The Role 

We are looking for an Administrator to join the dynamic Impact and Innovation Directorate at London Sport, supporting the varied efforts of our Insight and Impact, Innovation and Digital and Technology teams.  

A major part of this role will involve daily tasks to ensure the smooth running of the Sport England Active Lives Children and Young People survey, a valuable source of insight used to shape policy and practice.  Handling queries and co-ordinating with schools and recruiters your efforts will encourage survey completion to help track changes in attitudes and behaviours linked with physical activity.  

You will also gain exposure to other London Sport projects and programmes developed in line with our new LDN Moving strategy, to support Londoners and help them lead more healthy active lives delivering a mixture of planned and ad-hoc support.  

What you’ll do:  

• Deliver day to day administrator support for the Active Lives Children and Young People survey, co-ordinating with schools and recruiters, handling inbox queries, and helping to ensure completion. 

• Support colleagues in the gathering and sharing of data, evidence and learning including undertaking interviews and surveys, and / or undertaking basic analyses and reporting. 

• Support the management of London Sports digital tools and services including Open Sessions, Get Active and the Insight Portal (e.g. gathering data, responding to enquiries, resolving issues). 

• Provide general administrative support (e.g. setting up events including Innovation workshops, handling queries, maintaining files, and sharing summary minutes from meetings). 

• Provide other office administration services including setting up meeting rooms & event spaces, ensuring general office maintenance and health & safety. 

• Undertake other duties as assigned by your line manager and other London Sport staff as appropriate. 

Who you are: 

• You are well organised and have a good attention to detail.  

• You have good written and verbal communication skills. 

• You effectively manage your time across multiple tasks, prioritising effectively, taking responsibility to deliver tasks efficiently and effectively 

• You maintain a positive outlook, proactively address issues/challenges encountered with a solution-focused mindset 

• You have the ability to work independently but also enjoy working as part of a team developing rapport and positive relationships with others  

• You are motivated by the opportunity to learn and able to develop new skills  

• You are interested in developing evidence and learning to help London Sport achieve greater project impact in line with our charitable aims 

• You are a competent user of software packages e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel and similar to support project management efforts. 

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

• You have lived experience of day-to-day life in London.