Development Officer

Development Officer – Leadership

£28,000 per annum

Loughborough LE11 3QF/ Hybrid Working

If you have experience of managing programmes or supporting multiple, long term projects these are exciting opportunities to use your expertise to make a difference to the development of young people in the UK. The Youth Sport Trust is all about changing young people’s lives through sport. We are skilled in the use of physical education, physical activity and sport to unlock all young people’s potential. Now you can join the team and help develop our work by supporting our approach to empowering young people as leaders using play and sport.

As Development Officer you will provide leadership, knowledge and creativity in the design and delivery of our programmes and youth leadership work, liaising with key stakeholders to maximise impact. You will help develop our youth leadership expertise by growing relationships with key networks and partners to share learning. We will look to you to use insight gained to ensure all youth leadership work demonstrates best practice and showcases the power of youth leadership to develop valuable life skills in young people. You will support school networks and partners, build alumni ‘young leader’ networks, deliver events and collaborate with stakeholders to create youth leadership content. You will also develop project plans and collaborate with colleagues to monitor the impact of programmes and collect examples of best practice to maximise our work. Important too, will be the ability to ensure that youth engagement and young people’s needs are central to our youth leadership work.

You will need to be experienced at managing programmes or supporting multiple, long term and complex projects you will have worked within the school landscape and/or the sport system where you will have gained expertise in co-ordinating work with external partners. You will possess excellent communication, planning and interpersonal skills too. Comfortable managing budgets, you will be used to producing stakeholder reporting and co-ordinating work with external partners. You will also be effective at achieving targets and responding quickly and flexibly to changing needs and tight deadlines. Knowledge of management information systems would be an advantage in this role.

In return you will get to join a charity passionate about improving children’s lives where all staff are given the opportunity to engage in the leadership and direction of the organisation. Our values underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion. Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days. In 2022 we were ranked one of the best Mid-Sized Companies to work for in the UK.

If you have the skills to support our work and share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people, we would like to hear from you. To apply please visit our website via the link and complete an online application.

This role requires an enhanced DBS check.

The Youth Sport Trust believes that diversity drives excellence, and that representation is important. The Youth Sport Trust therefore positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.