Regional Partnership Lead – Inclusive Sport for All

Disability Sport Wales; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Disability Sport Wales seeks a Regional Partnership Senior Officer for Central South to champion inclusive sport across Cardiff, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr Tydfil and the Vale of Glamorgan. You will work closely with CSAP and numerous partners to embed disabled people’s voices in regional policy, planning and investment decisions.

You will foster strong relationships, influence stakeholders, and translate inclusion commitments into practical actions, ensuring sustainable impact and

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting, volunteering or helping out at local community sports clubs or teams.
• Excellent experience of facilitating and influencing stakeholder partnerships for inclusive cultural change.
• Experience of guiding policy change to enhance the inclusion of disabled people.
• Strong evidence of the management of project funding for diverse impact.
• Clear successes with the strategic management of programmes and the coordination of operational delivery across a range of partners.
• Expertise in leading inclusive monitoring and evaluation and the subsequent reporting of progress and impact to a range of stakeholders.
• Highly competent with IT (including Microsoft Office suite) and ability to pick up new systems (e.g. Mondays.com).
• A team player, with a person-focused approach and with the ability to work independently as well as with others.
• Fully committed to and conversant with the philosophies of equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Highly organised with an ability to work to short timescales.

Responsibilities

• Influence development of inclusive sport and physical activity in Central South Wales.
• Build and maintain collaborations with local authorities, NGBs and health organisations to address inequalities.
• Translate commitment to inclusion into actionable partnerships and sustainable programmes.
• Support partners to maximise resources and improve inclusive provision across the region.
• Provide clear monitoring and reporting to stakeholders on progress and impact.

Skills

Community clubs

Partnerships

Policy change

Funding management

Programme delivery

Monitoring evaluation

IT proficiency

Equity inclusion

Time management

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

Tools

Mondays.com

Microsoft Office

Job description

Disability Sport Wales seeks a Regional Partnership Senior Officer for Central South to champion inclusive sport across Cardiff, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr Tydfil and the Vale of Glamorgan. You will work closely with CSAP and numerous partners to embed disabled people’s voices in regional policy, planning and investment decisions.

You will foster strong relationships, influence stakeholders, and translate inclusion commitments into practical actions, ensuring sustainable impact and