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Director of Paddlesport December 2020 Welcome Letter Job Pack Director of Paddlesport December 2020 Welcome Letter Dear Candidate, Thank you for your interest in the position of We are looking for an ambitious and Director of Paddlesport. This is a new senior experienced leader. The successful candidate role, created to provide strategic leadership will need to share our values and will almost for the development of our Olympic, certainly have a distinguished track record Paralympic and non Olympic disciplines within performance sports management. within British Canoeing. We are already You will come to us with genuine passion successful on the international stage in many for performance sport, exceptional strategic of our paddlesport disciplines, but we want to planning and management skills and a proven build on this strength and become even more ability to drive a vision, deliver against goals, successful in the future. build successful teams and to successfully manage stakeholder relationships at a senior The organisation has been through a positive level. transformation since 2016. We are enjoying a period of growth and are on track to deliver If you are excited by this opportunity and have many of the ambitious goals that we set the ambition to help us to achieve success, within our strategic plan Stronger Together we would be delighted to hear from you. 2017-2021. British Canoeing has UK wide and English responsibilities and our wide ranging ambitions reflect the very diverse interests of our members and the breadth of our work. The Director of Paddlesport will report to our CEO David Joy, and assume some of the responsibilities that he has been carrying out over the last four years. Professor John Coyne CBE Chair, British Canoeing 2 Our Organisation British Canoeing is a membership organisation There are 384 clubs spread throughout England and a company limited by guarantee. The Board is with around 30,000 active club members. accountable to the members for the management Over 12,000 coaches are registered with of the organisation. The Board consists of 12 British Canoeing. There is an excellent base of members including an independent Chair and four volunteers at club, regional and national level. other independent members. British Canoeing There are strong competition pathways in most has UK wide and English responsibilities and disciplines. We have a growing network of trails Directors nominated from each of the four National and an increased focus on challenges, social and Associations also sit on the Board. participation events. Our main offices are at The National Water Sports Great Britain finished top of the combined Olympic Centre in Nottingham and we also have high and Paralympic canoeing medal table at the performance centres at Lee Valley White Water Rio 2016 Games, winning four Olympic and five Centre (Slalom) and Dorney Lake (Sprint). We Paralympic medals. We are one of the most employ around 100 staff and our turnover was circa successful countries in international competitions, £8.5m in 2020. winning around 80-90 medals across the disciplines in European and World Championships Over two million adults and children in the UK each year. We compete internationally in the will take part in some form of paddling each year, following disciplines; Slalom, Sprint, Canoe Polo, with around 200,000 core participants paddling at Marathon, Surf, Freestyle, White Water Rafting, least twice a month. The breadth of paddlesport Wild Water Racing, Ocean Racing. includes canoeing, kayaking, rafting and stand-up paddleboarding and this breadth makes it very attractive. Today there are over 62,000 members of British Canoeing and this has grown from 32,000 over the last 4 years. 34% of members are family members, 33% are female and more than 85% are recreational rather than competitive paddlers. 3 Our Strategy, Purpose, Vision & Values One of the key roles of the Board is to approve Stronger Together sets out a clear Purpose and and oversee the successful delivery of the Vision and presents 11 significant Ambitions strategic plan. with 20 indicators of success. The strategic plan is understood by staff and key volunteers and Our strategic plan is entitled Stronger Together work is aligned to its delivery. As a result, we and was launched in March 2017. are making excellent progress towards each of these Ambitions which are set out on pages Progress is reported annually. 13-15. With so much voluntary effort and with so many people contributing to the success You can see the strategic plan here of the organisation, a quality plan which has clear targets and that brings clarity to roles and responsibilities is essential. Work is underway to develop the next strategic plan to 2025. This will be launched in March 2022. The Purpose of British Our Vision through to 2022 is; Canoeing is to; “Inspire people to pursue “A united British Canoeing, a passion for paddling; for focused on our people and health, enjoyment, friendship, ambitions and excellent in challenge and achievement” delivery” Our Values are; Every Person Matters Striving for Excellence Always with Integrity Enjoying the Journey Individually Committed Stronger Together 4 About The Role Role Title: Director of Paddlesport Reports to: Chief Executive Department: Senior Management Team Line management reports: Performance Director of World Class Programme, Head of Events and International Affairs, Head of England Talent Location: National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham Working pattern: Full time, evening and weekend work required Terms and Conditions and Benefits A competitive salary and benefits package is on offer, commensurate with the skills and responsibilities of a role of this significance. 5 The Role Profile The Director of Paddlesport will be accountable • Act as Vice Chair and a Director of British to the CEO and operate as a member of the Canoeing Events Ltd Senior Management Team of British Canoeing, providing leadership and management to • Provide strategic leadership and ensure the World Class Programme, England Talent excellent stakeholder relationships as Chair Programme and Events team. The role will to the Stakeholder Boards for international provide direction and strategic leadership to events hosted in the UK, the first of which are enable delivery of the British Canoeing long term the ICF World Freestyle Championships in vision and strategy. 2021 and ICF World Slalom Championships in 2023 Key responsibilities: • Ensure that robust operational delivery plans • Provide strategic oversight, executive support that underpin the strategy are developed, and scrutiny of the World Class Programme agreed and implemented and England Talent policies and programmes • Ensure that policies and procedures • Act as a member of the Performance are regularly reviewed and effectively Leadership Team implemented, including the identification and monitoring of legal and other risks to the • Represent British Canoeing on the British organisation, and implementation of mitigation Olympic Association National Olympic measures identified in the Risk Register Committee (BOA) Decision-making • Represent British Canoeing on the British Paralympic Association National Paralympic • This is a senior management role within British Committee (BPA) Canoeing and will operate with delegated authorities to manage the responsibilities • Provide strategic oversight and support to outlined above. This work often involves the the talent and performance policies and consideration of complex issues requiring programmes of the non-Olympic competition excellent decision making on matters of disciplines company-wide significance • Chair meetings of the Discipline Committee Management of Resources Chairs Group and provide executive leadership to the work to support the strategic • Provide excellent leadership and planning within each of the discipline management of the Paddlesport team and committees support their development in order to ensure the effective delivery of the objectives within • Provide oversight of the domestic and the 4 year strategic plan and annual plans international events strategy and the development work with the Olympic and non- • Provide effective oversight of departmental Olympic disciplines within British budgets of more than £5m per annum Canoeing (2020/2021) • Provide executive leadership around the work of British Canoeing Events Ltd 6 Working relationships • Work closely with the non-Olympic disciplines • As a member of the Senior Management Team within British Canoeing in all aspects of their play a full part in the collective responsibility work, but with a particular focus on supporting for setting the strategic direction for the whole their performance planning and talent organisation through the strategic plan and development annual plan delivery • Line management of the Head of Events • Work closely with UK Sport, English Institute and International Affairs to provide executive of Sport, BOA, BPA, Sport England and Home oversight of the British Canoeing International Country National Associations and other key Events and serve as Vice Chair and a Director of stakeholders working alongside the World British Canoeing Events Ltd Class Performance Programme • Work closely with direct reports to develop the • Work positively with key individuals, clubs and skills and capabilities of staff and volunteers committees that make a contribution to the within these teams talent pathways and performance environment within the sport (eg. coaching and competition) • Personal commitment to working in line with the values
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