Performance Programme Lead (Volunteer)

Organisation: England Korfball
Salary: Volunteer, but travel expenses paid whilst on EK events
Location: Nationwide but training held in South
Contract type: Volunteer (Part time)
Closing date: 8 October 2025
Interview date: 13 October 2025
Job Description: England Korfball is seeking an experienced Performance Programme Lead (volunteer) to work with our wider Performance Programme Team (volunteers).

Korfball is an attractive, fast moving, team sport played by men and women together. England Korfball’s vision for the sport is to ‘to boldly and creatively enable a growing korfball community to play, volunteer, enjoy and promote korfball’

England is currently ranked 9th in the world and we seek to put in place a 5-year strategy for our Performance Programme (alongside a wider strategy refresh process), defining overall goals and implementation plans.

We have U15, U17, U19, U21 and senior squads, who have typically trained on the weekend mainly in the south east of England.
Key tasks and responsibilities include:

• To lead, in close collaboration with the England Korfball Board and wider Performance Programme Team, a strategy development process putting in place longer term and annual objectives
• To oversee the Performance Programme Committee to ensure that the Performance Programme meets its agreed strategy, stated objectives, governance and legal obligations
• To ensure that there are appropriate safeguarding and other risk management strategies in place to support the development/competition of the squads
• To programme/lead regular meetings with the Performance Programme Team to ensure that there is open communication and regular updates
• To embed a culture of collaboration and effective working within the Performance Programme Team to ensure that overall goals will be met
• To have oversight of the finance strategy and plans for the Performance Programme, putting in place a fundraising strategy in line with a new 5-year strategy
• To provide detailed, accurate and timely reports for the England Korfball Board and the wider Performance Programme Team

The successful applicant will ideally be independent of Korfball club activity and have Performance Programme experience(s) in other sports’ elite /talent /development programmes. You will have a track record in building successful teams around explicit strategic objectives and you will be an accomplished in leading and working with volunteer teams.

The individual will have the skills, experience and capacity to effectively lead the Performance Programme Team including integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, pragmatism and leadership skills.

England Korfball recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly where we are under-represented, currently, this includes people with a disability, young people aged under 30, women and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. The geographical spread of Korfball in England has increased over recent years and we encourage applications from all areas of the country.

We strongly recommend that potential applicants have an informal discussion to understand the role, commitment and the skills and attributes we are looking for.
How to apply: We strongly recommend that potential applicants have an informal discussion to understand the role, commitment and the skills and attributes we are looking for. We estimate that the time commitment for this role is in the region of a minimum of 3-4 hours a week on average. For more information and an informal conversation about the role please contact Ralph Appleby (Board Member England Korfball currently supporting the Performance Programme) via e-mail: ralph.appleby@englandkorfball.co.uk. To apply please send a CV and covering letter detailing what you would bring to this role and how you meet the person specification as outlined within the job description (https://englandkorfball.co.uk/ek-vacancy-performance-programme-lead-volunteer/) to Chris Parkin, Chief Operations Officer by email chris.parkin@englandkorfball.co.uk by 5pm, Wednesday 8th October 2025. Interviews will be held w/c 13th October 2025.