You will always be able to expect DSW (as an organisation and individuals within the team) to:

• Champion Everyone -We believe in diverse and meaningful opportunity with people at the centre of all we do.

• Proudly Welsh -We embody and celebrate what it is to be Welsh.

• Value Growth -We are committed to development and inclusive change and will always support that.

• Highlight Possibility -We connect opportunities and prioritise partnerships, so people get what they need.

The Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate team to create inclusive pathways, to support individuals with impairments to achieve their ambition in sport, whether that be to be physically active in sport or to achieve at the highest level.

We are looking for dedicated individuals to help develop resilient, inclusive pathways that empower athletes at every level. You’ll play a key role in delivering world-class performance development programs that feed Welsh and GB pathways, contribute to a world-leading para-athlete development programme, and showcase successful inclusive approaches regionally, nationally, and internationally.

At the heart of our team, we look at fostering inclusivity, supporting wellbeing, and co-creating opportunities that allow every individual with impairments to thrive. If you’re driven to make an impact while working alongside team members who share your passion, this is the opportunity for you.

Person Specification

• Experience of working within different elements of the physical activity (including sport) pathway, particularly within performance development.

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• Lived experience of disability and/or significant experience working within disability sport or para sport environments.

• Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with National Governing Bodies, clubs, institutes, education providers, or community organisations.

• Experience of planning, coordinating, or delivering projects or programmes within sport, performance sport, or inclusion settings.

• Demonstrable understanding of the para sport landscape, including talent identification, athlete development, and performance pathways.

• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently while contributing positively within a team environment.

• Commitment to collaborative working and continuous learning.

• a team player willing to take a significant leadership role for the area, with a proactive, considered, and person-focused approach

• fully committed to and conversant with the philosophies of equity, diversity and inclusion

• highly organised with an ability to work to short timescales

• able to think critically about monitoring, evaluation and learning

• able to provide some flexibility of working hours so as to undertake all areas of the job role effectively

Undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in a sport, leisure or physical education-based subject and/or equivalent work-based experience

Experience of Paralympic, Commonwealth Games, Virtus, Special Olympic and Deaflympic sport.

An ability to contribute to the development of robust safeguarding and anti-doping processes.

Competent with Welsh language and/or BSL

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• A full-time working week of 35 hours
• Great annual leave allocation (a minimum of 33 days (including statutory holidays) increasing by 1 additional day each year of service up to a maximum of 38 days)
• Flexible statutory leave – you are allocated the days but can use them at other times rather than those defined as bank or statutory holidays.
• Two wellbeing days per year
• Continuous Professional Development opportunities
• Flexible working policies
• Branded team kit

How to apply?

You are asked to complete an Application for Employment Form outlining information relevant to your experience and the details of the position outlined in the Role Description, and in the above Minimum and Maximum criteria for the role.

• If you would like to submit the Application for Employment Form via a BSL video, please do so, including all the information required either as an attachment to an email, or via WhatsApp to the number below.
• If you would like to receive the Application for Employment Form in an alternative accessible format please let us know via the contact below.

Disability Sport Wales are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome applications from everyone who considers themselves to be eligible for the role. We will work will all candidates and employees to ensure that they are supported to perform to their full potential.

DSW follow the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme’, if applicable please complete the Offer an Interview Scheme form along with your application form.

Also, please return the Equity and Diversity Monitoring Form.  Please note that this information is anonymous and confidential. 

• Please send this information in a separate file attached to your email, entitled CONFIDENTIAL. This information will then be separated from your application form and considered ONLY for equality monitoring of the DSW processes and demographic through the recruitment phase.

Call, text, WhatsApp or send video to: Nathan Stephens,

07918 716345

Please submit your Application Form, Equity and Diversity Monitoring Form, and Offer an Interview form (if applicable) to:  office@disabilitysportwales.com

Summary of Dates:

Application deadline:  midnight Friday 3rd July 2026

If you are shortlisted for interview you will be contacted by Disability Sport Wales on Friday 10 th July 2026.

Interviews: week commencing 13 th

Applicants who have not been successful at any stage of the process will be notified in writing (or other appropriate and accessible format).