Careers

About Us

British Taekwondo is the National Governing Body for Olympic Taekwondo in Great Britain, serving a 600 strong club network across the United Kingdom. Our core business supports and regulates club activity, competition, and teams across the different disciplines of the Martial Art, Olympic & Paralympic combat sport and Non-contact Poomsae. British Taekwondo also works closely with GB Taekwondo, the high-performance arm responsible for Olympic & Paralympic programs. British Taekwondo aims to recruit and retain individuals through fair and effective recruitment and selection procedures. We value diversity and are committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination. Appointment will always be on merit. Applications are welcomed from all people irrespective of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity/paternity/caring responsibilities, ethnic and cultural background, nationality, disability, religion, or belief. Our fully accessible office is located at House of Sport at the Etihad Campus in Manchester. The office is easily accessible using a range of modes of transport and is within easy walking distance from Manchester city centre. Parking is available. We use a flexible working model of 1 plus days in our office at House of Sport and working from home. We offer 25 days holiday (increasing by one day with each year of service) + 8 public holidays and Christmas Closure. We have a competitive Pension scheme alongside Life Assurance and a Health Cash Plan.

About The Role

About the post: British Taekwondo is looking for a motivated and experienced individual, to join our small operational team to support our club network in the provision of diversified Taekwondo based activity that makes genuine and sustainable differences to the lives of people with physical and mental impairment. This varied and interesting role will support our development team with the research, development and day-today management of new Taekwondo themed training models that our club and coach network can deliver for people with disability, both within the club setting and in the wider community via specific outreach projects. The role will also help develop and deliver British Taekwondo?as Para sport strategy and Para Poomsae strategy, growing opportunities for our budding Para athletes across all disciplines of the Martial Art and Paralympic sport. This will entail detailed engagement with funding stakeholder partners, disability sport groups and the existing membership to leverage Taekwondoâ??s potential in this area. Location: British Taekwondo Head Office*, Manchester Regional Arena, Etihad Campus, Rowsley Street, Manchester M11 3FF *A split working from home / main office arrangement is currently in place

Further Information

How to apply Please submit your CV with a covering letter outlining your relevant experience and why you are suitable for this role. And send to: recruitment@britishtaekwondo.org Please be advised, due to the expected high interest in this role, we will only be considering applications from those who have the required knowledge, qualification and experience of Sports Development, participation, pathways and administration, with priority given to those with more than 2 years previous experience of working in a similar sector. Only applications submitted via CV and covering letter will be considered. We will also not accept approaches from, or applications via recruitment agencies.

Closing date: 1st November 2024