Department and salary
Department - Insight, Policy and Public Affairs
Salary - £41,574.01 - £44,535.11 (Grade 7)
Working Hours - 37 hours (Consideration will be given to job sharing / reduced hours in line with our flexible working policy)
Location - Cardiff
How you’ll contribute
This is an exciting role within the Policy and Insight Function at Sport Wales which seeks to develop, reflect, and promote sport policy within the sport sector and beyond. Working with new and emerging partners, across different policy areas and at different political levels, this role will play a key part in building the profile and recognition of an inclusive sport system within Wales.
Who you’ll work with
You will be a member of the Insight, Policy and Public Affairs team, focused on understanding the way policy across a range of portfolios, such as health and education, can influence, and be influenced by, sport.
You will develop relationships across the organisation, to understand the way sport can contribute to the wider policy objectives. You will also lead on the development of relationships with organisations across Wales who share in Sport Wales approach in making sport inclusive and accessible to everyone.
As part of the role, you will support the communication of Sport Wales’s work, reflecting what the organisation and its partners have done, has learnt, and plan to do, to maximise the way sport is utilised in a policy setting.
You will be a point of contact for government enquires and will enhance the Sport Wales approach to not only sharing information about the work of the sport sector, but in advocating for it in a strategic and purposeful way.
You will work across the organisation to understand the emerging policy evidence emanating from Sport Wales insight, investments, programmes, and partners.
What you’ll need
* Educated to degree level
* Knowledge of, and ability to influence, relevant public policy in Wales.
* Good knowledge central, devolved and local government structures, particularly the Welsh Government and the Welsh Parliament.
* Experience of communicating policy positions to internal and external audiences.
* Evidence of relationship management.
* An ability to convey research and policy into concise briefings.
* Experience of responding to consultations.
* Experience of public affairs, policy and research.
Skills and abilities which include:
* Able to challenge consensus in a constructive and honest way.
* Ability to translate complex and detailed research, evidence and policy into easily understood positions.
* Ability to build relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
* Ability to manage a range of work objectives, some often with challenging and competing timescales.
* An ability to see the big picture. Recognising how different areas of work across an organisation can fit together.
* An ability to motivate, encourage and challenge your colleagues.
* Ability to create a good and positive working environment and deal effectively with issues and problems.
* Ability to communicate in Welsh, both written and spoken.
What happens next
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Closing date Monday 15th June 2026, 9am
Provisional interview date Thursday 25th June 2026