{"id":81640,"date":"2025-10-15T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/81640\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:00:07","slug":"dragon-news-vacancy-dragons-community-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/81640\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon News : Vacancy: Dragons Community Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dragons RFC are seeking\u00a0an enthusiastic and driven\u00a0individual to join our award-winning community team\u00a0in the role of Dragons Community Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Salary:\u00a0Competitive salary, plus\u00a0travel expenses<\/p>\n<p>Location:\u00a0Dragons Offices\/Schools\/Rodney Parade\/venues across the Dragons region.<\/p>\n<p>Contract type:\u00a0One-year fixed term contract. Subject to six-month probationary period.<\/p>\n<p>Closing date: Friday, 24th October\u00a02025<\/p>\n<p>Role Summary:<\/p>\n<p>To deliver:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tHealthy Dragons Project in line with our\u00a0SLA.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCommunity Match Day activations.&#13;<br \/>\n\tHoliday Skills Camp &amp; FFF programmes.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tSupport of Community, Outreach, Inclusion &amp; Equality provisions and\u00a0positively promoting the Dragons brand at all times.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Key Relationships:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tDragons Community Staff.&#13;<br \/>\n\tDragons Regional Staff.&#13;<br \/>\n\tHealthy Dragons\u00a0Schools.&#13;<br \/>\n\tRegional Rugby Clubs.&#13;<br \/>\n\tChief Executive Officer.&#13;<br \/>\n\tExecutive Assistant &amp; Office Manager.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Key Responsibilities:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUnder the management of the Dragons Education &amp; Engagement Manager, deliver our Healthy Dragons\u00a0Programme and its sub initiatives.&#13;<br \/>\n\tMonitor &amp; collect evidence to report on agreed monitoring process to fulfil club&#8217;s\u00a0obligations.&#13;<br \/>\n\tBuild quality working relationships with schools, clubs, staff and pupils.&#13;<br \/>\n\tDelivery of match day activation at all Dragons home matches at Rodney Parade.&#13;<br \/>\n\tDelivery of Dragons holiday skills camps &amp; FFF, FF programmes around the region.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSupport Community departments Inclusion,\u00a0Outreach and Diversity programmes where and when required.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAttend Dragons Community events and relevant meetings as requested by Line Manager.&#13;<br \/>\n\tComply with company policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting concerns to an appropriate person.&#13;<br \/>\n\tPostively promote Dragons RFC &amp; Community at every opportunity, acting as a good role model at al times.&#13;<br \/>\n\tContribute to the overall ethos\/work\/aims of Dragons RFC.&#13;<br \/>\n\tComply with Dragons RFC Employee Handbook Policies &amp; Procedures.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>nb. This job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity you will be required to work and with consultation can be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Person Specification:<\/p>\n<p>Experience:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tMinimum 12 months experience working within a Sports Development discipline.&#13;<br \/>\n\tExperience of delivering festivals \/ tournaments and recruitment days.&#13;<br \/>\n\tExperience of working with children and adults.&#13;<br \/>\n\tExperience of working in schools.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAbility to demonstrate a good level of knowledge and competence within coaching environment.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAn understanding of the needs of coaches within the community environment.&#13;<br \/>\n\tStrong interpersonal skills and relationship management.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Skills &amp; Qualifications:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tA formal qualification or experience in a rugby, sport or education environment.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tEffective IT Skills, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel &amp; PowerPoint.&#13;<br \/>\n\tExcellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.&#13;<br \/>\n\tRugby coaching qualification, minimum Tag Leaders Award&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Key Competencies:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tTeam-work and personal impact&#13;<br \/>\n\tSelf-motivated, energetic individual&#13;<br \/>\n\tCommunication and influencing&#13;<br \/>\n\tAbility to relate well to children and adults&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Other: <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tValid UK driving licence is required.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThis role is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure check.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAn understanding and commitment to equal opportunities in employment and sport.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAn understanding of individual responsibility in complying with Health and Safety policies and arrangements.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>How to apply:<\/p>\n<p>Please submit your covering letter and CV to mike.sage@dragonsrfc.wales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dragons RFC are seeking\u00a0an enthusiastic and driven\u00a0individual to join our award-winning community team\u00a0in the role of Dragons Community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[72,61,60,150],"class_list":["post-81640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}