Sport Advisor

UK Sport; Camden Town; Hybride; GBP 60 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

UK Sport is seeking a Sport Advisor to strengthen partnerships with National Governing Bodies and support them to be well‑run and resilient organisations.

You will use data, judgement and trusted relationships to review progress, spot risks and support decisions that drive high performance across funded partners and development sports.

Qualifications

• You’ll work with senior leaders to understand, assure and improve organisational functioning, including governance, finance, risk and culture.
• Strong ability to review a partner’s progress in organisational health using data and professional judgement.
• Good understanding of the British Olympic and Paralympic sport system and how national sports bodies operate.
• Willingness to travel regularly within the UK and occasionally internationally.

Responsabilités

• Engage with CEOs, Chairs and Board members to build insight and strengthen partnerships.
• Provide high‑quality advice, assurance and practical support to NGBs to improve organisational health.
• Review progress, identify risks and opportunities, and support joined‑up decisions for high performance outcomes.
• Collaborate with Performance Advisors and other teams to ensure aligned investment and guidance.

Description du poste

Organisation: UK Sport.

Salary: £61,800 per annum plus generous benefits.

Location: Field based based, with regular remote working.

Contract Type: Permanent, but secondments also considered

Closing Date: Wednesday 4th November 2026

Interview Dates: Stage 1 – Thursday 19th November 2026 in Loughborough

Stage 2 – Thursday 26th/Friday 27th November online

About the role

The role of Sport Advisors is central to how UK Sport works with funded partners to deliver UK Sport’s mission and strategic ambitions.

The Sport Advisor leads UK Sport’s organisational health relationship with a portfolio of National Governing Bodies (NGBs), helping them to be well-run and resilient organisations through trusted relationships, high-quality advice, assurance and practical support. Working closely with colleagues, and particularly Performance Advisors who lead on UK Sport’s strategic investment in World Class Programmes, the Sport Advisor helps ensure UK Sport’s investment, assurance and support into NGBs and development sports are focused where it can add most value. The role uses insight, data and professional judgement to review progress, identify critical risks and opportunities, and support joined-up decisions to achieve shared high performance ambitions.

Who will I be working with?

The role works directly with CEOs, Chairs and Board members, as well as wider corporate and performance leadership. This includes attending and engaging in Board and senior leadership team meetings and relevant committees that help build insight, strengthen UK Sport’s partnership with each NGB and support effective organisational health.

Sports Advisors also support relevant international relations activity and may also attend selected performance camps and competitions and work with performance staff directly.

This role supports our hybrid working approach, with regular office attendance required in line with team and organisational expectations.

What you’ll bring

• A positive, generous and collaborative team approach, with the confidence, self-awareness and communication skills to build trust and work constructively with senior leaders.
• Experience working with senior leaders to understand, assure and improve how an organisation works, including but not limited to areas such as corporate governance, finance, EDI, leadership, culture, risk, sustainability, international relations.
• The skills to review a partner’s progress in organisational health in a clear, objective, fair and proportionate way, using experience, conversations and data to inform high-quality judgement, provide sound and supportive advice and challenge, prioritise work where it matters most and turn insight into action that has material, positive impact on the partner.
• A strong understanding of organisational health, with the ability to use judgement, evidence and relationships to support improvement across externally funded partners.
• A good understanding of the British Olympic and Paralympic sporting system, including how national sports organisations operate.
• The ability to work well with other specialist teams so partners receive clear, joined-up advice and support.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation and influencing skills, with the ability to work independently, take ownership and follow through.
• Experience working on projects that involve more than one team, organisation or part of the sporting system.
• A strong commitment to EDI, learning and personal development, with openness to new experiences and to helping create environments where people from different backgrounds can thrive.
• Ability to travel regularly within the UK and occasionally internationally.

It’s a bonus if you also have

• Involvement in, or understanding of, organisational or system change programmes, for instance in relation to digital and data transformation
• Experience in international sporting relations, or practical frontline experience in international roles with clear parallels to the international sporting system.
• An understanding of sports marketing, commercial strategy development and/or corporate partnerships.
• Experience of performance or pathway sport environments either as a staff member, practitioner, coach or athlete, with an understanding of what helps athletes, coaches and programmes develop and succeed.

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