Tournament Manager

Overview

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The LTA\’s vision is ‘Tennis Opened Up’, and our mission is to transform communities through tennis, focusing on three areas – making tennis welcoming, enjoyable and inspiring to everyone.

The Role

The Competition team oversees the planning and delivery of all LTA staged competitions at an international and national level, as well as supporting regional, county, and local level competition activity. The team also oversees Padel competition, team competition, disability competition and associated GB representative teams. The team is responsible for servicing competition in Britain, which includes Officiating, Ratings (World Tennis Number) and Rankings, rules and regulations and the digital systems to find and enter competition.

This role will play an important part in delivering against the new Competition Plan 2025-29 and onwards. The primary aim of the role will be to lead, plan and deliver LTA Staged competitions, both Team and Individual.

Location – National Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ or Mobile (to be discussed during the recruitment process)

Please note, the application window for this role closes at midnight on Sunday 28th September. We hold the right to close the application process early should we receive a high volume of applications.

Key Dates

• First stage interviews will take place in-person at the National Tennis Centre on Wednesday 8th October.
• Final stage interviews will take place on Thursday 16th October.

Our support to you – When applying for our roles, you will be asked as part of our application process if you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process. Adjustments could include extra time for assessments, interview questions in advance, alternative formats for materials or wheelchair access. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence and only used to make sure you have the best possible experience with us.

Key Accountabilities

• Plan, deliver and review any individual LTA Staged Competition not exhaustive of Junior ITF or TE, Grade 1, Grade 2, National Championships, National Tour, British Tour, British Open and disability and padel competition.
• Plan, deliver and review any team LTA Staged Competition not exhaustive of County Cup, National League and National Schools Competitions.
• Deliver each competition within budget and ensure all income and expenditure is tracked and follows organisational protocol.
• Ensure that competition documentation is in place for each competition, including risk assessments, and health and safety requirements.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to maximise the visibility of LTA Staged competitions and to achieve reputational gain.
• Act as the key point of contact for the tournament venue, maintaining strong relationships via effective communication and minimal disruption to the site.
• Review each competition and gather feedback from players, venues, contractors and officials to inform future competition.
• Create, build and sustain effective working relationships with key partners, particularly venues, contractors and officials.
• Work with the Safeguarding Team to ensure safeguarding and welfare is promoted and embedded within competition to make the sport safer for children and adults at risk.

Life at the LTA

The LTA, through its vision \’Tennis Opened Up\’, is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues feel included and have a sense of belonging. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse communities, deaf and disabled people, members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with lived experience of the UK\’s many and varied communities.

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