The Role

We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic and confident manager to join the relationship management team at London Sport.

This is a varied role working with communities and policy holders across London both in and outside of the sports sector to generate collaboration towards tackling inactivity. Often using physical activity as the tool for achieving wider outcomes and central to this will be the development of successful internal and external relationships and contribution to overall organisational strategy.

What you’ll do:

• You will instigate, develop and manage relationships with stakeholders and partner organisations to increase activity and decrease inactivity in London

• You will act as the lead for designated groups and organisations at a regional and local level.

•  You will create environments that encourage and support collaboration around common purposes using both community-led bottom up and top-down approaches.

• You will identify opportunities to support Londoners to lead more active lives and support the growth and development of these opportunities

• You will work closely with other managers and colleagues to ensure co-ordination, collaboration and alignment between work areas and programmes.

• You will manage projects from completion to delivery, ensuring they are delivered within budget and on time. Which will include creating and communicating project plans, scopes and schedules, assigning tasks and deadlines plus the quality assurance of project deliverables.

Who you are:

• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to influence through all forms of communication.

• You have practical experience of managing multiple projects at any given time, meeting deadlines and prioritising work.

• You are people focused and seek to bring about change through empowering communities and policy holders.

• Ability to demonstrate a practical commitment to the Values and Behaviours of London Sport.

• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion in relation to London.

• Lived experience of day to day life in London.

• You are positive, proactive and enjoy working as part of a team.

Meet Current Relationship Managers

We're offering two opportunities to meet members of the Relationship Management team to learn more about the practical side of the role. It's a Q&A session, so please come with questions ready. Email your preferred date to attend to hr@londonsport.org.

• 25 February 2021 - 8:45 to 9:30am

• 05 March 2021 – 12 to 12:45pm

If you have any questions about the role please email hr@londonsport.org.