Coventry University
Dagenham, Essex
London, between Dagenham and Greenwich Competitive starting salary from £75,312 up to £77,396 per annum (dependent upon experience) with potential to progress. A discretionary range for candidates with exception experience can be discussed/considered Our Mission Coventry University Group is a global education group with a mission of Creating Better Futures. Driven by our passion and belief that through education, equity, and innovation our students, people, and communities are empowered to transform their lives and the world around them. Our people are the key to our success and each role within the group plays a key role in shaping the world around us. At CU Group (part of Coventry University Educational Group) we are firmly focused on preparing students for successful careers, in the context of the industry's current and future demands. The Role Based on campus in CU London, between Dagenham and Greenwich this role will report to and work closely with the Chief Academic Officer, and liaise with others across our multi-campus operation, the university group and external business and communities. You will take the lead on all aspects of the delivery, development and enhancement of the academic offer and external commitments at CU London. You will ensure CU London has a high-quality, sustainable, employer-engaged, demand-driven and attractive academic offer that is appropriate for the local and regional context, attracting students locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. You will drive CU London to be sector leading in terms of student experience. You will be a key member of the Senior Management Team in CU London and the CU Group Executive Team across CU Group and engage with wider company and university activities where appropriate to the role. Within its local / campus focus, as the Senior Leader with campus responsibility, you will lead the development and diversification of the London campuses, reflecting the place and circumstance that it operates. This role will join existing and developing new forums for business and community engagement and represent the campus in local and educational business groups. Through these groups, the Academic Director will actively seek out opportunities to co-create and develop opportunities to enrich and diversify the offer at CU London. Will take a leading and ambassadorial role and be the face of CU London, establishing new opportunities and co-create activities within the wider University to diversify the offer. Also leading on our Civic Duties associated with our amazing building in Dagenham. Our Successful Candidate: You will be self-disciplined and determined to lead, manage, and develop CU London's academic team to ensure they are highly effective, reflective, efficient, and high performing across the full range of performance metrics. You will also lead in conjunction with multi-campus academic staff on new programme developments, major amendments and where necessary manage withdrawal, ensuring changes are aligned to current and future demand, informed through evidence-based decision making, and enable student recruitment targets to be achieved. This role is based across the Coventry University London (part of CUG) campuses in Dagenham and Greenwich. The Benefits As a staff member of Coventry University, you will have a access to a wide range of industry leading rewards and benefits which includes: Excellent Employers Pension Contribution 30 days Annual leave plus Bank Holidays New Holiday Purchase Scheme up to 5 additional days Life Assurance 4 x Salary BUPA Cash Plan 50% off Tuition Fee's for staff dependants CU Reward Scheme - Discounts across a range of High Street/ Online Retailers New Electric Car Scheme Cycle To work scheme Our Culture As a global Education Group, equality, diversity, and inclusion are embedded within the fabric of our organisation and are a key focus of our core values. We harness the power and potential of the diverse cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences of our students, colleagues, and partners to create opportunities for all. We look forward to hearing from you! Closing Date: 16 January 2026.
London, between Dagenham and Greenwich Competitive starting salary from £75,312 up to £77,396 per annum (dependent upon experience) with potential to progress. A discretionary range for candidates with exception experience can be discussed/considered Our Mission Coventry University Group is a global education group with a mission of Creating Better Futures. Driven by our passion and belief that through education, equity, and innovation our students, people, and communities are empowered to transform their lives and the world around them. Our people are the key to our success and each role within the group plays a key role in shaping the world around us. At CU Group (part of Coventry University Educational Group) we are firmly focused on preparing students for successful careers, in the context of the industry's current and future demands. The Role Based on campus in CU London, between Dagenham and Greenwich this role will report to and work closely with the Chief Academic Officer, and liaise with others across our multi-campus operation, the university group and external business and communities. You will take the lead on all aspects of the delivery, development and enhancement of the academic offer and external commitments at CU London. You will ensure CU London has a high-quality, sustainable, employer-engaged, demand-driven and attractive academic offer that is appropriate for the local and regional context, attracting students locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. You will drive CU London to be sector leading in terms of student experience. You will be a key member of the Senior Management Team in CU London and the CU Group Executive Team across CU Group and engage with wider company and university activities where appropriate to the role. Within its local / campus focus, as the Senior Leader with campus responsibility, you will lead the development and diversification of the London campuses, reflecting the place and circumstance that it operates. This role will join existing and developing new forums for business and community engagement and represent the campus in local and educational business groups. Through these groups, the Academic Director will actively seek out opportunities to co-create and develop opportunities to enrich and diversify the offer at CU London. Will take a leading and ambassadorial role and be the face of CU London, establishing new opportunities and co-create activities within the wider University to diversify the offer. Also leading on our Civic Duties associated with our amazing building in Dagenham. Our Successful Candidate: You will be self-disciplined and determined to lead, manage, and develop CU London's academic team to ensure they are highly effective, reflective, efficient, and high performing across the full range of performance metrics. You will also lead in conjunction with multi-campus academic staff on new programme developments, major amendments and where necessary manage withdrawal, ensuring changes are aligned to current and future demand, informed through evidence-based decision making, and enable student recruitment targets to be achieved. This role is based across the Coventry University London (part of CUG) campuses in Dagenham and Greenwich. The Benefits As a staff member of Coventry University, you will have a access to a wide range of industry leading rewards and benefits which includes: Excellent Employers Pension Contribution 30 days Annual leave plus Bank Holidays New Holiday Purchase Scheme up to 5 additional days Life Assurance 4 x Salary BUPA Cash Plan 50% off Tuition Fee's for staff dependants CU Reward Scheme - Discounts across a range of High Street/ Online Retailers New Electric Car Scheme Cycle To work scheme Our Culture As a global Education Group, equality, diversity, and inclusion are embedded within the fabric of our organisation and are a key focus of our core values. We harness the power and potential of the diverse cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences of our students, colleagues, and partners to create opportunities for all. We look forward to hearing from you! Closing Date: 16 January 2026.
One Manchester
City, Manchester
Salary: £40,903 per annum Location: Manchester - Agile Full Time, Permanent - 35 hours per week Closing Date: 20th January 2025 Fixed Interview Date: 30th January 2025 in person at Lovell House. Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city. At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth. We have an exciting position available for Information Governance Officer to join us! You ll work with the Risk and Assurance Manager in managing One Manchester s information governance and data protection programme. The role will also undertake the management and maintenance of One Manchester s policies, procedures, processes, awareness, and communications in respect of information governance and data protection, ensuring they are appropriate and within General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and social housing regulatory compliance. What we re looking for: Strong knowledge and experience of Information Governance, GDPR and data protection legislation in particular Subject Access Requests and Social Tenants Access to Information Requirement (STAIRS) scheme. Knowledge and experience of dealing with customer and colleague information requests (SARS) Knowledge and experience of relevant social housing legislation and regulations. Knowledge and experience of good practices with organisational data protection and GDPR matters. Ability to accurately record the right data and information with the ability to draft clear, concise, and accurate documentation and reports for reporting at Executive and Board level. Possess a high standard of data and information literacy with the ability to research, analyse and present complex information Effective communication and people skills with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers, customers and stakeholders. Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city. If this sounds like you then apply today, we d love to hear from you! We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That s not to say it s not one our key priorities, it s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do. We re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in. In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours, please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.
Salary: £40,903 per annum Location: Manchester - Agile Full Time, Permanent - 35 hours per week Closing Date: 20th January 2025 Fixed Interview Date: 30th January 2025 in person at Lovell House. Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city. At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth. We have an exciting position available for Information Governance Officer to join us! You ll work with the Risk and Assurance Manager in managing One Manchester s information governance and data protection programme. The role will also undertake the management and maintenance of One Manchester s policies, procedures, processes, awareness, and communications in respect of information governance and data protection, ensuring they are appropriate and within General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and social housing regulatory compliance. What we re looking for: Strong knowledge and experience of Information Governance, GDPR and data protection legislation in particular Subject Access Requests and Social Tenants Access to Information Requirement (STAIRS) scheme. Knowledge and experience of dealing with customer and colleague information requests (SARS) Knowledge and experience of relevant social housing legislation and regulations. Knowledge and experience of good practices with organisational data protection and GDPR matters. Ability to accurately record the right data and information with the ability to draft clear, concise, and accurate documentation and reports for reporting at Executive and Board level. Possess a high standard of data and information literacy with the ability to research, analyse and present complex information Effective communication and people skills with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers, customers and stakeholders. Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city. If this sounds like you then apply today, we d love to hear from you! We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That s not to say it s not one our key priorities, it s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do. We re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in. In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours, please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.
Basketball England
City, Manchester
Applications closing date: Friday 9th January 2026 Contract: Permanent Working Pattern: Minimum 37.5 hours per week. Some travel, out of office hours & weekend work may be required Location: Nationwide, with occasional travel to Manchester office Reports to: TBC Purpose To provide strategic and operational oversight across Basketball England's Integrity functions of Safeguarding, Discipline and Compliance, ensuring the organisation upholds the highest standards of integrity, welfare and participant safety and meets its statutory and regulatory obligations. The role will lead a team of specialists, act as Basketball England's Lead Safeguarding Officer, and provide senior oversight of safeguarding and disciplinary matters, ensuring that safeguarding, equality, ESG and health & safety are embedded across the organisation and the sport. Key Accountabilities Integrity Team Management Provide leadership, direction and support to a team of professionals across Safeguarding and Discipline. Set clear priorities, manage capacity and ensure effective delegation between strategic oversight and operational delivery. Act as a senior subject-matter expert, providing advice and assurance to EMT, Committees and the Board on integrity-related matters. Safeguarding & Compliance Lead the management, implementation, monitoring and review of Basketball England's compliance policies and procedures, including (but not limited to) safeguarding, equality and the management and resolution of complaints. Ensure safeguarding and welfare considerations are embedded across organisational decision-making, programmes and delivery. Maintain organisational oversight of compliance with relevant legislation, national guidance and funding requirements. Lead Safeguarding Officer Responsibilities Act as Basketball England's Lead Safeguarding Officer (LSO), ensuring national safeguarding standards are embedded throughout the organisation and the game. Lead engagement with the Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) and the Ann Craft Trust and oversee delivery of the Safeguarding Implementation Plan and Adults at Risk Plan. Act as a point of escalation for safeguarding and welfare concerns, ensuring concerns are triaged and managed appropriately, proportionately and in a timely manner in accordance with policy and legislation. Case Management & Statutory Liaison Provide leadership and oversight of Basketball England's Case Management Groups, ensuring effective, timely and robust decision-making on complex safeguarding/discipline cases. Support and oversee the team in the management of cases through to resolution, ensuring consistency, fairness and confidentiality. Ensure appropriate statutory referrals are made (including DBS, police or social care), and represent Basketball England at hearings, appeals and multi-agency meetings where required. Discipline & Complaints Oversight Provide strategic oversight of disciplinary matters within basketball, ensuring processes are fair, transparent and aligned with Basketball England regulations and policies. Ensure clear interfaces between safeguarding, discipline and complaints processes, avoiding duplication and managing risk appropriately. Support the continuous review and improvement of disciplinary and complaints frameworks. Policy Development & Governance Manage the lifecycle of integrity-related policies, including development, review, implementation and embedding. Develop and maintain policies, guidance and templates including (but not limited to): safeguarding, equity, social media, appropriate communication, code of ethics and conduct, complaints, good practice guidance for clubs and volunteers, and affiliation and liability documentation. Ensure policies are accessible, practical and consistently applied across the organisation and the sport. Risk Management, ESG, Health & Safety Risk assess integrity-related information and make recommendations to mitigate risk across all facets of the organisation. Contribute to organisational risk registers, audits and assurance processes. Provide oversight for relevant Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) considerations Ensure appropriate oversight of Health & Safety compliance, working with operational leads as required. Reporting, Insight & Continuous Improvement Develop and maintain reporting frameworks to provide assurance and insight to EMT, Committees, the Board and funding partners. Analyse case trends and themes to inform learning, policy development and organisational improvement. Work collaboratively with EDI, People and Programme teams to embed learning and strengthen culture, safety and participant experience. Relationship Management Internal Team: Build relationships with Basketball England colleagues to understand all requirements and expectations across the business, to continuously improve the standards of safeguarding and compliance and ensure excellent delivery, including impact on other colleagues and work plans. External Stakeholders: Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including the Child Protection in Sport Unit and the Ann Craft Trust and other organisations in the fields of equality, anti-doping, safeguarding and child protection, and conduct within sport. Contribute to national and specialist steering groups to improve standards and share best practice. Work with regional management committees, leagues, associations, clubs, local authorities and facility operators, to strengthen their relationships with Basketball England and manage risk to build a thriving network of support partners. Role Requirements Qualifications Degree level qualification or equivalent, relevant professional experience. Minimum Level 2 qualification in Safeguarding (or equivalent); higher-level safeguarding qualification desirable. Experience Significant experience in safeguarding, welfare or integrity roles, including policy development and case management. Demonstrable experience of managing complex safeguarding cases and multi-agency working (including LADOs, police and social care). Experience providing management oversight of disciplinary or complaints processes. Proven experience leading teams and managing specialist professionals. Experience reporting to senior stakeholders, Boards or Committees. Experience using case trends and insights to inform learning and organisational improvement. Personal Skills Confident & Motivated: Confident with a high degree of self-motivation, self-awareness and initiative. Mental Agility & Initiative: Excellent mental agility with the ability to use own initiative to self-organise, plan and work effectively, taking account of changing and competing priorities. Able to work with confidential material, cases and matters of a child protection nature calmly and efficiently. Management & Teamwork: Excellent ability to motivate, manage and lead others to work effectively, as well as working as a member of a team, with an understanding of what behaviours contribute to effective teamwork. Solution Development: Excellent ability to anticipate issues, problem solve, manage ambiguity and make sound judgements on sensitive matters. Attention to Detail & Personal Organisation: High level of demonstrable attention to detail and personal organisation to ensure prioritisation, time management and that all outputs of work are of appropriate standards. Customer Service: Excellent ability to demonstrate high levels of customer service and to motivate others to put the customer at the centre of all delivery. Confidentiality: Able to maintain the highest ethical standards for confidentiality, transparency, and equality. Technical Skills Interviewing children: Interviewing practices appropriate to child protection situations is desirable. Communications: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating an ability to communicate at a senior level and relate to a wide range of people and organisations in the right appropriate format. Advanced ICT: Significant advanced expertise in the use of Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other related ICT software (systems). Numeracy & Literacy: Excellent literacy, spelling and presentation in typewritten and other work. Other A genuine interest in basketball/sport. Commitment to Basketball England's values, including safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and the highest standards of governance and conduct. A flexible attitude to working, willing to work evenings and weekends as a result of the nature of the role and event timings. Job offers will be subject to completion of a satisfactory, current Basketball England DBS check and completed every three years. We're working to build a team that reflects the rich diversity of the basketball community in England, where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to be their full, authentic selves at work. We value diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. We make all employment decisions regardless of age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Basketball England is an equal opportunities employer. . click apply for full job details
Applications closing date: Friday 9th January 2026 Contract: Permanent Working Pattern: Minimum 37.5 hours per week. Some travel, out of office hours & weekend work may be required Location: Nationwide, with occasional travel to Manchester office Reports to: TBC Purpose To provide strategic and operational oversight across Basketball England's Integrity functions of Safeguarding, Discipline and Compliance, ensuring the organisation upholds the highest standards of integrity, welfare and participant safety and meets its statutory and regulatory obligations. The role will lead a team of specialists, act as Basketball England's Lead Safeguarding Officer, and provide senior oversight of safeguarding and disciplinary matters, ensuring that safeguarding, equality, ESG and health & safety are embedded across the organisation and the sport. Key Accountabilities Integrity Team Management Provide leadership, direction and support to a team of professionals across Safeguarding and Discipline. Set clear priorities, manage capacity and ensure effective delegation between strategic oversight and operational delivery. Act as a senior subject-matter expert, providing advice and assurance to EMT, Committees and the Board on integrity-related matters. Safeguarding & Compliance Lead the management, implementation, monitoring and review of Basketball England's compliance policies and procedures, including (but not limited to) safeguarding, equality and the management and resolution of complaints. Ensure safeguarding and welfare considerations are embedded across organisational decision-making, programmes and delivery. Maintain organisational oversight of compliance with relevant legislation, national guidance and funding requirements. Lead Safeguarding Officer Responsibilities Act as Basketball England's Lead Safeguarding Officer (LSO), ensuring national safeguarding standards are embedded throughout the organisation and the game. Lead engagement with the Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) and the Ann Craft Trust and oversee delivery of the Safeguarding Implementation Plan and Adults at Risk Plan. Act as a point of escalation for safeguarding and welfare concerns, ensuring concerns are triaged and managed appropriately, proportionately and in a timely manner in accordance with policy and legislation. Case Management & Statutory Liaison Provide leadership and oversight of Basketball England's Case Management Groups, ensuring effective, timely and robust decision-making on complex safeguarding/discipline cases. Support and oversee the team in the management of cases through to resolution, ensuring consistency, fairness and confidentiality. Ensure appropriate statutory referrals are made (including DBS, police or social care), and represent Basketball England at hearings, appeals and multi-agency meetings where required. Discipline & Complaints Oversight Provide strategic oversight of disciplinary matters within basketball, ensuring processes are fair, transparent and aligned with Basketball England regulations and policies. Ensure clear interfaces between safeguarding, discipline and complaints processes, avoiding duplication and managing risk appropriately. Support the continuous review and improvement of disciplinary and complaints frameworks. Policy Development & Governance Manage the lifecycle of integrity-related policies, including development, review, implementation and embedding. Develop and maintain policies, guidance and templates including (but not limited to): safeguarding, equity, social media, appropriate communication, code of ethics and conduct, complaints, good practice guidance for clubs and volunteers, and affiliation and liability documentation. Ensure policies are accessible, practical and consistently applied across the organisation and the sport. Risk Management, ESG, Health & Safety Risk assess integrity-related information and make recommendations to mitigate risk across all facets of the organisation. Contribute to organisational risk registers, audits and assurance processes. Provide oversight for relevant Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) considerations Ensure appropriate oversight of Health & Safety compliance, working with operational leads as required. Reporting, Insight & Continuous Improvement Develop and maintain reporting frameworks to provide assurance and insight to EMT, Committees, the Board and funding partners. Analyse case trends and themes to inform learning, policy development and organisational improvement. Work collaboratively with EDI, People and Programme teams to embed learning and strengthen culture, safety and participant experience. Relationship Management Internal Team: Build relationships with Basketball England colleagues to understand all requirements and expectations across the business, to continuously improve the standards of safeguarding and compliance and ensure excellent delivery, including impact on other colleagues and work plans. External Stakeholders: Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including the Child Protection in Sport Unit and the Ann Craft Trust and other organisations in the fields of equality, anti-doping, safeguarding and child protection, and conduct within sport. Contribute to national and specialist steering groups to improve standards and share best practice. Work with regional management committees, leagues, associations, clubs, local authorities and facility operators, to strengthen their relationships with Basketball England and manage risk to build a thriving network of support partners. Role Requirements Qualifications Degree level qualification or equivalent, relevant professional experience. Minimum Level 2 qualification in Safeguarding (or equivalent); higher-level safeguarding qualification desirable. Experience Significant experience in safeguarding, welfare or integrity roles, including policy development and case management. Demonstrable experience of managing complex safeguarding cases and multi-agency working (including LADOs, police and social care). Experience providing management oversight of disciplinary or complaints processes. Proven experience leading teams and managing specialist professionals. Experience reporting to senior stakeholders, Boards or Committees. Experience using case trends and insights to inform learning and organisational improvement. Personal Skills Confident & Motivated: Confident with a high degree of self-motivation, self-awareness and initiative. Mental Agility & Initiative: Excellent mental agility with the ability to use own initiative to self-organise, plan and work effectively, taking account of changing and competing priorities. Able to work with confidential material, cases and matters of a child protection nature calmly and efficiently. Management & Teamwork: Excellent ability to motivate, manage and lead others to work effectively, as well as working as a member of a team, with an understanding of what behaviours contribute to effective teamwork. Solution Development: Excellent ability to anticipate issues, problem solve, manage ambiguity and make sound judgements on sensitive matters. Attention to Detail & Personal Organisation: High level of demonstrable attention to detail and personal organisation to ensure prioritisation, time management and that all outputs of work are of appropriate standards. Customer Service: Excellent ability to demonstrate high levels of customer service and to motivate others to put the customer at the centre of all delivery. Confidentiality: Able to maintain the highest ethical standards for confidentiality, transparency, and equality. Technical Skills Interviewing children: Interviewing practices appropriate to child protection situations is desirable. Communications: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating an ability to communicate at a senior level and relate to a wide range of people and organisations in the right appropriate format. Advanced ICT: Significant advanced expertise in the use of Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other related ICT software (systems). Numeracy & Literacy: Excellent literacy, spelling and presentation in typewritten and other work. Other A genuine interest in basketball/sport. Commitment to Basketball England's values, including safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and the highest standards of governance and conduct. A flexible attitude to working, willing to work evenings and weekends as a result of the nature of the role and event timings. Job offers will be subject to completion of a satisfactory, current Basketball England DBS check and completed every three years. We're working to build a team that reflects the rich diversity of the basketball community in England, where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to be their full, authentic selves at work. We value diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. We make all employment decisions regardless of age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Basketball England is an equal opportunities employer. . click apply for full job details
Manchester Digital
City, Manchester
£61,740 - £70,219 (London) and £56,070 - £61,793 (National Locations) Published on Full-time (Permanent) £61,740 - £70,219 (London) and £56,070 - £61,793 (National Locations) Published on 22 December 2025 Deadline 7 January 2026 Location Bristol, London, Manchester About the job Job summary The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by: joining up public sector services harnessing the power of AI for the public good strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure elevating leadership and investing in talent funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation committing to transparency and driving accountability We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK's geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government. We're part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol. The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you'll be working with some of the world's most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale. Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation's highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need. The role of Lead Economist is based in the Economic Analysis Team, which is part of the Product Strategy, Planning and Portfolio directorate, and comprises teams which own performance analysis, strategic planning, product strategy development, and economics. This team is a trusted partner, enabling evidence-based decision making, assuring delivery and coordinating the development on well-informed plans and business cases so that Product Group is able to effectively and efficiently achieve its strategic priorities. Reporting to the Head of Portfolio Planning and Performance, as the Lead Economist you will head up a team of central economists which is developing a common set of standards, guidance and products for the various development teams within the Product Group to implement into product management ensure best practice in relation to evaluating and evidencing the value delivered by their products for users and government. The role also includes supporting the delivery of planning projects that can emerge such as business cases for Spending Review bids or departmental pivoting for crisis management (e.g. COVID-19 pandemic or EU Exit preparations). You will be providing expert and strategic advice to the wider business, assurance to the Government Chief Product Officer and their Leadership Team, and utilising economic analysis and modelling to assess the viability of new ideas or evaluating the benefits realisation for existing products. This includes working on a high value programme forming part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio. The right person will join a well-motivated and dynamic multi disciplinary team working to deliver on our commitments and roadmap. If you care about ensuring vulnerable people can access the services they need, protecting citizens and the public purse against fraud, making it easier and quicker for all of us to get personalised government support and improving policy and service development by harnessing the power of data - this is the role for you. As a Lead Economist in GDS, you will: Design and Develop a set of core products and formats which meet the bespoke needs of appraising government-developed digital products, and the benefits, disbenefits and evidence bases associated with delivering them. Produce and own a central, live and authoritative repository forecasted and realised benefits across the entire product suite in Product Group, which currently stands at over 10 different products. Act as a central economic "keyholder" for formal business cases produced by product teams, assuring the economic appraisals produced by teams for quality, objectivity and strategic relevance and providing advice to the senior leadership team. Provide advice to product teams on monitoring and evaluation, such as by using HMT's Magenta Book, assuring spending proposals for effective monitoring and evaluation plans, and supporting teams with the development of theories of change. Build and maintain a strong working relationships with key external stakeholders, such HM Treasury and other Public Sector organisations, to ensure the plans and benefits of GDS are communicated well, understood, and supported with robust data Person specification We're interested in people with: experience in performing high-quality analysis swiftly in a fast moving, high profile environment Experience managing a team of analysts/economists experience writing and producing analytical papers/reports for a senior audience experience in presenting their work and findings to a group of stakeholders, using a range of technologies and methods to do so experience of planning and prioritising effectively to meet deadlines, able to manage multiple projects/issues to deliver results at pace Knowledge of the government green book principles and experience in applying them in practice
£61,740 - £70,219 (London) and £56,070 - £61,793 (National Locations) Published on Full-time (Permanent) £61,740 - £70,219 (London) and £56,070 - £61,793 (National Locations) Published on 22 December 2025 Deadline 7 January 2026 Location Bristol, London, Manchester About the job Job summary The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by: joining up public sector services harnessing the power of AI for the public good strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure elevating leadership and investing in talent funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation committing to transparency and driving accountability We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK's geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government. We're part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol. The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you'll be working with some of the world's most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale. Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation's highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need. The role of Lead Economist is based in the Economic Analysis Team, which is part of the Product Strategy, Planning and Portfolio directorate, and comprises teams which own performance analysis, strategic planning, product strategy development, and economics. This team is a trusted partner, enabling evidence-based decision making, assuring delivery and coordinating the development on well-informed plans and business cases so that Product Group is able to effectively and efficiently achieve its strategic priorities. Reporting to the Head of Portfolio Planning and Performance, as the Lead Economist you will head up a team of central economists which is developing a common set of standards, guidance and products for the various development teams within the Product Group to implement into product management ensure best practice in relation to evaluating and evidencing the value delivered by their products for users and government. The role also includes supporting the delivery of planning projects that can emerge such as business cases for Spending Review bids or departmental pivoting for crisis management (e.g. COVID-19 pandemic or EU Exit preparations). You will be providing expert and strategic advice to the wider business, assurance to the Government Chief Product Officer and their Leadership Team, and utilising economic analysis and modelling to assess the viability of new ideas or evaluating the benefits realisation for existing products. This includes working on a high value programme forming part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio. The right person will join a well-motivated and dynamic multi disciplinary team working to deliver on our commitments and roadmap. If you care about ensuring vulnerable people can access the services they need, protecting citizens and the public purse against fraud, making it easier and quicker for all of us to get personalised government support and improving policy and service development by harnessing the power of data - this is the role for you. As a Lead Economist in GDS, you will: Design and Develop a set of core products and formats which meet the bespoke needs of appraising government-developed digital products, and the benefits, disbenefits and evidence bases associated with delivering them. Produce and own a central, live and authoritative repository forecasted and realised benefits across the entire product suite in Product Group, which currently stands at over 10 different products. Act as a central economic "keyholder" for formal business cases produced by product teams, assuring the economic appraisals produced by teams for quality, objectivity and strategic relevance and providing advice to the senior leadership team. Provide advice to product teams on monitoring and evaluation, such as by using HMT's Magenta Book, assuring spending proposals for effective monitoring and evaluation plans, and supporting teams with the development of theories of change. Build and maintain a strong working relationships with key external stakeholders, such HM Treasury and other Public Sector organisations, to ensure the plans and benefits of GDS are communicated well, understood, and supported with robust data Person specification We're interested in people with: experience in performing high-quality analysis swiftly in a fast moving, high profile environment Experience managing a team of analysts/economists experience writing and producing analytical papers/reports for a senior audience experience in presenting their work and findings to a group of stakeholders, using a range of technologies and methods to do so experience of planning and prioritising effectively to meet deadlines, able to manage multiple projects/issues to deliver results at pace Knowledge of the government green book principles and experience in applying them in practice
