Description:
This is a key role ensuring that Sport Ireland acts authoritatively and strategically as the expert public agency to develop and promote women and girls’ involvement in sport from leadership to participation to high performance. This role will contribute to the delivery of Sport Ireland’s vision for women in sport where women and girls have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential, while enjoying a lifelong involvement in sport. A key output for the successful candidate will be to manage and implement the objectives and actions as set out in Sport Ireland's Policy on Women in Sport.
Reporting to: Director of Strategic National Governing Body Programmes
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversee the on-going management, implementation and monitoring of Sport Ireland’s Women in Sport Policy as a key element of Sport Ireland’s role.
- Develop, implement and manage projects, programmes or initiatives that fulfil the objectives and actions as set out in the Sport Ireland Policy on Women in Sport.
- Ensure that Sport Ireland is positioned as the expert agency in its role to lead, develop and promote the participation of women in sport in Ireland.
- Provide support and manage funding application processes such as the Women in Sport funding. programme.
- Promote and advocate policy links and strategic actions in areas of crossover between the work of Sport Ireland and that of other Government departments and organisations.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with various stakeholders at both a national and local level.
- Support the auditing and evaluation of currently funded initiatives under the Women in Sport Programme.
- Support the Communications Unit of Sport Ireland in the development and delivery of Women in Sport specific campaigns.
- Support and work closely with other Units and staff in Sport Ireland, e.g. National Governing Body Unit, Participation Unit, Ethics Unit, Organisational, Development and Change Unit, to support NGBs, LSPs and others in the development and delivery of women in sport projects.
- Advise on the development of future initiatives which will enhance the topic of WIS and the wider area of inclusion in sport.
- Lead on the monitoring and evaluation of the Women in Sport policy.
- Develop partnerships and working relationships with others in the public and private sector, including partners consistent with overall strategy to advance the work of Sport Ireland’s Women in Sport policy and so as to position women in sport and the interests of Sport Ireland on the working agenda of such partners.
Other Responsibilities
- Support the development of annual budgets and corporate plans in line with Sport Ireland Women in Sport Policy objectives in collaboration with the senior management team.
- Coordinate with the Sport Ireland Research Unit in undertaking research which is specific to women in sport.
- Support the other Units of Sport Ireland in the implementation and delivery of policies for example, the Diversity and Inclusion Policy, the Volunteer Strategy.