Job Opportunity: Community Development Lead
Skateboard GB are looking to appoint an experienced, knowledgeable and enthusiastic Community Development Lead to deliver against the community elements of the Skate More and Skateable Spaces pillars in the Skateboard GB Strategic Plan. We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion for people and skateboarding. You’ll play a key role in supporting communities, building partnerships and helping skateboarding grow across the country.
Key Purpose of Role
- Lead on delivering against the community elements of the Skate More and Skateable Spaces pillars in the Skateboard GB Strategic Plan.
- Lead SBGB’s support of the development of the skateboarding system at a grassroots and community level, in order to tackle inequalities between regions and population groups.
- Raise the capacity and capability of skateboarding community organisations through information assets training and empowerment to deliver and sustain excellent, inclusive skateboarding activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for grassroots/community skateboarding and Sport England Development Goals relevant to ‘tackling inequalities’ at Skateboard GB.
- Develop, review and update advice and guidance (e.g. information assets and tools) on topics such as governance and funding for skate organisations.
- Work with the national network of community skate organisations to support them in sustaining their activities.
- Develop the benefits available to skate organisations as part of the SBGB membership offer.
- Using the Impact Evaluation Framework, work with the Head of Community to produce the Sport England 6 monthly report, as well as other evaluation reports required by funders.
- Respond to enquiries (phone and email) from member skate organisations, the wider skate community and other stakeholders, e.g. Local Government and Active Partnerships.
- Work with the Head of Community and Skateable Spaces Lead to develop and implement a process for managing and servicing enquiries effectively and efficiently.
- Work closely with the Engagement Team to raise the awareness and profile of the Communities Team across the UK skate community.
- Play an active role in promoting best practices and ensuring policies and standards are embedded in relation to equality and safeguarding relating to both children/young people & adults.
- Support and lead on other tasks as required by the business in consideration of skills, knowledge, and experience.
Key relationships / interfaces
- Head of Community (Line Manager)
- Skateboard community groups
- Local authorities
- Skateable Spaces Lead
Person Specification
Required skills and experience
- Experience of working in or with non-profit organisations, including providing support with areas such as writing funding applications and programming.
- Experience of starting, developing and evaluating, either voluntary or grant funded projects.
- Experience in managing projects and delivering on agreed outcomes.
- Able to effectively build relationships with key partners both within and outside of skateboarding.
- Experience of building and developing partnerships with different public or private sector organisations.
- Have developed and delivered learning opportunities and training both formally and informally.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good inter-personal skills and written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to work collaboratively on digital assets, policies and reports.
Required knowledge
- High level knowledge of skateboarding and its community and culture, spaces and places.
- An understanding of the culture of skateboarding and/or other action sports.
- Knowledge of the sport and physical activity landscape in the UK including Sport England strategies and initiatives.
- Be a lifelong learner and up to date with sector changes and other relevant policy changes that impact skateboarding.
Other personal characteristics
- A passion for the development of community sport and activity
- A commitment to the values and behaviours of Skateboard GB
- Personable
- Persuasive
- Resilient
- Tenacious
This Job Description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. It outlines the main purpose of the role and its key responsibilities. It is expected that these, and the duties, will develop in time.
Essential Information
Duration
Full-time, fixed term contract until March 2027. SBGB anticipate the contract being extended beyond 2027 and are in the process of securing future funding.
Remuneration
£35,000 / Workplace pension contribution / 25 days holiday per year plus statutory days.
Hours of Work
Flexible 37-hour week which represents full-time hours. Flexibility is required to work evenings and weekends.
Base
Working from Home, with national travel at least twice a month required
How to Apply
Please submit your CV together with a covering letter (no more than two sides of A4) on how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role (please see the person specification).
Closing date: Monday 24th August (8.30am) 2026
Interview date: Thursday 3rd September 2026
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to receive clear, understandable information from SBGB. Please contact [email protected] if you require the job description and person specification in a different format.
Further Information
Who we are
Skateboard GB is the UK-wide governing body for skateboarding with responsibility for talent, Olympic and world-class performance, in addition to grassroots skateboarding.
What we do
Skateboard GB exists to give skateboarders the opportunity to “Skate More, Skate Better” ensuring we are skater-focused in everything that we do; as we aim to lead, support, empower and facilitate.
Our Values
As an employer and as a team, Skateboard GB are committed to:
- Trust and respect (for each other, our community, and for people’s different needs, beliefs, abilities and perspectives);
- Learning, collaboration and ideas (valuing ideas from all perspectives and trying to ensure diverse and inclusive representation)
- Supporting and caring for each other; and
- Progressing the values, culture and purpose of skateboarding (whilst understanding that there are many different equally valid perspectives of what skateboarding’s value, culture and purpose may be)
SBGB is fully committed to equality of opportunity for all job applicants and aims to select people for employment based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where appropriate, qualifications and training. SBGB encourages job applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, belief or sexual orientation, and those with disabilities (for whom all reasonable adjustments will be made to enable them to fulfil their duties).
If you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of this Job Description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this and your perspectives and lived experiences could be just the thing we need to create the changes that’ll transform skateboarding for the better, for everyone.
Staff Benefits:
- Health cash plan
- Life assurance
- Buy & sell annual leave
- Birthdays off
- Discretionary days off at Christmas
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric car leasing via salary sacrifice
- Free railcard