Do you believe that being active can change people’s lives?
Do you want to work on projects that will shape the future of London for the better?
Could you help us improve Londoners’ health and happiness by making the capital a more physically active city?
London Sport is committed to becoming an insight and data led organization. This exciting role within our Impact and Innovation team will help us to achieve this ambition. Applying your skills, you will work with teams across the organisation to plan, measure and communicate their impact and learning. You will communicate this impact across the sector to influence and engage decision makers.
Our work ranges from place-based work, to distributing funding for community sport partners through to influencing and advocating for policy and system change. Your role requires the ability to understand this varied work and apply appropriate evaluation and impact frameworks across our work. Translating complex concepts into accessible tools for those working on the ground is part of this role. The findings will be aggregated and presented externally and internally, for the broader community sport sector to apply.
You will represent London Sport within the sector on evaluation and learning groups. This role would ideally suit someone with strong impact, evaluation and learning skills and experience looking to progress their career.
You will also be passionate and committed to helping us evidence and communicate the positive power of sport and physical activity to change Londoners lives.
London Sport champions equality and is an inclusive organisation that strives to reflect London’s diversity in our appointments. We particularly welcome applications from:
- People from ethnically diverse communities
- Deaf and disabled people
- Women
- Members of the LGBTQ+ community
- People with lived experience of London’s many and varied communities
About You:.
- You can present evaluation and impact findings, create strategic evaluation plans and can engage with senior decision makers and policy makers to influence and advocate for change.
- You have an excellent understanding of effective evaluation and reflective practices and delivery. You will be able to evidence your experience in designing and embedding impact and learning.
- You apply appropriate and proportionate approaches, tools and methods to maximise learning at multiple levels.
- You enjoy working with others and helping them learn. You can build rapport and develop positive relationships with colleagues as a basis for providing support.
- You have a strong understanding of, and experience of using, qualitative and quantitative research techniques.
- You have strong data analysis skills.
- You are actions-focused and a strategic problem solver.
- You have excellent ability to present data using simple and tailored communication for maximum engagement.
- You have strong project management and organisation skills.
- You can demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion in relation to London.
- Lived experience of day-to-day life in London.
Download the recruitment pack here.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, please email [email protected]
