12 November 2021

Job: Public Affairs & International Relations Officer

Organisation: British Paralympic Association

Contract: Fixed term, 12 months

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000

Location: We are based in accessible, modern offices in the heart of London and have a new ‘performance hub’ on campus at Loughborough University. We have a flexible approach to working patterns. This commitment to flexibility in how we work, when we work and where we work is an important feature of life at the BPA and we will do all we can to help you work in a way that suits you.

Job Description

Are you passionate about Paralympic sport?

Would you like to play a key role in demonstrating the social impact of Para sport to decision makers and influencing domestic and international policy?

ParalympicsGB is recruiting a Public Affairs & International Relations Officer to support the influencing plans in the UK with Government and key stakeholders as well as internationally with the International Paralympic Committee. You will work with the Head of Social Impact to establish partnerships with leading stakeholders and Paralympic athletes to deliver the BPA’s vision ‘Through sport, inspire a better world for disabled people’.

You will be experienced in public affairs and understand the UK policy landscape. You will have good political judgment and excel at working collaboratively with others. You will be organised and unflappable - you will be organising Ministerial and VIP programmes at the Paralympic Games in Beijing and Paris.

You will be part of a world leading National Paralympic Committee that takes the best prepared ParalympicsGB team to each summer and winter Games.

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The BPA is fully committed to the principles of the equality of opportunity. It is responsible for ensuring that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment, on the grounds of age, gender reassignment, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, race, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or socio-economic background than any other.

Disabled applicants meeting the minimum requirement of the role will be offered an interview. Please indicate in your cover letter if this may be applicable to your application.

How to apply

For details of the person specification download the Job Description and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form below:

Please send a role specific cover letter, completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, CV and indication of current salary to Terry Race, Corporate Services Officer, at jobs@paralympics.org.uk.

All enquiries are to be directed to the email listed and no phone enquiries will be taken.

Updated Closing Date: 3 January 2022

Updated Interview Date: 10 January 2022

Candidates who have been shortlisted for interview will be notified by 7 January 2022.

Data Protection: The BPA will process and store and your personal information (this means any information that identifies or could identify you) for the purposes of recruitment, for a period of up to six months after the closing date, after which it will be securely disposed.

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