Cycling Project Assistant

Woking, England, United Kingdom

7/23/2025

This role has an salary of £14.26 per hour plus an additional annual leave allowance.

Are you passionate about cycling and ensuring every child learns how to ride a bike? If so, we’d LOVE to hear from you!

Active Surrey is looking for an ambitious, driven and inspiring Cycling Projects Assistant to join the dynamic and passionate Active Surrey team. As the successful candidate, you will play a crucial role in bringing the joy and freedom that cycling offers to large numbers of Surrey’s children and adults, by increasing free access to bikes across Surrey, directly helping to tackle inactivity and inequality.

Rewards And Benefits

• Annual leave allowance
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Carers leave and volunteering days dependant on agreed working hours
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
  
  
  

About Us

We are Active Surrey. We are one of 43 national Active Partnerships, who are funded by Sport England, to tackle inactivity which is driven by inequalities. We believe in the power of physical activity and the benefits it can offer. A mood booster, a confidence lifter, a social enhancer and a life extender.

Less than half Surrey’s kids are doing enough physical activity every week, which falls to only 4 out of 10 children amongst lower-income families. In addition, 3 out of 10 Surrey adults aren’t doing enough, rising to over 4 out of 10 amongst those earning less. That’s why we need YOU to join our Movement for Change.

• Help us challenge and change the status quo to get more people moving
• Help us create a fairer, better and healthier future for everyone
  
  
  

You’ll love this job if:

• You’re ambitious, dynamic, a change-agent, passionate about using your energy to make a positive difference to communities who need it most
• You’re friendly, personable, persuasive, supportive, collaborative, great at building relationships, skilled at working independently and as part of a team
• You’re pro-active, flexible, like to try new ideas, and have an interest or passion for cycling
• You believe in the power of sport and physical activity to transform lives
  
  
  

About The Role

Reporting into the Active Communities Officer, you will work very closely with the rest of the Active Surrey organisation, and also with local and national partners including Surrey County Council’s Cycle Training Team, it's Waste Team, schools and partners such as borough’s and districts from across Surrey, and the wider Active Partnerships network.

In this job you’ll be:

• Supporting the delivery of Active Surrey's new 'Access to Cycling' scheme
• Creating and enhancing pathways within the circular economy for unwanted bikes to be refurbished and redistributed through loan and low cost purchase schemes to targeted populations within the County
• Supporting children in Year 6 to complete Bikability level 2 through a bike loan scheme with target schools
• Supporting the Active Communities Officer to move bikes, spare parts and other equipment/items between various recycling partners, unwanted bike supply chain and end distribution (shops/bike libraries/end users)
• Deliver and collect bikes with a van and trailer for try-a-bike days in Surrey primary schools and subsequent Bikeability/Learn to ride courses
• Deliver free bikes for children on completion of their Bikeability course
  
  
  

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following

• Strong customer service skills and experience of working with children
• IT skills including email, MS Office and other databases
• An ability and willingness to work flexibly to support different team members when required, including flexible hours, which may include some evenings and weekends and occasional overnight stays
• Ability to travel between sites around the county and, occasionally, the country
• Enthusiasm and interest in cycling
• Basic bike maintenance skills
• Knowledge of the voluntary sector and volunteers.
  
  
  

Surrey has both urban and rural areas therefore you will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

Contact Us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

For an informal discussion please contact Lisa Bywell via email at [email protected].

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 10/08/2025 with interviews to follow.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Local Government Reorganisation

Surrey County Council is preparing for Local Government Reorganisation which will allow us to implement the Government led policy of devolution, which is all about giving more powers to local areas.

Currently, Surrey has a two-tier council system, with 11 district and borough councils and a county council, all responsible for different services. All these councils will be reorganised into a smaller number of new unitary councils which will come into effect in April 2027. At this point, this role will be transferred, with all existing terms and conditions intact into one of the new unitary councils.

Join our dynamic team and shape the future of local government. Make a lasting impact with innovative solutions and improved services for our community. Help us build a brighter future for our residents! Please see more information here: Information for applicants on Local Government Reorganisation - Surrey County Council.

Our Values

Our values are as important as our abilities and shape who we are as an organisation. Discover more about our values.

Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description. Our Life at Surrey handbook provides insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
  
  
  

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.