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Salary: £39,862 – £42,839 (NJC Scale 29–32)
Contract: Full‑time, 37 hours per week
Location: Hybrid – home working, Leyland office, and significant time in priority communities across Lancashire
Benefits: Flexible working hours, free parking, LGPS pension, 33 days annual leave incl. bank holidays + discretionary Christmas leave + wellbeing day, regular wellbeing activities, and professional development support.
Join Our Team as a Place Manager
Active Lancashire is looking for an enthusiastic, relationship‑driven Place Manager to help bring our vision of a more active, healthier and fairer Lancashire to life.
We are the strategic lead for sport and physical activity in Lancashire, one of 43 Sport England‑led Active Partnerships nationwide. Working with partners, communities and stakeholders, we use the power of movement to tackle inequalities, improve wellbeing, and create positive change across the county.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering our refreshed Decade of Movement strategy, supporting communities to move more, live better and thrive.
About the Role
As a Place Manager, you will be part of a small, dynamic team supporting place‑based change across Lancashire. The role has two core functions:
1. Place Universal Offer (PUO)
You will work closely with identified communities to understand local needs, remove barriers to physical activity, and create opportunities rooted in lived experience and insight. Your work will enable residents to move more and benefit from healthier, more connected communities.
2. Multi‑Sport Strategic Fund
You will support several identified sites across Lancashire to increase accessibility and usage by under‑represented groups. This means:
- Developing local capacity
- Strengthening relationships with communities
- Influencing facility operators
- Helping places learn from each other
- Ensuring public investment joins up effectively
What You’ll Bring
We are looking for someone who:
- Has strong interpersonal and relationship‑building skills
- Understands community challenges and barriers to physical activity
- Can motivate, listen and influence effectively
- Brings experience of partnership and community development
- Can use data and insight to shape place‑based approaches
- Thrives in a role that balances facilitation, convening and leadership
This role offers the chance to have a genuine impact, helping shape healthier futures across Lancashire.
To apply, please submit your CV and a one‑page cover letter explaining why you’re interested in the role and how you meet the person specification to jobs@activelancashire.org.uk no later than 11:59PM on 12th April. First stage interviews will take place in-person on Wednesday 22nd April.
For an informal discussion about the role, contact:
Mark Stephenson, Operations Manager – 07447 539174
We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Active Lancashire is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and representing our communities.
