Communications Officer (Media)

UK Sport; City Of London, Manchester, Loughborough; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A national sport organization in the UK is looking for a Communications Officer to enhance its strategic communications efforts. The role involves delivering effective communications, supporting events like the Olympics, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Strong writing and public relations skills are essential, along with a team-oriented approach. The position is permanent full-time with regular remote work permitted.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and delivering impactful communications.
• Ability to draft high-quality content for various channels.
• Expertise in building relationships with a range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify and deliver creative communication opportunities.
• Coordinate and deliver complex communications initiatives.
• Support overall communications strategy for major sporting events.

Skills

Creative communication

Public relations

Media engagement

Exceptional writing

Teamwork

Relationship building

Job description

Job Description

Organisation: UK Sport
Salary: £42,000
Location: Loughborough, London or Manchester (regular remote working permitted)
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 18 November 2025
Interview date: 26 November 2025

Do you believe that Olympic and Paralympic sport has the power to inspire the nation? To connect and unite communities? To raise aspiration and to challenge us all to dream big? If so, you might just be what we’re looking for.

We are UK Sport and we’re the UK’s trusted high‑performance experts, powering our greatest athletes, teams, sports and events to achieve positive success. We are on a mission to create the greatest decade of sporting moments; reaching, inspiring and uniting the nation.

As such, we’re searching for a driven Communications Officer with a background in communications, public relations and media engagement who can play an integral role in our wider external affairs team and drive forward our strategic communications work.

You’ll be joining us at an incredibly exciting time for British sport, as we deliver our communications activity around the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, start the next stage of the journey towards the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and with a whole host of major sporting events secured for the UK in the near future, such as the Men’s Euros 2028.

About You

• Exceptional at identifying and delivering creative, eye‑catching and impactful communications moments.
• Seasoned professional in communications with direct experience planning, coordinating and delivering complex, impactful communications announcements involving a range of partners and audiences across a range of channels.
• Exceptional writer with the ability to draft high‑quality copy for a variety of channels and audiences such as press releases, speeches and blog posts.
• Team player first and foremost and superb relationship builder.

You’ll be an integral part of our wider External Affairs team and can expect to play a crucial role shaping and delivering UK Sport’s External Affairs and communications work.

At UK Sport we place huge value on being a diverse and inclusive organisation and view this as one of our key strengths. We would therefore strongly encourage applications from people of every background.

A passion for our mission is essential; in-depth sporting knowledge is not.

How to apply: https://uksport.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/4011683?cid=3176