Development Manager – Equipping Secondary Educators

Loughborough or home based

With your background experience in Physical Education (PE) and enrichment you are now looking for a role where you can develop your expertise and have a positive impact. Look no further than this Development Manager role at the Youth Sport Trust (YST). We want you to provide leadership, creativity and direction to our secondary school network of educators.

As a Secondary PE expert, you will use your vision for the transformation of PE. Your role will continue to grow YST’s insight in Physical Education both nationally and internationally to inform and challenge practice and to ensure all YST Development and Programme Managers are equipped to make their content relevant to Secondary PE practitioners. You will maintain and build credibility with local and national agencies to transform Physical Education within Secondary schools to ensure the subject is relevant to the lives of Children and Young People in 2021 and contributes to their future life chances (health and employment). You will be required to lead the effective implementation and development of national programmes aimed at transforming PE e.g. Sport England Teacher Training programme and to nurture and support a network of PE Catalyst’s, Higher Education Institution and Initial teacher training colleagues.

Much of your success will depend on you having experience in the Education sector of delivering high quality PE. You will have provided assistance and guidance to professionals as well as been involved in the development of young people. You must also have sound knowledge of the latest developments in education and education policy as well as a good understanding of cross-curricular design, development and pedagogy and the value of PE and School Sport.

Effective at motivating teams, you will possess excellent communication, negotiation and project management skills. Have an understanding of managing budgets, you will also be good at building relationships, overcoming problems and prioritising activities.

In return you will get to join a dynamic and energetic charity passionate about improving young people’s lives where all staff are given the opportunity to engage in the leadership and direction of the organisation. Our values of trust, responsibility, integrity and partnership working underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion. Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days.

If you have the skills to support our work and share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people, we would like to hear from you. Please go to our website via the link and apply online.

Youth Sport Trust positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. 

Interviews: 20 July 2021

Registered charity number: 1086915