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Director of Athlete Programmes and Impact

Skills
Corporate PartnershipsData AnalysisFundraisingManagementNonprofit OrganizationsStrategyAthlete Programmes
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Proven experience developing and delivering successful strategies for personal development and transformational impact
  • Strong ability to manage multiple programmes and identify connections gaps and priorities
  • Confident contributing to senior leadership decisions and working with executive stakeholders
  • Experience designing impact-led programmes in the third sector or high performance sport
  • Ability to translate strategy into practical plans and systems
  • Experience designing and implementing monitoring evaluation and learning approaches
  • Proficient in using data and insights to evaluate impact guide decisions and refine strategy
  • Exceptional ability to lead support and inspire remote teams
  • Excellent organisation skills attention to detail and ability to prioritise a busy workload
  • Excellent communication collaboration and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
  • Experience of budget management and charitable governance linked to spend
  • Experience of organisational change and growth phases
  • Commitment to supporting sportspeople to thrive beyond sport

Nice to have

  • Strategic
  • Collaborative
  • Proactive
  • Resilient
  • Empowering
  • Analytical

Day to day

  • Lead the design and delivery of athlete support programmes that are clear high quality and evidence informed
  • Shape a coherent beneficiary journey across remote delivery teams and programme managers
  • Develop monitoring evaluation and learning systems that strengthen impact measurement and continuous improvement
  • Build strategic partnerships with sporting bodies and complementary providers to widen access and awareness

Hiring process

  • Submit written application
  • Provide evidence of genuine interest and personal communication style
  • Shortlisted candidates progress to interview