borough’s boundaries into a wider catchment.

Day to day

Ipswich Borough Council’s sport and leisure services are integral to ensuring that as a council we deliver against our Sport & Physical Activity Strategy and our Health and Wellbeing agenda.

As the Head of Service, you will make certain that services continue to be delivered in line with our existing action plans whilst making recommendations for the future direction of the services, ensuring that we explore all viable options to continue delivering these effectively. To accomplish this we need to be certain that they deliver on our objective of getting more Ipswich people active, are commercially viable and our teams provide a first class customer experience.

About you

You will have extensive experience in front line delivery and management of similar services with a passion for people, leisure, health and wellbeing agendas and an understanding of the regulatory environments in which they operate, coupled with strong financial, communications, engagement and stakeholder management skills.

Should you have any additional questions or wish to discuss the role in more detail before applying, please contact James Fairclough, Director of Operations and Place – james.fairclough@ipswich.gov.uk for an informal discussion.

We anticipate that interviews will be held on 22^nd March 2023.

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification to find out more about this role:

Job Description and Person Specification

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and / or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications.