Job Description
The Welsh Rugby Union Group is seeking to appoint a 3 WRU Game Changers across the East, West and North regions. The WRU Game Changer will be responsible for increasing the number of women and girls regularly involved in rugby. The successful applicant will facilitate, develop, initiate and support stakeholders to offer inclusive environments to increase participation in women and girl’s rugby across all age ranges, implement relevant national and localised initiatives to increase participation in women and girl’s rugby for the long term. You will also be required to change, challenge and champion mindsets to incorporate women and girls into rugby at all levels – Playing, coaching, refereeing and volunteering.

Key Responsibilities:
– Fully understand the women and girl’s rugby landscape in the region
and develop a SWOT analysis to formulate a development plan to
ensure a strategic approach to developing women and girl’s
participation in line with National objectives
– Be the central point of contact to support the implementation of the
women and girl’s pathway across the region from grassroots through to
the regional programme working closely with the Regional Rugby
Coordinators and maximising opportunities to increase participation
– Develop and expand the cluster centres into fully functioning quality
outlets for girls to participate in rugby including volunteer development
and recruitment and the delivery of festival and competition outlets
– Engage and support School/University Hub Officers across the region to ensure programmes are inclusive and actively encourages women and
girl’s participation in rugby and rugby leadership
– Work with implementing the strategic approach for clubs and therefore
with targeted rugby clubs to increase membership and ensure
environments are fully supportive in developing women and girls rugby
– Manage and assess new and existing clubs against the relevant criteria
to ensure they are functioning appropriately and developing action
plans where required
– Establish a women and girl’s rugby advisory group in the region to
ensure stakeholders work in partnership to develop and grow the game
according to future demands and opportunities
– Deliver key National Initiatives as directed by the NMWR in line with the
National plan, for example, the adult participation programme, Try Our
Game, major events legacy plans and the University development
programme
– Influence and support the work of club operations, coaching and
refereeing departments to increase the number of people volunteering,
coaching and refereeing within the women’s game and increasing the
number and depth of qualified females in coaching and refereeing
– Support and deliver high profile events throughout the year
(local/regional/national)
– Ensure competition supported programmes are delivered in all
environments (School/FE/HE/Club/Social)
– Work with the WRU Communications department to provide regular
updates to highlight good news stories and any upcoming events to
positively raise the profile of women and girl’s rugby
– Carry out any other duties as directed to help support the WRU/PS
mission statement in line with the Company’s core values

Skills and Experience:
– Strong interpersonal skills and relationship management
– Strong Influencing, engagement and negotiation skills
– Facilitation experience to empower others to deliver
– Organised, efficient and able to work independently
– Developing and implementing innovative and creative approaches
– Experience of successfully working with a variety of stakeholders and
building effective partnerships
– Experience of managing and implementing change
– Proven track record of working in and developing programmes to
increase participation, preferably with a focus on increasing women and
girl’s participation

– Excellent IT Skills, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential

The closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday 18th November 2016.

How to apply
Applications must be made in writing. A covering letter and CV should be sent to hr@wru.wales. Please include your name and the job title of the role you are applying for in the subject of your e-mail.