Regional Badminton Development Officer

Kent

This is the most exciting time there has ever been to work in the Olympic sport of badminton. In the build up to the 2012 London Olympic Games BADMINTON England will:

• Increase the number of regular adult participants to over 600,000
• Create better opportunities for talented young players
• Stage European and World Championships
• Develop medal winning athletes
  

BADMINTON England has recently received a significant increase in funding from Sport England to achieve these challenging targets. In order to increase the number of adult participants and create opportunities for talented young players, BADMINTON England will be developing Community Badminton Networks across the country. To achieve this we are building a team of high performing Regional Officers.

Regional Officers lead the delivery of Community Badminton Networks working with key partners from clubs, county badminton associations, local authorities and education. Their responsibilities are:

• to deliver Community Badminton Networks within an agreed geographical area
• to be the key contact for County Badminton Associations
• to deliver key BADMINTON England programmes across an agreed area
• to be the regional lead in one of the following areas: Training and Education / Clubs and Schools / Competition and Events / 16-18 Retention

We are looking for a talented individual with drive, passion, determination and a genuine desire to make a true difference to our sport to join our South East Regional Team. The post holder will be expected to have a good working knowledge of sports development, good communication, influencing, leadership and problem solving skills, together with the ability to form strong partnerships to enable project delivery.

A Grade 3 salary starting at £22,000 is offered together with benefits.

The closing date for applications is Monday 15th November 2010. Interviews will be held on the 23rd November 2010 at the National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes.

If you want to be part of the best sports development team in the country we want to hear from you. Please email enquiries@badmintonengland.co.uk or telephone 01908 268400 for an application pack.

For informal discussions regarding this position please contact Tom Duggan, Regional Manager, telephone 07725413542 or email tomduggan@badmintonengland.co.uk

BADMINTON England is the National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of badminton. We have an exciting and ambitious vision for the future - to be the best in the world by 2016.