Para Athletics Talent Officer
A vacancy has arisen at England Athletics for a Para Athletics Talent Officer.
- Location
- Home Based, UK Based, B42 2BE
- Contact Telephone
- 01213476543
- Organisation
- England Athletics
- Salary
- £25,000
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract
- Permanent
- Organisation
- England Athletics
- Placed On
- Mon 27th January, 2025
- Closes
- 12:00am - Thu 13th February, 2025
- Sport / Activity
- Athletics
About Para Athletics Talent Officer
The role will support the identification of talented para-athletes and link closely with clubs to ensure that more para-athletes are being supported within our club network. The postholder will ensure that the England Talent Pathway is populated with para-athletes who have the potential to progress through the talent pathway and succeed at major championships for Team England and GB&NI senior teams. The role requires national travel to support talent identification and recruitment initiatives whilst working closely with key partners across the national disability sport landscape to ensure potential para-athletes transition into thriving talent development environments. The successful candidate will work closely with the National Para Athletics Manager to increase the strength and depth of para-athletes actively competing across all event groups.
Key areas for this role will be:
- Identify new para-athletes to join the pathway through working with key partners.
- Be the first point of contact for para-athletics enquiries.
- Ensure that new para-athletes are signposted to clubs and are supported in the early stages of their para-athletics journey including classification.
- Collaborate with clubs and coaches to develop appropriate opportunities for para-athletes to thrive in athletics.
- Lead on the development of Frame Running.
- Support para-athletics talent pathway activity including Para Academy, Youth Talent Programme, Junior Talent Programme and Senior Talent Programme.
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