Development Manager – Primary PE

Development Manager – Primary PE

£40,000 per annum plus car allowance

Home based, with travel to Loughborough once a week

This is an incredible opportunity to use your experience in managing PE in a Primary setting to make a difference to the development of young people in the UK as well as continue your career in a high profile national charity.

The Youth Sport Trust is all about changing young people’s lives through sport. We are skilled in the use of physical education, physical activity and sport to unlock all young people’s potential. As Development Manager for Primary PE, we want you to create the frameworks and resources to support high-quality PE delivery in primary schools.

As Development Manager, you will ensure a clear, comprehensive offer for primary educators and PE leaders by designing and promoting a primary PE blueprint that is relevant, meaningful and adds value across schools. You will collaborate with national organisations in researching, developing, piloting and evaluating innovative solutions for Primary PE too. We will look to you to manage the implementation of PE programmes based on physical literacy principles as well as ensure PE is positioned as a tool to improve wellbeing and support wider educational outcomes. You will also support schools, teachers and students to identify challenges and best practices in Primary PE delivery. It will be important that you have the ability to provide expertise on PE premium funding and other national policies. In addition, you will build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders and PE providers to maximise expertise, sector impact and collaboration.

A proven, excellent practitioner with qualified teacher status, you will have a background in managing PE in a Primary setting. You will have experience of providing developmental support to schools and practitioners including in the primary and early years arenas. Used to overseeing projects and developing support materials for educational professionals, you will possess excellent communication, relationship building and stakeholder management skills. You will also have a good understanding of the UK primary education landscape as well as the expectations on schools from DfE and OFSTED. You will have sound knowledge of education, PE and sport policy too. 

The Youth Sport Trust is a passionate and forward-thinking organisation full of committed professionals. As a member of the team, we guarantee you will feel very much part of our mission and will experience fun, challenge and fulfilment in your role. Our values 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 possess all these attributes and share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people, please go to www.youthsporttrust.org/careers and complete an online application.

The Youth Sport Trust believes that diversity drives excellence, and that representation is important. We positively welcome and seek 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.

Please note that this position is subject to an enhanced Criminal Records Check.

Closing date: 11:59pm on 10 December 2024

Interview date: Wednesday 18 December 2024 in Loughborough

Registered charity number: 1086915