Job at London Irish (graduate position)

Community Development Administrator

London Irish Rugby Club are seeking to employ a dynamic individual with the necessary enthusiasm and commitment to help drive the expansion of their Community Development Programme.

The successful candidate will support the existing team by performing various administrative tasks, and will be heavily involved in developing exciting and sustainable community programmes with a particular emphasis on building successful working partnerships with sports clubs, local businesses and the public sector.

Reporting directly to the Community Development Manager, you will be responsible for the organisation and evaluation of our commercial and non-commercial community programmes, of which programme development, sales and fund generation will play an important part.

You must have excellent communication and organisational skills, have an ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

You should be of graduate calibre with an enthusiasm for sport and have a keen interest in sports development. It is essential that you can work independently and from your own initiative as well as being an effective team player.

Applicants must hold a full driving licence with access to a suitable vehicle, and if required, may need to work some evenings and weekends.

It is London Irish Policy that all members of the Community team are Enhanced CRB checked.
Salary: Up to £15,000 p.a.

Job Description
Role and responsibilities within the Community Department (inclusive but not exhaustive of):
• Undertaking of community clerical tasks and responding to public enquiries;
• Co-ordinating and supporting the activities of other London Irish Community staff;
• Organising meetings, training, coaching, tournaments and other events.
• Liaising with local sports councils, regional committees and national governing bodies;
• Consulting with fans, club members, community groups and local sporting organisations;
• Develop community programmes from concept to completion by raising funds/sponsorship, managing budgets, controlling finance and organising subscription
• Collecting, mapping, monitoring and evaluating data for all programmes.
• Promoting, marketing and selling all commercial community programmes.
• Producing Community promotional literature, reports and event materials;
• Presenting to grant-awarding bodies and/or relevant authorities;
• Arranging ;
• Supporting colleagues to encourage and develop sport, health and education in the local, regional and national community;
The potential candidate will display the following skills/characteristics to undertake the role:
• Graduate level or equivalent
• First class communication, organisation, administration and customer service skills
• Good understanding of sports development, sports marketing, education and responsible business
• An effective and positive team player, who is self motivated and can work from own initiative.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about sport
Candidates must also show competency of the following:
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• IT and Numeracy Skills
• An enthusiastic personality and resilience to deal with uncertainty
• The ability to establish a good rapport and work well with people
• The ability to project a positive image of sport to people within all community sectors
• Commercial and political awareness affecting sports
• A sense of opportunism and creative thinking
It will be beneficial but not essential if the candidate shows the following characteristics:
• Experience with working with children
• Experience of working within sporting events
It is London Irish Policy that all members of the Community Team are Enhanced CRB Checked and all potential candidates will also be required to opt out of the European Working Time Directive.

Please send letter of application and a full CV to
Philippos Kyriacou,
London Irish RFC,
The Avenue, Sunbury-on-Thames,
Middlesex,
TW15 5EQ

or by email to philippos.kyriacou@london-irish.com by Monday 11 June 2007.