Job Description
Why choose UK Sport
Working at UK Sport is all about how we can inspire the nation through Olympic and Paralympic success. We know the power that sport has and we want to deliver inspirational sporting moments that the whole country can feel proud about and motivated by, through success at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, through staging major international sporting events in the UK and by making sure all of our sports are run with world leading standards of culture, governance and integrity.
A key priority for UK Sport is the investment into the bidding and staging costs of major international sporting events, working with partners across the UK in government, cities and sports to ensure the UK maintains its reputation as a world leading host for major events.
Our team at UK Sport loves this challenge, we work closely together and with our partners, and are fully committed to delivering excellence on a daily basis.

How you will fit in
As a Major Events Consultant you will be a key member of the Major Events team. Primarily, the role manages a portfolio of sports, developing their major events strategies, brokering hosting agreements, bidding for major sporting events and managing UK Sports investment into these events.
Increasingly the role also has the opportunity to partner with DCMS and central government in the management of mega event investments.
Each Major Events Consultant is supported to lead on a key project which will provide support to the sector; for example, current projects include spectator experience strategies, research, governance, innovation and ethical.
Your skills, interests and what you can bring
We want you to be as excited by the challenge of inspiring a nation through the hosting of major international sporting events in the UK as we are. You need to be ready to provide inquisitive friend support to the system and analyse major event delivery plans across a wide range of sports.
This role has a high degree of responsibility and autonomy so we will need you to have a strong educational background, be able to demonstrate that you are self-motivated, trustworthy and values driven, as well as having experience of managing significant major events and projects with successful outcomes.
We are looking for you to have the confidence and drive to lead and get the best out of your colleagues and partners.
You will need influential communication skills in order to ensure that major event strategies and delivery policies are at the forefront of the internal and external agendas.

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