Senior community officer Rob Stevenson has left the Trust after a collective ten years of service, primarily in the Primary Education department.
Commenting on his emotions about leaving the Trust, Rob said: “I’ve said goodbye to my two schools that I’ve worked in for quite a long time now, Hodthorpe and Mary Swanwick. I will be gutted to not see them on a weekly basis anymore.
“In terms of what I’ve been able to do at the Trust, starting when I was 16 as a casual coach and working on matchdays, progressing all the way to becoming a senior community officer within primary education, has been amazing and it’s supported me ready for my next steps of going into a new career path.”
Speaking about his first experiences with the Trust, Rob explained: “I was at a secondary school at the time. I entered a competition and ended up getting one of the places, and there were four of us who spent a week with the Trust.
“At that time, the Trust was just a cabin in the corner of the stadium, so it didn’t really have a home. I worked closely with Andrea Parkinson at the time, who was going into schools, and that really sparked my interest in coaching.
“I then started doing some casual work in schools. I worked in Chester’s Den for a period of time while I was at university, and following university, I was lucky enough to get a full-time role within the Community Trust, working in primary education.
“I became Premier League Primary Stars co-ordinator at that time, as well, before having my little hiatus, I had a bit of a break from the Trust and came back and then got a PE lead role and then moved into the senior community officer role.”
Commenting on the relationships that he has built, Rob added: “It’s honestly going to set me up for the next stage of my career. Everything that I’ve learned, especially from Keith Jackson, Tom Keenan and Nathan Khan.
“They are the three main people that I’ve learned so much from in the time that I’ve been here. I’ve picked up loads of things that are going to help me going forward into a new career of hopefully being a teacher one day.
“The people here are what make the Trust so special, so anyone who’s looking to get a role within a football club charity, Chesterfield FC Community Trust is definitely somewhere they should consider.”
