Competitions and Events Officer

About Goalball UK

Goalball is a fast-paced, action-packed, 3-a side indoor game of attack and defence designed for people who are blind or partially sighted. It is a unique Paralympic sport, with no Olympic equivalent and is played by both men and women.

Funded by the National Lottery and Exchequer, through both Sport England and UK Sport, Goalball UK is the governing body, with charitable status, responsible for the sport of goalball in the UK.

We are about to launch our Empowering People Strategy: As a core part of this strategy, we are committed to developing our competitions and events to provide players, coaches, and officials with opportunities and improved experiences at all levels of the sport.

If you join Goalball UK, you will work in a progressive, caring, inclusive, charitable organisation that takes pride in truly 'Transforming People's Lives'.

We pride ourselves on being bold in our words and actions in supporting the 'Goalball Community' on their transformational journeys.

We are committed to challenging other inequalities and reducing the barriers to participation and improving the life chances of all people with a visual impairment (V.I.).

It is an exciting time to join Goalball UK, as we look to continue to grow and improve the delivery of our domestic competition structure and increase our international influence by hosting two international events in 2025.

About the role

An exciting opportunity to work within our Development Team to lead, develop, and deliver our domestic and international competitions and events. We are looking for a skilled, enthusiastic, and innovative person to take this vital area of our work forward.

In line with our planned new strategy 'empowering our people' the role will play a critical role in developing people within the competition system; activators, referees, event volunteers, players and coaches as we look to improve our competition offer and experiences for the goalball community.

Applicants need not have previous experience with goalball, and we are particularly interested in hearing from competition and event personnel from within the industry.

The role does include weekend work (further details outlined below) with time off in lieu during the week.

We will provide full training and CPD opportunities to support your development within the role.