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Local Authority Sports Development Officer Employment Contract UK

Name: Local Authority Sports Development Officer Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: sports_and_recreation_sports_development_officer_local_authority_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define community participation work around evidenced need, accessible provision and accountable public resources.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

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Holiday entitlement

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Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

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Notice periods

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When to use this contract

Deliver analyse participation needs and barriers, design inclusive sport and activity programmes, and coordinate clubs schools facilities and funders.

Workplace context: Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the communities sports portfolio and programme targets. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the partner grant and facility arrangements. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the spending procurement and representation authority. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the safeguarding complaint and delivery-failure routes. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.

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Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: A Sports Development Officer designs programmes to increase physical activity through clubs, schools, facilities and community partners. Terms should cover needs analysis, outreach, grant conditions, procurement boundaries, coach checks, inclusion, facility agreements, events, evaluation and political impartiality. The officer should not promise funding, favour connected clubs or report attendance as sustained impact without supporting evidence. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the communities sports portfolio and programme targets
the partner grant and facility arrangements
the spending procurement and representation authority
the safeguarding complaint and delivery-failure routes
the service manager clubs schools finance and public-health contacts

Day-to-day operating brief

What Sports Development Officer (Local Authority) work looks like in practice

A Sports Development Officer designs programmes to increase physical activity through clubs, schools, facilities and community partners. Terms should cover needs analysis, outreach, grant conditions, procurement boundaries, coach checks, inclusion, facility agreements, events, evaluation and political impartiality. The officer should not promise funding, favour connected clubs or report attendance as sustained impact without supporting evidence. Sports Development Officer (Local Authority) is a sports & recreation role focused on sports development officer (local authority) work planning, sports and recreation records, sports development officer (local authority) quality checks, sports and recreation escalation, sports development officer (local authority) stakeholder updates, sports, development, officer. The contract should describe the role's practical duties, reporting route, records, standards and compliance obligations without importing wording from another industry The Employee is employed as Sports Development Officer (Local Authority) in the Employer's Sports & Recreation business. The role requires reasonable skill, care, accuracy, cooperation with management instructions and attention to the records, risks and standards specific to sports development officer (local authority) work The Employee must follow the sports & recreation operational controls that apply to sports development officer (local authority) work, including workplace procedures, records, customer or client standards, data protection, health and safety and escalation, accurate record keeping, escalation and safe working requirements The Employee must protect employee, customer, commercial, performance, rota, investigation, budget and operational records, including any personal data, customer or client information, operational records, pricing, credentials, security information, business plans and role-specific records accessed while performing sports development officer (local authority) duties Sports Development Officer (Local Authority) work in Sports & Recreation must follow the Employer's policies, data protection controls, health and safety rules, role records, escalation routes and training requirements relevant to sports development officer (local authority) work planning, sports and recreation records, sports development officer (local authority) quality checks. Family: management Sports Development Officer (Local Authority) People coordination Operational planning Escalation

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Analyse participation needs and barriers.
Design inclusive sport and activity programmes.
Coordinate clubs schools facilities and funders.
Manage grants events and delivery agreements.
Evaluate reach outcomes costs and safeguarding.

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Outputs to agree

analyse participation needs and barriers
design inclusive sport and activity programmes
coordinate clubs schools facilities and funders

Records and evidence

The communities sports portfolio and programme targets.
The partner grant and facility arrangements.
The spending procurement and representation authority.
The safeguarding complaint and delivery-failure routes.
Work records.
Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

A Sports Development Officer designs programmes to increase physical activity through clubs, schools, facilities and community partners. Terms should cover needs analysis, outreach, grant conditions, procurement boundaries, coach checks, inclusion, facility agreements, events, evaluation and political impartiality. The officer should not promise funding, favour connected clubs or report attendance as sustained impact without supporting evidence.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Email.
Document systems.
Phone systems.

Workplace context

Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Contract priorities

the communities sports portfolio and programme targets
the partner grant and facility arrangements
the spending procurement and representation authority
the safeguarding complaint and delivery-failure routes

Information the employer should prepare

the communities sports portfolio and programme targets
the partner grant and facility arrangements
the spending procurement and representation authority
the safeguarding complaint and delivery-failure routes
the service manager clubs schools finance and public-health contacts

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Work setting

Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Primary duties

Analyse participation needs and barriers.
Design inclusive sport and activity programmes.
Coordinate clubs schools facilities and funders.
Manage grants events and delivery agreements.

Tools and training to confirm

Email.
Document systems.
Phone systems.
Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Governance focus

Employer procedures and role controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the communities sports portfolio and programme targets. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the partner grant and facility arrangements. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the spending procurement and representation authority.

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Sports Development Officer (Local Authority) duties

Deliver analyse participation needs and barriers, design inclusive sport and activity programmes, and coordinate clubs schools facilities and funders.

Analyse participation needs and barriers. Design inclusive sport and activity programmes. Coordinate clubs schools facilities and funders. Manage grants events and delivery agreements. Evaluate reach outcomes costs and safeguarding.

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What is added to the finished contract

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the communities sports portfolio and programme targets.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the partner grant and facility arrangements.

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