Community Sport Network Coordinator

ICF; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Group Income Protection

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

ICF is looking for a Community Engagement Specialist to build and sustain relationships with grassroots sport and community organisations across a defined UK geography. You’ll connect groups with expertise, funding, and peer support while maintaining accurate partner records and reporting on outcomes.

You will collaborate with schools, local authorities and delivery partners to widen participation in sport and physical activity. The role is hybrid, requiring travel within the region as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in community development, membership support, sport for development, or network coordination.
• Ability to build rapport, diagnose support needs and broker practical solutions.
• Strong self-management and confidence working remotely and independently across a defined area.
• Competence with Microsoft 365, CRM or database systems and accurate monitoring records.
• Understanding of physical activity and sport inclusion, grassroots organisational challenges and community-led delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with organisations and maintain regular, purposeful contact across an allocated geography.
• Assess organisational needs and connect groups to specialists, learning, funding routes, tools and peer support.
• Welcome and onboard new partners, keeping network records, consent information and contact data accurate.
• Coordinate local networking sessions, workshops and partner meetings that respond to shared priorities.
• Capture outcomes, risks, case studies and emerging needs through CRM records and periodic reports.
• Develop relationships with local authorities, schools, active partnerships, funders and voluntary-sector infrastructure bodies.

Skills

Community development

Membership support

Sport for development

Network coordination

Tools

Microsoft 365

CRM

Database systems

Job description

ICF is looking for a Community Engagement Specialist to build and sustain relationships with grassroots sport and community organisations across a defined UK geography. You’ll connect groups with expertise, funding, and peer support while maintaining accurate partner records and reporting on outcomes.

You will collaborate with schools, local authorities and delivery partners to widen participation in sport and physical activity. The role is hybrid, requiring travel within the region as needed.