Strategic Lead, Equality (Disability)

Organisation
Sport England
Salary
£58,650 per annum
Location
Flexible - homeworking or hybrid office-based (Loughborough or Bisham)
Contract type
Closing date
11 June 2024
Job Description
At Sport England, we want everyone regardless of age, background or level of ability to engage positively, with sport and physical activity. Our 10-year Strategy, Uniting the Movement, sets out our vision to transform lives and communities through sport and physical activity.The Strategic Lead Equality (Disability) is a key role within the Policy & Integrity Directorate and will work closely with the Strategic Lead Equality and the Director of Equality Diversity Inclusion in Sport.You will be responsible for shaping how we continue to raise the importance of inclusion for disabled people in all areas of sport and physical activity, and support policy development in this area working closely with colleagues, key partners, and stakeholders. Reporting to the Director of Equality Diversity Inclusion in Sport, you will help position our existing and future work so that it has the greatest impact using insight, data, and best practice as key fundamentals to your approach.You will shape the organisation’s approach to sector-wide Disability policy, coordinate the team’s work and provide practical support to the Disability team to engage fully with the organisations business transformation process.You will work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners, sharing learning, data and lived experiences to help improve understanding, build confidence and capability within the sector.You will help to remove barriers to participation for Disabled people across the sport and physical activity sector, feeding into the successful delivery of Sport England’s strategic vision, Uniting the Movement.If you have a professional and sensitive approach with an ability to deliver positive outcomes by bringing people with you, then please consider applying. Most important is the ability to maintain positive working relationships with peers and senior colleagues both internally and externally in the sport and physical activity sector.Sport England recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Find out more about our commitment to diversity on our careers page.
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