Job title: Play Development Officer
Salary and grade: £19,940 - £23,405 per annum pro-rata Grade 6
Hours per week: 25 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Location of post: Port Talbot Civic Centre
Application Closing date: 05/04/2026
Benefits:
- 24 days holiday entitlement, rising to 31 after 5 years’ service
- 8 bank holidays plus one extra statutory day
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Relocation Scheme (subject to conditions)
- Hybrid Working (for some roles)
For more information on the benefits refer the link - https://www.npt.gov.uk/30971
Main purpose of the post:
To enable communities and organisations to develop sustainable, high quality play opportunities, and facilities, for children and young people in line with the Neath Port Talbot Play Sufficiency Assessment and Play Strategy.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Using the Neath Port Talbot Play Sufficiency Assessment and Play Strategy to identify priorities, work with local communities/community councils/council departments etc. in order to develop play opportunities for children and young people.
- To promote and champion for children’s play.
- To work alongside children, parents and organisations to identify the unmet play needs of children and young people and where possible to help address those needs.
- To actively seek development opportunities to improve children and young people’s access to play.
- To support the Think Family Partnership’s Participation & Engagement Officer to facilitate opportunities for children and young people’s participation in decisions around play, including supporting Play Heroes.
- To update GIS mapping systems as required to reflect the quality and quantity of play provision in NPT.
- To contribute to annual progress reports for the Council and Welsh Government.
- To actively seek opportunities for additional funding to help meet unmet play needs and/or improve quality of play, and make applications where possible.
- To carry out such functions as may be required from time to time to ensure the efficient performance of the department.
Ideally you will have;
A relevant playwork qualification and/or proven experience of working in a play setting with children and young people.
4 GCSEs, or equivalent, at Grade C or above, one of which must be English.
Level 3 qualification in Playwork (applicants without this will be required to undertake this during their employment)
Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector qualification or equivalent (applicants without this will be required to undertake this during their employment)
If you think that you have the necessary experience and qualifications for this role, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact Sophie Ratcliffe on
Phone: 01639 873003 or
Email: s.ratcliffe@npt.gov.uk
DBS requirements: This post is subject to a childs barred DBS disclosure
Welsh Language skills desirable.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £18,138.51-£19,891.22 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Flexible Language Requirement:
Schedule:
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: REQ01505
