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London, Greater London (Hybrid)
£75,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

The Director of Place, Programmes and Delivery provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of the charity’s programmes and projects, including our Place Expansion work, ensuring they are high-quality, impactful, and aligned with the organisation’s mission and values. The role is responsible for translating strategic objectives into effective delivery, embedding learning and improvement, and ensuring programmes are sustainable, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of funders.

You will have a strong understanding of risk management, developing senior relationships with key partner agencies, able to take decisive and proactive actions to ensure smooth execution of programmes.

You will be purposeful and collaborative with the ability to manage multiple complex programmes at one time. The current programmes you will be responsible for include: Safeguarding and Welfare, Playzones, and Place Expansion. You will also be responsible for all of our Project work.

Being the senior leader responsible for our Place Expansion work will be a substantial part of this role.  Place-based working in this sector is still emerging and operates within complex local systems, requiring the ability to navigate, influence and align a wide range of partners, often with different priorities, accountabilities and constraints.

You will also be the lead senior officer responsible for Safeguarding.

As a member of the senior leadership team, the Director of Programmes, Delivery and Place contributes to organisational strategy, resource planning, and organisational culture. You will also regularly attend Board meetings and Sub-Committee meetings as required.

Find out more about this role at our online candidate information webinar on 8th June at 3pm.  Join the session using the link in the recruitment pack or watch the recording of the session on our YouTube Channel.

Please see the recruitment pack on our website for full details of this role.

Who you are:

  • Significant senior-level experience in programme or service delivery within the charity, public, or related sectors.
  • Experience of managing and influencing complex relationships with external senior stakeholders at a strategic level and brokering solutions in environments where relationships can be both collaborative and contested.
  • Proven experience of leading complex programmes and teams.
  • Strong understanding of programme design, delivery and impact measurement.
  • Experience of project management tools, resource planning and budget management.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Strong commitment to, and knowledge of, safeguarding, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Alignment with the values and mission of the organisation.
  • You are able to demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion in relation to London.
  • You have lived experience of day-to-day life in London. 

Key Details:

  • Full-time (35 hours per week).  We are open to discussing flexible working options.
  • Salary: £75,000 per annum if full-time
  • Permanent contract
  • Flexible working: we use a model of 2 plus days per week in our central London office at House of Sport or a partner organization and working from home, with travel required throughout London
  • Offering 28 days’ holiday + 8 public holidays + 5 volunteer days + Christmas Closure
  • Competitive Pension scheme 
  • Life Assurance and Health Cash Plan
  • Employee Assistance Provider giving access to counselling and practical support

Timeline:

Deadline for applications: EoD on Tuesday 16th June

Application resources
Organisation
London Sport View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 21 - 50
Posted on: 27 May 2026
Closing date: 16 June 2026 at 19:00
Tags: Physical Activity, Programme Management, Risk Management, Safeguarding, Strategy

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