Chair - Sport England

DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT


APPOINTMENT OF SPORT ENGLAND CHAIR


DCMS is looking for an outstanding individual to be the Chair of Sport England. Sport England’s key role is to increase participation in sport.


You will need to have:

• A strong track record of strategic leadership in public service, business or sport, including experience of chairing and successfully overseeing major strategic changes and embedding culture change in a large organisation.

• A proven ability to deliver results.

• Excellent communication and presentational skills and the ability to work in partnership with other partners in central government, other non-governmental agencies and sporting organisations across the country.

•A broad understanding of the structure of sport in England and appreciation of diversity issues
related to encouraging greater participation of under-represented and priority groups in sport.

• A strong grasp of the principles of public sector propriety, regularity and accountability, and experience of overseeing significant budgets and programmes.


Background

Sport England operates under a Royal Charter and is a Government funded Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) and Lottery Distributor. It distributes both Lottery and Exchequer funds to sport, totalling some £265m in 2006/07.

The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games provide an unprecedented opportunity to create a world leading grassroots and community sports system. Sport England’s main priority will be to build a world leading community sports infrastructure. Within this will be a key role to increase the number of regular participants in sport by one million, which will contribute to the Government’s target of getting two million more people more active by 2012.

Sport England also has a key role to play in other areas, including the national school sport strategy, and securing new private investment into community sport. It is also a funder of key venues for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, such as the Aquatics Centre and Velopark.

The appointment is expected to be made in September 2008 for a four-year term.

Time commitment is expected to be two days per week on average.

Remuneration will be £45,000 a year.

How to Apply

Please download and read the Information pack, Public Appointments Booklet and OCPA Complaints Leaflet. To apply please complete the Public Appointments Registration Form, Monitoring Information Form and submit this to Amber Noble via email amber.noble@veredus.co.uk or via post to Amber Noble, Veredus, 17 Rochester Row, London, SW1P 1RP. For an informal and confidential discussion about this role, please contact our advising consultants John Dodd on 0870 190 4340 or Roger Russell on 020 7932 4263.

Closing date for applications is Monday 30 June 2008 at 5pm.