The Role

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic person to join the London Sport team as part of our Physical Activity and Sport Development Team as a Project Officer.

You will gain exposure across London Sport’s work 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.

The purpose of the role is to support the successful delivery of specific projects and programmes to contribute to London Sport’s overall strategy and vision. 

What you’ll do: 

· Working with colleagues, play an active role on delivering against projects and programmes that contribute to London Sport's operational plan and strategy. 

· Support the management of projects from ideation to completion, so they are delivered within budget and on time.

· Work extensively on the nationally-funded Opening School Facilities project, broadening outside school hours access to school sports facilities outside of the normal school day to create a sustainable change in increased physical activity levels.

· Liaise and work with external stakeholders and partners to deliver project tasks and milestones, fostering collaboration and establishing impactful partnerships.

· Use monitoring data and stakeholder feedback to support the review and propose improvement of projects/programmes. Including Identifying, documenting, sharing and promoting good practice across London Sport’s projects and programmes.

· Maintain electronic and paper records, files and databases for the team and for collecting and reporting monitoring and evaluation data.

Who you are:

· You are proactive and work with a positive energy.  You enjoy working as part of a team.

· You have an understanding of project management techniques.

· You have experience of effectively delivering or supporting the delivery of projects and/or programmes.

·  Good communication skills with the ability to convey information verbally and in writing to meet the needs of the audience. 

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

· Passionate about improving the range of opportunities for all Londoners to engage in sport and physical activity.

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

· You enjoy learning and you are keen to develop your skills and knowledge.  

Key Details:

• Full-time fixed term contract preferably but flexible to Part-time fixed term contracts until 31st March 2025.

• Salary: £28,875 pro rata

•  Offering 28 days’ holiday + 8 public holidays + 5 volunteer days + Christmas Closure

•  Pension scheme with a competitive employers’ contribution

• Life Assurance and Health Cash Plan

• Flexible working: we use a model of 2 plus days in our central London office at House of Sport and working from home, with travel required throughout London

• By applying for the role, you are stating that you are eligible to work in the UK. London Sport is unable to apply for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Timeline:

• Deadline for applications: 23:59 Monday 23rd September 2024.

• Interviews: Week commencing 7th October 2024