The LTA’s vision is ‘Tennis Opened Up’, and our mission is to transform communities through tennis, focusing on three areas – making tennis welcoming, enjoyable and inspiring to everyone. The Competition team oversee the planning and delivery of all LTA staged competitions at an international and national level, as well as supporting regional, county, and local level competition activity. The team also oversees Padel competition, team competition, disability competition and associated GB representative teams. The team are responsible for servicing competition in Britain, which includes Officiating, Ratings (World Tennis Number) and Rankings, rules and regulations and the digital systems to find and enter competition. This role will play an important part in delivering against the new Competition Plan 2025-29 and onwards. The primary aim of the role will be to lead on the strategic development and implementation of competition offers to attract and retain more adult and junior players in tennis and padel. Please note, the application window for this role closes on Wednesday 15th January 2025. Initial interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams from the week commencing 27th January 2025. Final interviews will take place in-person at the National Tennis Centre, from the week commencing 3rd February 2025. Our Culture The LTA, through its vision ‘Tennis Opened Up’, is committed to creating a diverse environment where all colleagues feel included and a strong sense of belonging. We are proud to actively invite applications from all candidates who meet the essential criteria and can work in the UK. We commit that everyone will receive equal consideration for employment irrespective of your ethnicity, religion, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, any disability, marital or civil partnership status, and pregnancy or maternity status. We particularly welcome applications from: • People from ethnically diverse communities • Deaf and disabled people • Members of the LGBTQ community • People with lived experience of the UK's many and varied communities The LTA Tennis Foundation is a new tennis charity that partners with brilliant people and organisations to improve lives through tennis. It shares the LTA’s vision of ‘Tennis Opened Up’, and it wants to use our sport to make a real difference to people across the whole country. All LTA colleagues have the chance to get involved with the LTA TF, with some directly involved in delivering and leading its work. To truly deliver our vision of ‘Tennis Opened Up’, we believe it is critical that the LTA plays our part in contributing to a healthier and more sustainable society. We want to grow tennis in Britain, but do so in a responsible way, protecting and supporting the environment and working with everyone in the sport to tackle our climate impacts. We are committed to ensuring a lasting future for tennis in Britain, and our Environmental Sustainability Plan sets out how we will do this. Find out more here: Life at the LTA www.lta.org.uk/sustainability About You Not Specified About Us Not Specified