We operate a hybrid working model with offices in Manchester, London and Loughborough, and with some home/remote working. We are open to discussion regarding your office ‘base’, but regular travel may be required to other sites as necessary.Contract typePermanent (Full time)Closing date5 August 2022Job DescriptionUK Sport is on a mission to create the greatest decade of extraordinary sporting moments; reaching, inspiring and uniting the nation. We’re looking for a visionary leader and influencing expert to join our team.
You’ll seamlessly inspire and lead an External Affairs and International Relations Team whilst also playing a vital role as part of the Senior Leadership Team in the Engagement and External Affairs department; contributing to its effective overall leadership and maximising collaboration and impact across the department and UK Sport overall.
You’ll be tasked with leading a team to ensure effective engagement across government departments and effective policy-making that enables high-performance sport to thrive. Ensuring that the UK remains a world-leading and influential international player, shaping the future of performance sport on the world stage. Partnering with social impact colleagues to ensure sport has a positive impact on society domestically and internationally. And finally, ensuring the department makes the most impactful contribution towards our strategic ambitions to keep winning and win well, to grow a thriving sporting system and to use the power and platform of sport to inspire positive change for people and society.
We’re searching for an exceptional candidate, with superb strategic thinking, a proven track record in developing influencing strategies and plans and who can demonstrate their experience in working sensitively across cultures and in a domestic and international influencing context. You’ll need a proven track record in international relations and public affairs. Having a strong understanding of the domestic and international sporting system is highly advantageous.
This role reports directly into the Executive Team, working to the Director of Engagement & External Affairs. The successful candidate will be expected to work directly with UK Sport’s Directors team, the Board of Trustees and closely with a number of international and domestic partners, including International Federations, National Governing Bodies in sport and colleagues across a range of UK Government departments. Likewise, the role will work alongside the Head of Communications and Engagement and Head of Social Impact as a vital member of the department’s Senior Leadership team.
Main Purpose of the Job
What is done, for what piece of the business, why?
To lead Gloucester Rugby’s commercial community programmes. Engaging schools and clubs to ensure as many people get access to the Gloucester Rugby coaching focus as possible. Highly motivated individual that can create products and then organise and manage a team to market, sell and then deliver and exceed stakeholder needs within the constraints of a budget.
Build an excellent relationship with ALL stakeholders.
Drive the charitable aims forward and lead from the front, as an ambassador both externally and internally for the work of the foundation.
Key Accountabilities
Describe the key deliverables to be achieved by the post holder and the ongoing responsibilities of the role
- Creation of a community strategy and implementation of that strategy
- Effective management of the community team
- Proactively engaging as many external partners (schools / clubs) as possibl
- Own all plans and strategies for developing the community offerings and team
- Work collaboratively across teams – including foundation, marketing and sales
- Provide full visibility into the community work and objectives at every stage of development
- Establish and foster partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders both externally and internally
Health and Safety at Work
To comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and associated legislation, you must adhere to the company’s safety rules and procedures and take all reasonable care to protect the safety of yourself and others.
This job description is intended only as a guide to the main responsibilities and is in no way intended to restrict any individual in the performance of other duties as required by the Company.
Qualifications, Experience & Knowledge
List any academic or practical education required to perform the role. What experience does the position require the job holder to have obtained in past roles within or outside of the organisation that would demonstrate a level of proficiency.
Essential
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a school focused and rugby focused role
- Understands the current education sector and rugby club set up for Gloucester and surrounding areas
- Excellent people skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Good financial acumen
- Great organiser
- Excellent problem solving
- Can do attitude
Desirable
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Rugby coaching L2
- Rugby fan
The LTA, through its vision “Tennis Opened up”, is committed to creating a diverse environment where all colleagues feel included and a strong sense of belonging. We are proud to actively invite applications from all candidates who meet the essential criteria and are able to work in the UK, and we commit that everyone will receive equal consideration for employment irrespective of your ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, disability or age. We also operate a flexible working environment where all colleagues are able to discuss their working needs with their manager or the People Team at any time.
The Digital Manager plays a vital role in delivering an optimised digital customer experience on www.lta.org.uk, which is vital to the future success of our organisation. As the LTA continue to roll out a 5-year strategy, it is essential to ensure that our audience strategies are conveyed meaningfully across our public-facing platforms, taking a strategic approach to joined-up customer journeys that provide the right experiences for audiences, and the right outcomes for the business.
The Digital Manager develops and supports ambitious strategies to make swift and impactful improvements to our audience strategies in the digital space, working closely with colleagues to bring our brand vision to life for our many and diverse audiences. The role plays a key part in defining the future of our digital platform development, offering a strategic direction on the development of new data strategy, digital platforms and services to deliver against business needs.
Working with a small, skilled team, the post-holder will take real ownership and work with autonomy to deliver against our strategic goals, as well as being able to advocate confidently for digital change at every level of the organisation.
The Ocean Race
The Ocean Race takes place every three to five years and is the world’s longest professional sporting event and leading offshore sailing competition with professional crews racing around the world.
Sitting at the intersection of top-level sport and sustainability, The Ocean Race is a relevant and authentic storytelling platform – the ocean is our racetrack, and nature drives us. In 2017–18, The Ocean Race helped to spark a global movement for ocean health – and sustainability remains at the heart of everything we do.
The 14th edition of the race will start in Alicante, Spain. The Race travels around the world for 7 months managed and supervised from the race control located in Alicante and with stopovers in 8 different countries, before the finish in Genova, Italy.
Role
We are recruiting for an enthusiastic, energetic and hardworking Client Relationships Manager to join our friendly and professional Commercial Relationships & Operations department. We are looking for an experienced profile to work with a portfolio of accounts and guide our partners to develop best-in-class, innovative and impactful activation programmes within the Race and our sustainability programme: Racing with Purpose. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person.
This role will run from September 2022 to July 2023. It will be a full-time position based in Alicante with international travel during the Race.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of a portfolio of accounts, serving as day-to-day contact for all partnership matters and ensuring smooth delivery of their contractual rights and benefits leading up to and during the 14th edition of The Ocean Race
- Quickly build and maintain client relationships, earning the trust of stakeholders of all levels to develop the account towards renewal
- Work closely with Communications, Racing with Purpose, Operations and other departments to counsel clients across a range of matters related to their partnership delivery
- Ensure the financial success of projects, driving efficiencies and monitoring service levels
- Maintain momentum both internally and with stakeholders, using project timelines and weekly meetings, monitoring quality and deadline adherence and advising the management of any perceived issues in a timely manner.
- Define partnership objectives as well as KPIs and, in coordination with the Research team, develop measurement and reporting processes.
- Assist partners in developing best-in-class, innovative and impactful activation programmes including conceptualization, planning, content creation, promotional development, media execution and event supervision.
- Attend stopover events in the role of Client Liaison and as a key member of the core delivery team
- Manage the partnership activation budget and closely monitor that costs are aligned within approved budgets.
- Collaborate in bringing in new revenue for The Ocean Race, mainly by identifying upselling opportunities to existing sponsors, working jointly with the Business Development team.
- Provide expertise on the optimization of the partnership benefits as well as identify additional partnership growth opportunities (broadcast, digital, licensing,..).
- Work closely with the rest of the departments at The Ocean Race, especially with the Race Village Project Manager and the Communications and Marketing team to be aware of potential endorsable projects, stories and other activities to be used as sales assets.
- Develop comprehensive executive summaries and reports of contractual deliverables of the partnerships for key stakeholders, analysing sponsorship activity and demonstrating ROI, working closely with the Research team to ensure the right data/insights.
- Provide support to any other departments of The Ocean Race requested from time to time like events, hospitality…
Experience
- 6+yrs in an commercial account management or project management role within professional sport
- Extensive experience of commercial partnerships, events and hospitality at global sports events
- Good understanding of sports marketing principles and delivery for B2B and B2C brands
- Previous large scale sporting event experience
- Working knowledge of sustainability principles and sustainable event practices
- Previous The Ocean Race / sailing event experience a plus but not essential
- Strong IT skills including knowledge and experience using Mac environment, Keynote, Google sheets
- Experienced with creating reports and presentations
Attributes
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Exceptional communication skills
- Service-oriented attitude with A focus on excellence
- A good balance between a strong team player / self-starter with lots of energy and enthusiasm as you will need to work cross-department to deliver a range of projects
- Highly confident, organised, client focused, proactive, detail oriented, conscientious
- Excellent presentation, interpersonal and problem solving skills
- Ability to work independently under pressure in a fast paced environment, handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
- Good sense of humour
- Interest in major sports events and / or sailing
- Be a team player and comply with the values of The Ocean Race: Trust, Excellence & Care.
- Proficiency in English, other languages a plus
- Willing to relocate to Alicante pre-race and to be onsite in all host cities during the race
- EU national or valid EU resident card;
Job Purpose
You will support the IOC Games Delivery Office lead person for Gangwon 2024, Milano Cortina 2026, and Dakar 2026. You work closely across the Games Delivery Unit, the IOC Games Management Team, the organising committees and its delivery partners, supporting Games delivery and opportunities for Games optimisation according to the local context.
Main responsibilities
Responsibilities to our team
- Support the lead persons in charge of each of the three Games editions: Gangwon 2024; Milano Cortina 2026; and Dakar 2026 in the preparation and delivery of all IOC Games-related meetings and any other coordination tasks
- Manage for the three Games editions, the Games Delivery Office’s central tools, systems, and processes included but not limited to the Olympic and Youth Olympic Games Generic Master Schedule, RADIO tracker (risks, actions, decisions, issues, opportunities), Service Model, Commitments register, Games Plan, Policies and Procedures
- Responsible for the control, tracking and status reporting of planning documentation for each of the three Games editions
- Prepare relevant documentation and logistics for the RADIO resolution group meetings
- Manage the Games Delivery Hub and SharePoint structures, ensuring information can be found effectively and the quality of information is maintained
- Prepare reports for the IOC Executive Board Sessions and any other forum as required
- Support the lead persons in charge of each of the three Games editions in the implementation of the relevant outputs from the Games Optimisation Group by ensuring the deliverables are project managed following the standard tools, systems and processes
- Contribute to Games Delivery (GAD) deliverables by supporting the shaping of timelines and process development
- Support the administrative tasks and logistical arrangements for the implementation of learning solutions, including readiness activities, throughout the OCOG and YOGOC lifecycle
- Assist in the development and implementation of readiness activities to prepare the IOC delegation, the relevant OCOG and YOGOC personnel and, where relevant, key stakeholders for Games delivery
- Assist in defining and monitoring the annual budget for for each of the three Games editions
- Support any other ad hoc activities required by the Games Delivery team
Responsibilities to our stakeholders
- Develop strong relationships across the Games Delivery Unit and with the relevant people in the IOC Games Management Team and IPC to support the implementation of a collaboration model that optimises the delivery of the Games
- Create opportunities to collaborate within the team and with other teams, seeking synergies with others to meet objectives to support integration across all aspects of Games delivery
- Support stakeholders across the Games Management Team to adopt central tools, systems, and processes
- Collaborate with the FA leads in the Games Management Team on tracking and reporting to fulfil the requirements for various meetings within the governance structure for the specific Games edition
- Identify issues and escalate them to the appropriate level if necessary
- Propose solutions to problems and participate in discussions with senior management in the best interests of the organisation
- Regularly explore new ideas, encourage and integrate different perspectives (including cultural specificities) to solve problems or improve outcomes
- Champion of change for the latest technologies and approaches, supporting stakeholders through awareness, education, and adoption of new ways of working to optimise the way the Games are delivered
- Facilitate and document the identification of lessons learned, and ensuring the lessons and recommendations are socialised with the relevant stakeholders, including the Games Optimisation Group to inform continuous improvement at future projects and / or Games editions
- Integrate with the IKL team where required to coordinate input into information and knowledge capture
- Manage the preparation and onsite attendance of future OCOG and YOGOC delegations during Games time, ensuring regular communication and that people are kept informed with relevant information
- Assist stakeholders in collecting and using data to improve Games delivery and experience
Responsibilities to our organisation (IOC)
- Champion and contribute to the delivery of the Olympic Movements strategic objectives, for example Olympic Agenda 2020+5
- Champion and contribute to the continuous development of the Games experience, monitoring business trends and keeping abreast of changing situations
- Support the set up and management of communication and engagement with local communities
- Demonstrate the Olympic and Paralympic values with stakeholders and colleagues to build and sustain strong relationships internally and externally
Responsibilities to yourself
- Develop a growth mindset, making time for your own continued development, understand your own strengths and areas for development, taking responsibility to take action to address gaps
- Manage your wellbeing to ensure you can sustain high levels of performance and energy
- Take personal responsibility for own decisions, actions and failures
- Adapt quickly and constructively to changing circumstances, new information and ambiguous environments
- Take the initiative and deal with problems in a proactive way
- Take ownership and assume responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work
Responsibilities at Games-time
- At Games-time, play a key role in the Games Delivery Office during the operational phase of Games delivery in close partnership with organising committees, IOC departments and functions as well as external partners when relevant
- Support the set-up, management and tracking of outcomes from any issue resolution groups, supporting the flow of information between the IOC, organising committees and all other stakeholders
Our requirements
- Excellent English and French oral and written skills
- Excellent command of MS Office 365 applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Excellent relationship building skills and proven experience of stakeholder management and collaboration
- Experience of working in diverse and multicultural environments
- Very good knowledge of project management methodology and tools
- Ability to prioritise, manage own time and achieve deliverables on time
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, ability to develop detailed plans and prioritise work
- Excellent communication skills, adjusting to different styles of communicating in a multi-cultural and diverse environment
- Very good analytical skills, ability to gather quality information or feedback to support understanding of key issues and their effect
- Ability to carry out detailed research with analysis from a wide range of sources, making logical and well-reasoned judgements.
Overview
The company:
Williams’ core competencies are the design and development of racing cars to compete in the Formula One World Championship. As one of the world’s leading Formula One teams, the company has secured 16 FIA Formula One World Championship titles since its foundation in 1977.
The position:
We are seeking a Composites Production Controller to instigate and control all work to be completed by the Composites Production department. It will report to the Production Control Manager, as part of the Operations Delivery function, but will also work closely with the Programme Management and Manufacturing areas.
The role:
This role will involve routing and raising Works Orders for all Composite components, based on business demand, and managing delivery dates in order to ensure on time delivery to track. The role will also be working with the Car Programme Management team and the Production Schedulers to inform ‘make vs buy’ decisions and scoping & costing of car projects. The ideal candidate will be highly organised, an effective communicator and be comfortable in a fast-paced environment. The candidate also needs to have a good understanding of Composite production processes and knowledge of F1 assemblies.
Core Skills:
The ideal candidate will be highly organised, an effective communicator and be comfortable in a fast-paced environment. The candidate also needs to have a good understanding of Composite production processes and knowledge of F1 assemblies.
What can Williams offer?
The Williams Group is based in Grove, Oxfordshire. As a company we offer a competitive holiday package, staff events/open days, a subsidised restaurant on site and various car schemes. We have an on-site gym (open 24 hours a day) as well as various fitness classes including outdoors bootcamps, pilates and yoga free for all staff and contractors to use. Aside from these benefits we can offer free onsite parking and large open green spaces to unwind during breaks. We are a short 20 minutes from the historical city of Oxford.
How to Apply
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Application closing date: All applications must be received by 29th July 2022
