Netball Development Officer - Birmingham

Organisation: England Netball
Salary: £25,000 - £27,000 per annum dependant on experience
Location: This role covers the Birmingham area and is a hybrid role with the office based at Shenley Academy, Birmingham, some home working, regular travel across the county, and occasional travel across wider West Midlands.
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 26 May 2025
Interview date: 6 June 2025
Job Description: Netball Development Officer - Birmingham

The Netball Development Officer (NDO) is responsible for growing netball activity in the county, maintaining a shared, insight-driven plan aligning with our Adventure Strategy and purpose. The NDO will empower and support our clubs, leagues, partners, volunteers, and workforce to join us in delivering outstanding participation opportunities for members and participants, whilst seeking income generation and funding opportunities. This role will support EN's Adventure Strategy and will contribute to how we grow participation in netball across all life stages making it a game for life, providing extraordinary experiences, and building a thriving collective within the sport.

In your application please include a CV and a cover letter.

Key Responsibilities

Members, Clubs and Leagues

•Understand the local club and league landscape within the county including their current position, ambitions and challenges and recognising the needs of the audience.
•Activate national initiatives, campaigns and approaches that support evolution of both club and league landscapes across the county area.

Customer experience

•Understand the county demographics and find ways to attract new audiences with a focus on those from underserved communities.
•Provide exceptional experiences to all participants, clubs, league and volunteers as well as support those from third parties who deliver netball experiences as part of the partnership agreements.

Participation and Programmes

•Ensure local plans reflect ‘game for life’ ambitions aiming to deliver for every age and stage.
•Organise, promote, deliver and monitor England Netball programmes ensuring a sustainable financial model and a great participant experience supporting all stages of the participant journey.
•Support the implementation of children and young people programmes in school, club and community settings.

Partnerships

•Champion and continually demonstrate our purpose driven culture and embedded behaviours, supporting partners to share these.
•Be the County Netball Association (CNA) Relationship Lead, working with them to collaborate on shared goals, a shared purpose and plan that aligns to England Netball’s Adventure Strategy.
•Establish and nurture local partnerships that align with our purpose and enable outstanding programme experiences and reach (including but not limited to the Active Partnership, Local Authorities, relevant local charities, facility providers, school networks).

Operations

•Be responsible for meeting and monitoring local Key Performance Indicators; updating trackers and systems to demonstrate progress as required.
•Generate programme income and manage small budgets following NDO financial guides to support sustainability.
•Access local funding support and signpost potential clubs, coaches, officials and volunteers to relevant schemes.

This role would suit people who are:

Passionate about sport and are an ambassador for sports participation.

Committed to making a difference – and want to play a part in opening up netball to new and underserved communities.

People Orientated – with the ability to enthuse, inspire and empower individuals to return and or grow their involvement in the game.

Understanding - able to acknowledge and support to overcome potential barriers to participation, whilst realising potential motives, aspirations and needs of women relating to netball participation.

Experienced working with volunteers/voluntary groups – ability to build positive working relationships underpinned by Working as One, supporting volunteers to embed collaborative behaviours and ways of working.

Knowledgeable about the geographical area (population and netball landscape) and England Netball participation products and programmes (desirable) and understand the best ways to reach our current and new audiences through local channels.

Coaches and leaders – have experience of, be confident and engaging either coaching, leading or facilitating young people and adults. Be able to adapt your style to the needs of the participants. In addition, either hold a level 2 netball coaching qualification or be keen and willing to gain appropriate coaching qualifications and or coaching experiences provided by England Netball.
Awareness of factors impacting participation linked to wellbeing and women/girls health ie NETBALLHer as well as health and safety and assessing risks in a sport environment.

A strong communicator - who can tailor your written and verbal communication appropriately to the target audience. It is a requirement to have a minimum standard of English and Maths at GCSE Grade C /4 or equivalent.

A natural organiser - are self-motivated, with the ability to work on your own initiative and lead and motivate others.

Flexible and adaptable reacting positively to change, sharing of ideas and successes and being open to feedback to embed continuous improvement.

A confident administrator - have the ability to organise and administrate programmes including budgeting, venue booking venues, inputting participant information and answering enquiries. Having an awareness of promotion and marketing methods would be beneficial.
Able to use Microsoft Word and Outlook. A working knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Power Point, Excel, social media including Facebook and Twitter would be beneficial. Are comfortable to be trained on bespoke monitoring and insight systems.

Able to work some unsocial hours including at times evenings and occasional weekends.
Have a full current driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

For the full candidate pack please see the link attached to our LinkedIn job posting.
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