Sporting Roots Project Officer

We're looking for a Sporting Roots Project Officer to join the Saracens Foundation team.

Since itsinception in 2000,the Saracens Foundation has delivered innovative and industry leading projects across North London & Hertfordshire, developing sustainable partnerships and providing vital support that helps build stronger, healthier and more connected communities.

This role will report directly to the Development Manager within the Social Inclusion team

Saracens is an inclusive, people first organisation. A core part of achieving our mission is that our workforce is diverse and reflective of the community that we serve. There will be no discrimination in our recruitment and selection processes, nor when considering pay and benefits. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for the position and join us on our mission to enrich lives through sport and entertainment. (You can read more about diversity and inclusion here).

JOB TITLE: Sporting Roots Project Officer

LOCATION: Stone X Stadium, Hendon

CONTRACT TYPE: Full Time, 1 Year Fixed Term Contract

RESPONSIB KEY STAKEHOLDERS: All internal departments and external stakeholders

REPORTS TO: Development Manager

SALARY BRACKET: £25,000 - £28,000 (SUBJECT TO EXPERIENCE)

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

You will be delivering on our pioneering Sporting Roots Project. Working across North London, the project aims to engage refugees and asylum seekers in sport, physical activity and community engagement, aiming to improve the physical, mental and social well-being of this community. Alongside this, the project also seeks to help integrate the refugee and asylum seeker community into their local communities by supporting the transition of participants to local sports clubs.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and deliver a project to have a positive impact on the refugee and asylum seeker community, adapting to the ever-changing needs of the beneficiaries when necessary.
• Provide high quality physical and social activity sessions to participants, providing beneficiaries with a platform to change their own lives.
• Create and implement an effective monitoring and evaluation strategy to measure Sporting Roots projects outcomes ensuring sustainable and long-lasting impacts.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Coordinate with the Foundation team to ensure high quality and safe delivery that exceeds expectations and delivers maximum positive impact.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The successful candidate will possess the following skills:

Essential

• Experience working with a team of people to reach a shared objective.
• A passion for sport for change and understanding of the work undertaken by the Foundation in this area.
• A ‘people’s person’ with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships.
• Energy/motivation and an ability to be an inspiration to your audience.
• Good organisation and time management skills.
• Ability to communicate internally and externally – empowering us to ‘shout’ about what we do.
• Great ICT capability.
• Willingness to be flexible, if required.

Desirable

• Experience in organising events.
• Level 1 Sports Coaching qualification or equivalent
• An understanding of the sport for change landscape, and the desired impacts of these projects.

Personal Characteristics

• You have a relentless focus and are a great team player.
• You work collaboratively with others and take pride in your work.
• You manage delivery effectively, assuming personal ownership and accountability for results.
• You are organised, efficient and innovative in your approach to your work and tasks.
• You are flexible in your approach to managing your workload but also possess the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

BENEFITS

Compensation

· Dependant on the charity’s financial performance, the Saracens Foundation may conduct an annual pay review. However, proactive pay increases may be implemented to reflect growing responsibilities.

Working from home

· Our office anchor days are on Mondays and Thursdays. This keeps team collaboration and engagement high.

· If you are normally office-based, you can still work from home occasionally

· 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays.

Health & Wellbeing

· Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health.

Sports & Entertainment

· Ballot tickets for Saracens Home Games.

· Ballot tickets for International Rugby Games.

· Opportunities for discounted tickets to Saracens games and events for you and your family.

Family

· Enhanced paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave, if you’ve been with us for at least 26 weeks.

· Life insurance with Zurich.

Commuting

We’re a member of the cycle-to-work scheme.

Applications should be made by submitting a CV and covering letting incorporating suitability to the role. Applications should be sent to Sangita Asani, People Business Partner at recruitment@saracens.net.

Closing date for applications is 31st August, 11:59pm.

We anticipate screening calls to occur throughout the application process with the first stage interviews place on week commencing 1st September.

Saracens Group positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you have not heard from us by 7 days after the closing date of the role, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £25,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Life insurance
• On-site parking

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London NW4 1RL

Application deadline: 31/08/2025
Expected start date: 01/10/2025