Netball Development Officer in Essex

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to grow and drive netball in the county, maintaining a shared, insight driven plan aligning to our Adventure Strategy and purpose. The Netball Development Officer will empower and support our clubs, leagues, partners, volunteers, and workforce to join with us in delivering outstanding participation opportunities for members and participants, whilst seeking income generation and funding opportunities. This role will support England Netball'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.

Contract: 21 hours per week, Part Time, Permanent

Location: Hybrid working, office base: House of Sport London. This role will be based in and around the county with the flexibility to work from home.

Salary: £27,500 - £29,700 per annum (FTE) - inclusive of area allowance Actual Salary: £16,500 - £17,820 per annum (pro rata) - inclusive of area allowance Dependant on skills and experience

Deadline: 23rd March 2026

Key Responsibilities:

• Empower and support local leagues and clubs to deliver outstanding relevant activity 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.
• Maintain engaging, accessible local communication channels that enable local landing of our ‘resonant voice’ campaigns alongside sharing local news i.e. social media, website and media outlets.
• 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:

• Maintain expert knowledge and insight on the county; the landscape, population, facilities, workforce, netball provision and partners.
• Utilise knowledge, insight and mapping (in partnership with the Netball Development Community Coach where one in place), to annually plan a menu of inclusive activity, for every community that suits the needs of the local area, aligning to current national priorities, the adventure strategy, our purpose and key performance indicators.
• Coach and deliver agreed sessions, camps and events including festivals.

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.

Operations:

• Be responsible for meeting and monitoring local Key Performance Indicators; updating trackers and systems to demonstrate progress as required.
• Recruit, manage and support in accordance with our casual coach guidance any coaches required to deliver the annual plan.
• Work with priority facility development projects to identify potential netball usage, access funding and ensure developments meet the needs of the local area.
• 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 is 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.
• 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.
• 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.