Access Sport CIO

About Access Sport's Training and Learning Offer Our Training and Learning is designed for anyone involved in organising and delivering sport and activity for children and young people, and to develop new young leaders from our communities. Our Training and Learning offer includes two streams: 1) Inclusion Learning We provide training to coaches, volunteers and others who work with children and young people to put inclusivity at the core of their sport and physical activity delivery. We currently run Inclusion Learning focused on Disability Inclusion and Neurodivergence Inclusion. We also have a Young Women and Girls offer which is being refreshed. 2) Young Leaders Training Our Young Leaders training is designed to develop teamwork, communication and leadership skills of young people who may not typically access these. We work with partner organisations and education settings to identify cohorts of young people who will most benefit, including SEN Schools, Pupil-Referral Units, Alternative Provision, and community partners. Role Summary We have ambitious goals to grow our Training and Learning offer and are seeking Inclusion Learning Facilitators ("Facilitators") to join our team. Facilitators will play a core role in delivering Access Sport's Inclusion Learning offer to the community sport sector. This currently includes Disability Inclusion, Neurodivergence Inclusion and Young Leaders Training, with further content in development, as above. Participants in our Inclusion Learning include those who provide sport and physical activity for children and young people - including sports coaches, club volunteers, leisure operators, National Governing Bodies and beyond. Our Young Leaders Training engages targeted cohorts of young people, including groups from SEN Schools, Pupil-Referral Units, Alternative Provision, and targeted community partners., Inclusion learning delivery:

• Deliver engaging, interactive and inspiring workshops and sessions to the community sport sector and/or Young Leaders.
• Establish a safe and inclusive learning environment, cultivating psychological safety and recognising various stages of experience and confidence of participants.
• Work with co-facilitators to prepare for sessions in accordance with the programme, partner and attendees.
Inclusive sport best practice:
• Facilitate learning about best practices for inclusive sport delivery.
• Utilise real world examples to ensure participants connect theory to practical examples.
• Develop participants' skills to apply best practice within their own settings.
Team relationships and continued development:
• Attend in-house courses, regular online learning and development sessions, facilitator peer-learning forums, and visit Access Sport club sessions to increase knowledge, experience and confidence.
• Maintain a consistent line of communication with Access Sport's Inclusive Training Lead and relevant colleagues.
Monitoring and evaluation
• Complete training and learning reviews independently and in collaboration with co-facilitators., We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Access Sport is committed to creating an inclusive culture, through fostering a diverse workforce where everyone feels like they belong, differences are valued, and everyone can reach their potential. We are actively seeking to diversify and to create a workplace that is welcoming for all, ensuring that our workforce is representative of wider society and the communities we support. If you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview stage, please contact us (section 6).
Background checks As this role may, at times, involve working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks which includes a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service and two references. We offer disabled applicants the option of requesting that their application is considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). If you wish to apply under our GIS, please indicate this in your cover email. For more information, please visit our Join the Team page. What Access Sport provides Access Sport is an exciting and dynamic place to work. We pride ourselves on being a close-knit and well-supported team with a clear sense of purpose, delivering real impact. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. Inclusion Learning programmes and resources We will provide our Facilitators with:
• A full induction and ongoing support from our Inclusive Training Lead.
• Delivery resources - this will include slide decks, facilitator notes, session plans and accompanying resources.
• Access Sport kit., We are committed to supporting the professional development of our team members. There will be opportunities such as in-house courses, online learning and development sessions, facilitator peer-learning forums, and visits to Access Sport club sessions to increase knowledge, experience and confidence as part of the Inclusion Learning Facilitation Team. These sessions will provide opportunities to share good practice, discuss facilitation experiences, explore emerging topics in inclusion, and learn from colleagues across the team. Attendance at some of these sessions will be expected for all Facilitators.
  
  Essential
Inclusive sport environments - someone who has:
• Deep understanding of the importance of creating inclusive sport environments for all and what this looks like.
• Knowledge of best practice for creating inclusive sport environments.
• Ability to creatively apply principles across a variety of sport contexts to support coaches develop their delivery.
• Knowledge and experience in relevant safeguarding principles within a sport environment.
Training Delivery and Facilitation - someone who:
• Has strong communication, facilitation, and coaching skills.
• Has skills to deliver learning content in an engaging way and facilitate constructive discussions between participants.
• Is able to adapt session delivery to the needs, motivations and skill levels of diverse participants.
• Is skilled at varying delivery methods and styles dependant on audience and session format.
• Provides constructive feedback and can navigate discussions with new and challenging topics.
• Fosters a supportive and inclusive learning environment, valuing and celebrating diverse perspectives and experiences.
Previous relevant experience - someone who has:
• Strong experience facilitating, coaching, training, teaching or engaging groups of young people, disabled people, neurodivergent people and/or people from disadvantaged communities.
• Proven experience creating inclusive, engaging and supportive environments that enable people to participate, learn and develop.
• The ability to adapt their approach to meet a range of needs, abilities and confidence levels.
• This experience may come from a variety of settings, including sport, education, youth work, community organisations or other relevant environments and does not need to be sport-specific.
Team player - someone who is:
• Able to work well as a team player, across disparate teams and varying schedules.
• Skilled as facilitating alongside various colleagues, working to complement delivery styles.
• Able to support the development of colleagues early in their facilitation journey.
Desirable Lived experience - someone who:
• Has lived experience from within communities we support - including D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, low socio-economic and female.
Previous relevant experience - someone who has one, or a combination of:
• Experience teaching or coaching in schools, clubs, and community settings.
• Experience working with adult learners.
• Experience within the charity sector, community clubs or organisations.
Qualifications and certificates:
• Qualification in education, training and learning, facilitation.
• Child protection / safeguarding qualification.
In addition, Facilitators must:
• Have the right to work in the UK.
• Be willing to make their own travel arrangements to sessions (expenses covered).
• Be willing to obtain a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate., Passionate about Access Sport's vision in ensuring nobody misses out on the transformational benefits of community sport.
• Passionate about empowering others to embed inclusive practice in their own environment.
• A personal commitment to Access Sport's vision and values.
• Commitment to proactively representing the vision, values and behaviours of Access Sport.
• Self-motivated, able to use initiative and flexible approach to work.
• Commitment to an outstanding level of session delivery.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
• Proactive and adaptable, with an ability to use initiative to achieve outcomes.
• A strong team player with the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
  
  Access Sport is a national charity with a vision that no one should be excluded from the transformational benefits of community sport. We are on a mission to make inclusion the norm in community sport by tackling the access barriers faced by disadvantaged and disabled young people.
We do this by training, equipping, and supporting community sports clubs, organisations and volunteers to provide inclusive programmes, unleashing their potential to transform the lives of underserved young people in their local communities. This work aims to tackle the root causes preventing disadvantaged and/or disabled young people from accessing sport through a range of projects which are either place-specific or sport-specific. All the clubs we support are invited to join our Inclusive Club Network. We then use the expertise gained through this work to effect System Change. In 2025/26 Access Sport engaged over 40,909 disadvantaged and disabled young people, with a strong representation from ethnically diverse communities, girls, and previously less active young people. A copy of our 2022-2027 growth strategy, Stand for Inclusion, which provides further details about our work and future development plans can be found on our website. Films showcasing our work can be found on our YouTube channel. These include a recent film about Access Sport, our inclusive multi-sport festival in Birmingham and our Cadishead Park pump track and basketball court launch.