NGB Executive Lead

Sport and Recreation Alliance; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent sport and recreation organization in London is seeking an NGB Executive Lead to drive the strategy and manage the NGB Coalition. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in sport, preferably in a national governing body, along with strong strategic and leadership capabilities. This full-time role offers a salary between £62,118 and £88,000.50, including holidays and benefits, with opportunities for flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Holidays and benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in sport, ideally in an NGB.
• Experience as a CEO or senior executive within a sports organisation.
• Strong understanding of the sport landscape and national agencies.

Responsibilities

• Drive forwards the work of the Sport and Recreation Alliance strategy.
• Provide strategic oversight of services to the NGB Coalition.
• Lead stakeholder engagements to align with the Alliance’s Implementation Plan.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

In-depth NGB knowledge

Job description

Organisation Sport and Recreation Alliance Salary £62,118 to £88,000.50 + holidays and benefits Location London Contract type Permanent (Full time) Closing date 19 January 2026 Job Description

About the Sport and Recreation Alliance

The Sport and Recreation Alliance is the voice of the grassroots sport and recreation sector. Since 1935, the Alliance (formerly known as the Central Council of Physical Recreation) has protected and promoted the interests of our vital sector and membership to government, policy makers and the media. We strongly believe in the transformational power of sport and recreation to positively shape lives and help drive societal and economic growth.

Throughout our new strategy cycle, our unwavering focus will be to deliver with and for our members, particularly our National Governing Body members, who play a foundational role in engaging and keeping people in sport and recreation. As a result of our membership review, we have made several changes to the way in which we are structured and how we operate.

We have evolved our membership structures and services to better support our members and strengthen our role as the independent voice for sport and recreation, bringing together sport and National Governing Bodies to reflect and elevate their systemic role in delivering sport.

We are being smarter in the way we work together with our members, collaborating more effectively to identify key priorities and focusing our resources on delivering against these. We are enhancing our communications and engagement with members to increase awareness of and support for the work we and our members are doing. Using our independent voice, we will protect members’ interests with key decision makers and be bold and ambitious in promoting the benefits of sport and recreation and the impact our members have.

Our Vision, Purpose and Mission

Vision

A vibrant, safe and sustainable sport and recreation eco-system which enables everyone to participate when, where and how they choose.

Purpose

We believe the power of sport and recreation should be recognised from the highest levels of Government to the grassroots.

Mission

We enable sport and recreation bodies to do more than they can alone through the power of our collective advocacy and the strength of our services.

Our Values

Performance

Teamwork

We’re at our best when we’re working as a team, collaborating to drive improvement.

Integrity

We recognise the importance of acting with professionalism and ensuring that what we do is consistent with what we say.

Strategic objectives

1. Protect sport and recreation with key decision makers.

2. Provide services, solutions and connectivity to make our members’ lives easier and allow them to focus on what they do best.

3. Promote the positive power of sport and recreation to create the conditions for success.

The Role

Position

NGB Executive Lead

Salary Scale

£62,118 to £88,000.50 + holidays and benefits

Reports to

Chief Executive

Location

Holborn, London with flexible / hybrid working

Hours

Full-time

The NGB Executive Lead will play a crucial role in driving forwards the work of the Sport and Recreation Alliance (Alliance) Strategy. As a member of the Alliance’s Senior Management Team, reporting to the Chief Executive, the NGB Executive Lead is responsible for the strategic leadership, development, management and delivery of the work of the National Governing Body (NGB) Coalition which is a Division of the Alliance.

They will provide a vision and strategic oversight of the delivery of services to the NGB Coalition ensuring insight from NGB members and stakeholders informs the approach to member services and engagement. Working closely with the NGB Coalition Management Group and key stakeholders, they will lead the development and implementation of the key deliverables for the NGB Coalition as part of the Alliance’s Implementation Plan, aligned to the Alliance Strategy.

About You

We want to ensure the person we recruit reflects a broad range of skills, backgrounds and lived experiences to help us make better informed decisions and remain accountable to the members we service.

Knowledge, experience and skills that we are looking for include

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in sport and ideally in an NGB.
• Experience as a CEO or senior executive within a sports organisation.
• In-depth knowledge of the work of NGBs and how NGBs operate, other sporting organisations and key stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of the sport landscape and the work of national agencies.
• Strategic and visionary leadership.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage diverse and highly complex stakeholders and foster collaboration.

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