Education Workforce Officer
UKAD has exciting opportunity for you to join us a Education Workforce Officer to play an active role as part of the Education Team aiming to promote and reinforce a culture of clean sport.
Salary Range £27,500 - £29,190
Location Hybrid (WFH / SportPark, Loughborough)
Type of contract Full-time, Permanent
Closing Date 23:59pm on 01 September 2025
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) is on a mission to protect clean sport and currently has an exciting opportunity available for you to join us.
We’re looking to recruit an Education Workforce Officer joining the Education team to play an active role in the delivery of our Education Strategy by coordinating the recruitment, training, accreditation, and deployment of UKAD’s Education Delivery Network (EDN).
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
You will coordinate the ongoing organisation of scheduled training and development of the wider EDN, coordinating the allocation of National Trainers, as well as facilitating the relevant Quality Assurance (QA) processes ensuring the EDN maintains high delivery standards.
Key result areas include
- Develop and maintain supportive relationships with the EDN, helping to support their training and continuous professional development
- Create and maintain QA processes to ensure a consistent high standard of delivery across National Trainers and Educators.
- Develop and maintain effective positive relationships with the EDN and stakeholders to support the implementation of education and information programmes
- Fulfil secretariat duties in the organisation and delivery of the quarterly NT Steering Group meetings
- Support the EDN with utilising the Clean Sport Hub as a monitoring and evaluation tool
- Coordinating the relationship with the warehouse provider to action resource and merchandise requests from stakeholders.
- Coordinate all NT allocations for 100% me and Major Games Education sessions in association with the Performance Pathway Education Lead.
- Coordinate the resources required by the EDN through ShareFile, including regular reviews and content creation
- Contribute to team deliverables as outlined in the annual education plan, including contributing to business reporting and the 2027 World Anti-doping code implementation project
- Support the Digital Learning and Workforce Manager in assessing risk, budget challenges and viability of programmes, escalating risks in a timely manner
- Experience of coordinating and supervising a tutor (or equivalent) workforce, including training, deployment and quality assurance
- Experience of project management including planning, scheduling tasks and evaluating against agreed milestones
- Experience of supporting organisations to deliver against agreed outcomes
- Experience of working within in an education and/or in a sport-related organisation
- Demonstrable experience of team working and ethos of ‘can do’ whilst showing understanding and sensitivity to others’ views and objectives
- Experience in handling sensitive and confidential information
- Have a passion for sport and an interest in UKAD activities and the UK sporting landscape
Person specification
Qualifications/experience/knowledge
- Experience of coordinating and supervising a tutor (or equivalent) workforce, including training, deployment and quality assurance
- Experience of project management including planning, scheduling tasks and evaluating against agreed milestones
- Experience of supporting organisations to deliver against agreed outcomes
- Experience of working within in an education and/or in a sport-related organisation
- Demonstrable experience of team working and ethos of ‘can do’ whilst showing understanding and sensitivity to others’ views and objectives
- Experience in handling sensitive and confidential information
- Have a passion for sport and an interest in UKAD activities and the UK sporting landscape.
Skills
- Organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines consistently
- Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences, including well-developed presentation skills and public speaking experience
- Ability to develop, and support a diverse workforce of remote workers
- Ability to build and sustain relationships with a network of key people internally and externally
- Self-awareness, and excellent interpersonal skills, such as self-reflection, influencing, negotiation and communication skills
- Ability to actively listen, when giving and receiving feedback
- Ability to see things from a learner’s point of view to inform education and information programme development
- Competent Microsoft Office user and knowledge of wider software packages including webinar software
- Excellent attention to detail
How to apply
Our values are at the heart of what we do, so if they align with you and you’re up for the fight against doping in sport, please complete the online application.
Deadline for Applications is 11:59pm on 01 September 2025. Interviews will take place on 09 and 10 September 2025 at SportPark.
We are a disability confident employer and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
If you meet the definition of ‘being a disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010 and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme and will have the opportunity let us know as part of your application. Please note this in your application.
Please note that UK Anti-Doping are currently unable to provide Visa Sponsorship.
- Department
- Education
- Role
- Education Workforce Officer
- Locations
- Loughborough
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About UK Anti-Doping
Our mission to protect sport is essential to ensuring that the values of fair play are upheld, that clean athletes are rightly rewarded for their efforts, and public trust in sport is maintained.
We work with athletes, athlete support personnel and national sports bodies to promote clean sport and ensure compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code, primarily through the UK Anti-Doping Rules and implementing the UK's National Anti-Doping Policy.
Our Strategic Refresh: Athlete First revitalises the pre-existing strategy 2021 - 2025 and extends its plans to 2026.