Grassroots Sport Network Coordinator

Icf; England; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Icf in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive Community Engagement Coordinator to act as a consistent point of contact for grassroots sport and community organisations. You will understand local needs and connect groups with expertise, funding, and peer support while maintaining an active local network.

The role requires building trusted relationships with schools, community bodies, and local partners, and delivering on shared priorities with flexibility to travel 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.
• 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 experience

Rapport building & brokerage

Remote/work independence

Microsoft 365 & CRM proficiency

Sport inclusion knowledge

Tools

CRM/database systems

Microsoft 365

Job description

Icf in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive Community Engagement Coordinator to act as a consistent point of contact for grassroots sport and community organisations. You will understand local needs and connect groups with expertise, funding, and peer support while maintaining an active local network.

The role requires building trusted relationships with schools, community bodies, and local partners, and delivering on shared priorities with flexibility to travel as needed.