Club Development Manager, Cycling

Organisation: Access Sport CIO
Salary: £28,000–£35,000 FTE, with salary offered subject to location and experience (UK: £28,000–£33,000; London: £30,000–£35,000)
Location: London or Manchester or Bristol
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 26 June 2026
Interview date: 6 July 2026
Job Description: Access Sport is a national charity with a vision that no one should be excluded from the transformational benefits of community sport. We are on a mission to make inclusion the norm in community sport by tackling the access barriers faced by disadvantaged and disabled young people.

We do this by training, equipping, and supporting community sports clubs, organisations, and volunteers to provide inclusive programmes, unleashing their potential to transform the lives of underserved young people in their local communities.

This work is either place based (Changing Places) or sport focussed (Changing Sports). All the clubs we support are invited to join our Inclusive Club Network.

In 2025/26 Access Sport engaged over 40,000 disadvantaged and disabled young people, with a strong representation from ethnically diverse communities, girls, and previously less active young people.
Read more about our impact in our Annual Review. A number of videos showcasing our work can be found on our YouTube channel. These
include a recent film about Access Sport and one about COG, a club in our cycling club network.

Role purpose
Summary
Access Sport is seeking a Club Development Manager to support the growth and delivery of our cycling club network as part of an ambitious new phase of programme expansion.

Access Sport believes cycling can transform the lives of disadvantaged and disabled young people in their local communities, and we’re working towards a future where every young person has:
• Access to a bike
• The skills and confidence to use it
• Somewhere local, safe and exciting to enjoy riding.

We work across three areas:
• Facilities: We build exciting and inclusive places to ride that are accessible to underserved communities and are free to use, with equipment on-site.
• Community outreach: We deliver specialist cycle training to inactive, disadvantaged and disabled young people by working with local schools and groups.
• Clubs: We empower local people to create inclusive cycling communities by developing regular and inclusive access to equipment and training.

Building on proven success, Access Sport is entering an ambitious new phase of growth and development. Our cycling programme is expanding across London, Bristol, Sheffield, Greater Manchester and Glasgow, alongside significant national growth through the cycling club network.

This exciting new role will be responsible for engaging and onboarding clubs into Access Sport’s inclusive cycling club network, strengthening relationships across the existing network and supporting clubs to deliver new and/or enhanced inclusive cycling opportunities. The role will play a key part in building a connected network that enables collaboration, peer learning and long term impact.

Responsibilities
Growing the Cycling Club Network
• Engage and onboard clubs into Access Sport’s cycling club network.
• Publicise and promote the network through storytelling, maps and communications.
• Work with Access Sport’s Cycling Delivery Managers to support the transition of intensively supported clubs into sustainable, long term network membership.

Club Development
• Support network clubs to develop, launch and sustain inclusive cycling activities for disadvantaged and disabled young people.
• Support existing clubs to strengthen and expand their inclusive offers and create new opportunities locally.
• Expand Wingz Cycling, our disability and neurodiversity inclusive cycling programme, supporting clubs to embed inclusive practice.
• Provide clubs with practical support, training and equipment to help build resilience and long-term sustainability.

Training and youth leadership
• Champion youth, disability and neurodivergence inclusion across the cycling club network, embedding inclusive practice nationally.
• Deliver workshops, training and resources to upskill coaches, volunteers and young leaders across the network.
• Support the development of a more diverse, representative cycling workforce, including creating youth leadership opportunities.

Partnerships and cross-programme collaboration
• Support clubs to build stronger relationships with local stakeholders and encourage peer learning and collaboration across the network.
• Work collaboratively with British Cycling, Scottish Cycling and other key stakeholders to strengthen and grow the cycling club network, aligning with National Governing Body programmes and partnership opportunities.
• Work with Access Sport’s Changing Places teams and Inclusive Club Network Manager to provide coordinated and joined-up support to network clubs.

Monitoring and evaluation
• Contribute to data collection and reporting across our cycling club development work, ensuring accurate and timely monitoring of reach and impact.
• Use systems such as Upshot and our Club Inclusion Tool to track participation, demographics and outcomes – training provided.
• Contribute to programme learning by identifying insights, challenges and opportunities for improvement.
• Support the development of case studies, impact stories and communications outputs.

Person specification
Skills/ experience
Essential
• Experience of, or transferable skills relevant to, developing and delivering community sport or youth programmes.
• A passion for empowering and inspiring underserved and disabled groups to reach their full potential through sport.
• Experience of building and managing effective partnerships across organisations or sectors (e.g. schools, community groups, local authorities).
• Experience in applying equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging principles in practice.
• An understanding of the barriers that may affect participation in community sport.
• Understanding the importance of safeguarding (training will be provided).
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities, with strong organisational skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally with a range of audiences.

Desirable
• We particularly welcome applicants with lived experience of one or more of the underserved communities we support i.e. D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, women and girls, ethnically diverse communities and low-socio economic backgrounds.
• Experience of working with or coaching young people from our target groups; less active, disabled young people and young people from the most deprived communities.
• Experience of working in, or knowledge of, the sport sector.
• A passion for and/ or experience of working in cycling.

Personal attributes
• A passion for Access Sport’s cause and empowering underserved and disabled children and young people to reach their full potential through sport.
• A personal commitment to Access Sport’s vision and values.
• Self-motivated, able to use initiative, and have a highly flexible approach to work.
• Proactive and adaptable - ability to think creatively and use initiative to achieve outcomes.
• Reliable and hardworking with the confidence to work independently.
• A team player with good interpersonal skills.
• Committed to continuing personal and professional development.

In addition:
• The post holder must have the right to work in the UK.
• The post holder must be able to travel regularly within the UK.
• There will be some requirements to work on evenings or weekends, for which time off in lieu (TOIL) can be taken.

Equal opportunities
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Access Sport is committed to creating an inclusive culture, through fostering a diverse workforce where everyone feels like they belong, differences are valued, and everyone can reach their potential.

We are actively seeking to diversify and create a workplace that is welcoming for all, ensuring that our workforce is representative of wider society and the communities we support. If you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either the application or interview stage, please contact us (details in section 6).

We offer disabled applicants the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). If you wish to apply under our GIS, please indicate this in your cover email. For more information, please visit our Join the Team page.

Background checks
As this role may, at times, involve working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks which includes a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service and two references.

Staff benefits
Access Sport is an exciting and dynamic place to work. We pride ourselves on being a close-knit and well-supported team with a clear sense of purpose, delivering real impact. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.

We are committed to supporting the development of our team members and, should you wish, there are opportunities for team members to get involved in different aspects of the charity, from the delivery of our programmes on the ground, to fundraising, events and advocacy.

Staff benefits include:
• Employee Assistance Programme - Access to a 24/7 confidential helpline, counselling services and online information.
• Annual leave - 28 days annual leave, including 3 days between Christmas and New Year, plus 1 extra day of leave per year of service for the first 5 years. This equates to 33 days of annual leave after 5 years of continuous service. Plus 8 days paid public holidays.
• Healthy living and wellbeing employer - We welcome staff to embed regular exercise into their daily work lives and have quarterly team away days.
• Volunteering/ personal development days - Two additional days of paid leave each year to volunteer for an Access Sport club or other charity, or to use as personal development days.
• Pension - 5% employer pension contribution.
• New Mums and Dads, including adoptive parents, can take enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Flexible working and family-friendly - Hybrid and flexible working arrangements which are family-friendly and provide flexibility around caring responsibilities.
• 24/7 GP service to provide employees with a phone or video appointment at a time and date that suits them.
• Cycle to Work scheme - saving up to 39% off a new bike and accessories.
• Group Life Assurance for all staff on payroll.
How to apply: To apply, please complete the application form on the Access Sport website by clicking the link below. Club Development Manager Application Form Once you have submitted your online application, please email your CV and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form to Careers@AccessSport.org.uk with your name in the subject line. Our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form can be downloaded: www.AccessSport.org.uk/join-the-team. Candidates who have been shortlisted for an interview will be notified by Friday 3 July. The first interviews are currently due to take place during the week commencing w/c 6 July. If you have any questions or would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please email Sue.Wheeler@AccessSport.org.uk. Data protection Access Sport CIO will only process and store your personal information, this means any information that identifies or could identify you, for the purposes of recruitment, after which it will be securely disposed.