Community Sport Network Coordinator: Build Partnerships & Impact

ICF; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Group income protection

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

ICF is seeking a dedicated role to support grassroots sport and community organisations across an allocated geography. You will build trusted relationships, connect groups to experts and funding, and maintain a robust local network to enable collaboration on shared priorities and improved access to opportunities and facilities for children and young people.

In this hybrid UK-based position, you will coordinate sessions, onboard new partners, and track outcomes within our CRM system, contributing

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.
• Understanding of physical activity and sport inclusion, grassroots organisational challenges and community-led delivery.
• Competence with Microsoft 365, CRM or database systems and accurate monitoring records.

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

Rapport building

Needs diagnosis

Broker solutions

Remote work

Tools

Microsoft 365

CRM systems

Job description

ICF is seeking a dedicated role to support grassroots sport and community organisations across an allocated geography. You will build trusted relationships, connect groups to experts and funding, and maintain a robust local network to enable collaboration on shared priorities and improved access to opportunities and facilities for children and young people.

In this hybrid UK-based position, you will coordinate sessions, onboard new partners, and track outcomes within our CRM system, contributing