Sport & Community Program Lead (Hybrid)

ICF; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Group Income Protection

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

ICF in London is seeking a proactive Programme Coordinator to support the development, commissioning and evaluation of place-based sport and physical activity programmes.

You will partner with schools, local authorities and community organisations to identify gaps, translate insight into action plans and help deliver outcomes across health, wellbeing and inclusion. This role requires strong organisation, collaboration and reporting across multiple partners, with hybrid working in London.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting projects or programmes in sport, physical activity, public health, community development or a related field.
• Highly organised, with proven experience coordinating multiple workstreams across places, ensuring plans, delivery activity and reporting remain aligned.
• Understanding of the UK sport and physical activity landscape and the role of national governing bodies, local authorities, schools, community groups and delivery partners.
• Practical experience of monitoring, evaluation, finance, grants or contracted delivery.
• Confident communication and partnership-working skills with diverse communities and organisations.
• Graduate-level qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent substantial experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate local action plans and delivery activity across community, education, sport, and voluntary-sector partners.
• Support with capturing and sharing learning from grants including applications, milestones, expenditure checks, performance reviews.
• Maintain governance arrangements, risk logs, delivery trackers and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Use local data and insights to identify participation and provision gaps and shape targeted interventions.
• Support school funding bids, partnership proposals and business cases for programmes, facilities or workforce initiatives.
• Organise network and partner meetings, workshops and engagement activity and follow through on decisions and actions.
• Contribute to evaluation, assessments, learning reports and case studies that demonstrate outcomes and inform future delivery.

Skills

Programme coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Public health knowledge

Grant management

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Graduate degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

ICF in London is seeking a proactive Programme Coordinator to support the development, commissioning and evaluation of place-based sport and physical activity programmes.

You will partner with schools, local authorities and community organisations to identify gaps, translate insight into action plans and help deliver outcomes across health, wellbeing and inclusion. This role requires strong organisation, collaboration and reporting across multiple partners, with hybrid working in London.