Organisation Lawn Tennis Association Salary Up to £40,000-£55,000 per annum dependent on experience Location North & Midlands West Contract type Closing date 15 September 2024 Job Description Hey! We’re the LTA and we’re pleased to meet you!
Our 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 Role
We are seeking a dedicated, experienced, and highly credible Delivery Manager to facilitate the implementation of our tennis and padel participation strategy. As a Delivery Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading the delivery of strategic plans and activities at a local level, working across all tennis delivery channels, ensuring a joined-up approach to maximise impact, with a focus on growing and diversifying the player base
•This role is specifically for our North & Midlands West region, made up of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Isle of Man & Warwickshire. You will part of a team of 6 Delivery Managers focusing on areas of geography with strategic importance.
•The ideal candidate will have experience in strategic influencing and achievement of scaled results and impact.
•The Hiring Manager for this role is open to discussing this role further informally. Do let the team know in your covering letter if this is something you wish to do.
Key Accountabilities
•Lead on the development, delivery, and continuous review of local area plans within strategically important areas that provide the best opportunity to grow the sport and drive community transformation through tennis and padel.
•Collaborate with key delivery partners, including Local Authorities, Active Partnerships, Tennis Operators, and other tennis and padel providers, to support the successful execution of the strategy at a local level.
•Maximise the impact of the parks investment programme through supporting the implementation and on-going delivery of sustainable operating models to enable participation growth and local community transformation.
•Provide support to strategically important venues to enable them to open up to the local community, enhancing membership, increasing participation, and improving financial sustainability, environmental sustainability, and governance standards.
•Identify and realise opportunities to grow, diversify and recognise the local tennis and padel workforce to create more opportunities to play and compete, as well as broaden the appeal of tennis in all communities.
•Embed and grow the reach of LTA Youth, as well as other LTA products, programmes, and competitions to ensure a comprehensive provision of activities that meet the needs of the local demographic.
•Champion the importance of competition to help retain players in the sport, with a focus on delivering plans that prioritise the growth of local, county, and regional playing opportunities.
•Effectively promote and integrate LTA digital tools, products, and services to support venues in opening up their facilities, providing a quality player experience, and increasing opportunities to play tennis.
•Contribute to the delivery of the LTA facilities strategy, working with Local Authorities and Sport England in the development of local playing pitch strategies or equivalent, within strategically important areas, ensuring the protection of the tennis infrastructure and identifying opportunities for further facility development.
•Work closely with the Safeguarding team and Regional Safeguarding Officers to champion the delivery of agreed strategies and plans, ensuring venues and the tennis workforce adhere to best practice standards, particularly in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.