Salary Paid opportunity for 6 days per year, with potential for some additional ad hoc communications/event work, plus travel expenses

Location Remote with some meetings in person

Type Initial term of 4 years

Deadline for Applications 11:59pm, 1 December 2024

Wherever you are in the United Kingdom, and whatever the level, from TV watching on the sofa, to collecting medals on the podium, sport is a central part of millions of people’s lives.

We need to know that those who participate in sport are doing so fairly, safely and with integrity. UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) is on a mission to protect, encourage and support the clean athlete and to remove cheats from sport.

To help UKAD do its job well we need athletes to hold us to account, to help shape our policies and practices, and to help us ensure our work is understood and relatable to all.

We rely on the UKAD’s Athlete Commission to help us do this. The Commission has a vision of a UK where athletes perform in clean sport at their best, with pride and integrity. Members are passionate advocates for fair play at grass roots and elite levels. It is their role to help empower athletes, ensuring their voices are at heart of all UKAD delivers.

We have an exciting opportunity available for new athletes to join us.

Due to several Athlete Commission member’s terms coming to an end, we’re looking to recruit into our Athlete Commission. Both current and recently retired National-level athletes are invited to apply for this important opportunity.

We welcome applicants across all sports that receive anti-doping testing and education.

About us

Our purpose:

To ensure doping-free sport, promoting and protecting clean sport through education, testing and enforcement.

Our values:

Integrity – We do what is right for clean sport, we are equitable and ethical, ensuring everyone is treated fairly and with respect.

Collaboration – We work together and with others, sharing knowledge and building relationships to better tackle doping.

Excellence – We strive to achieve high standards in the protection of clean sport, evolving with the times and finding solutions.

Passion – We are dedicated to keeping sport clean, are proud of what we do and know it matters.

Job purpose

The UKAD Athlete Commission provides insight, ideas and advice on all matters of anti-doping.

Olympic, Paralympic and professional sports are all represented on the Commission, which has the responsibility to ensure the wider views of the athlete community are heard.

Members are appointed based on their experience of, and commitment to, anti-doping and their understanding of the national and/or international sporting environment. It's a broad and diverse group and has included members who have made doping mistakes, have received bans as a result, but are now willing to help others by sharing their experiences and advocating for clean sport.

Athlete Commission members meet 3 times a year to discuss a range of anti-doping matters and provide feedback to UKAD on its work. Ad hoc requests to help advocate for clean sport and spread awareness of UKAD and its work will be made too. On occasions there may be additional review or contribution required for advice/feedback about aspects of UKAD work outside of set meetings. Overall commitment will be no more than 6 days per year.

Person specification

Experience/knowledge

You will be passionate about fair and inclusive sport at a grassroots and elite level. You will have a sense of service and responsibility to give back to sport. You will want to help protect clean athletes by providing advice and opinions on athlete-related anti-doping matters and be happy to help advocate for clean sport and the vital work that UKAD does.

You will be a current or former National-Level UK athlete, with a commitment to clean sport. You must have direct experience of anti-doping i.e. have been tested and received anti-doping education in the past.

If successful in your application, you will join our powerful team of athletes on the Commission to help support clean athletes, ensuring yours and their voices are at the heart of UKAD’s policies and practices.

How to apply

Our values are at the heart of what we do, so if they resonate with you too, and you’re up for the fight against doping in sport, please complete the online application.

Deadline for Applications is 11:59pm on 1 December 2024. Interviews will take place week commencing 13 January 2025, online via Microsoft Teams.