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About Us

We are the British Paralympic Association, known as ParalympicsGB. As the National Paralympic Committee for Great Britain, it is our responsibility to select, prepare, enter, fund, and manage the ParalympicsGB team at Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.

But ParalympicsGB is far more than a world leading sports team winning medals across a diverse range of sports. Our mission includes driving positive, sustainable change for disabled people in UK society. Over the past two years our efforts on social impact have grown as we have spent time listening to and learning from athletes, the disabled community, and the sport, education, and disability sectors.

Our ambition is to use the positive power of the Paralympics and of Paralympic athletes to inspire a change in attitudes to disability and bring about equality for disabled people in sport, education, and society. Our approach is disabled-led.

With the excitement of the Paris Paralympic Games still fresh in our minds and the recent launch of Championing Change Creating Social Impact 2024-2032, there could not be a more exciting time to join us!

About The Role

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

ParalympicsGB Social Impact Programme

• Support the Head of Social Impact and Director of Communications & Social Impact in the implementation of ParalympicsGB’s new social impact strategy.
• Support the Head of Social Impact with the socialisation of the new social impact strategy, supporting colleagues with their understanding of social impact and how this can be embedded across their respective roles to achieve social impact outcomes.
• Lead on capturing social impact case studies and outcomes from across the organisation including collaboration with the Commercial, Operations and Sports departments to inform ParalympicsGB’s social impact storytelling.
• Establish and manage a number of relevant stakeholders, developing and managing relationships with key stakeholders across the sport and disability sectors connected to collaborating on aspects of the strategy implementation.
• Organise the Social Impact Leadership Group and Social Impact Committee meetings and provide the administration for the group.

Social Impact Projects

• ParalympicsGB Athlete Community Project
  • Manage ongoing athlete reconnection campaign for Paralympians from pre 2010 and compile a database (Salesforce) of retired Paralympians who took part in previous Games as far back as the 1960 Paralympic Games.
  • Manage ParalympicsGB’s athlete community comms including opportunities for athletes within the community e.g. Ambassador roles, key-note speaker opportunities, campaigning opportunities.
  • Manage the Athlete Community Advisory Sub-Group, maximising input from the group on the ongoing project development and implementation.
  • Lead on scoping and project managing a digital platform solution for the Athlete Community, with support from Head of Social Impact.
  • Lead on scoping and managing a training programme for athletes who are part of the community e.g. advocacy and campaigning training, environmental sustainability training, mentoring etc.
  • Lead on organising and managing athlete celebrations events and networking opportunities across the home countries.
• Get Set
  • Support the Head of Social Impact, alongside Get Set delivery agency, with the Get Set youth education programme operations and athlete engagement.
  • Manage the Get Set Be the Change programme development in conjunction with Get Set agency, researching and advising on the future direction and growth of the social model of disability education programme in schools.
• Beyond the Podium
  • Support commercial team with a number of the commercial partners’ plans and activation around social impact, providing access and inclusion advice and guidance.
• Contribute to the other relevant social impact project groups as necessary and capacity permitting e.g. Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Group and Athlete Advisory Groups.

About you 

Social impact is a critical aspect of our organisation’s 10-year strategy, with a clear strategy in place to deliver positive social change for disabled people. You will be joining the Social Impact Team at an exciting and busy time, as we scale up our initiatives to deliver on our social impact ambitions.

You will be excited by this diverse role, supporting across a range of different social impact programmes and initiatives. You will be comfortable managing projects, liaising with athletes, leading stakeholder relationships, and supporting the organisation in capturing and documenting its impact.

You’ll be someone who takes pride in working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders, helping ParalympicsGB achieve its strategic goals. Our twin priorities as an elite sporting organisation with a commitment to social change creates a fun, lively and professional organisation.

You’ll be great at building relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, from athletes to agencies to charities. You’ll feel confident supporting colleagues on topics around disability inclusion and accessibility. You’ll be dependable in managing and reporting on projects and identifying innovative solutions.

The successful candidate will be supported every step of the way on their journey with ParalympicsGB. We are committed to ‘a positive Team experience from start line to finish line and beyond…’ and are committed to helping all our staff develop their skills and reach their full potential.

Further Information

For details of the person specification download the Job Description.

Please submit a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form available here: https://forms.office.com/e/4X2ZEcYAVD

Please send a role specific cover letter, CV and indication of current salary to Terry Race, Recruitment and Corporate Services Officer, at jobs@paralympics.org.uk.

All enquiries are to be directed to the email listed and no phone enquiries will be taken.

Apply for role

Closing date: 26th January 2025