Job Description

Are you passionate about the power of sport to improve people\'s lives and benefit communities? Would you like to work within professional sports clubs and across the Sport for Development sector?

level= is delighted to be supporting Premiership Rugby in their search for a Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Apprentice to support its vision to ensure that Premiership Rugby, the Beating Heart of English Rugby has a strong social conscience.

Their mission is to use the power of professional rugby to deliver positive sustainable change that protects the environment, strengthens communities and tackles inequalities within our society. The mission demonstrates Premiership Rugby\'s commitment and determination to tackle the major issues that sport and society, are facing. Those issues are important to the long-term future of their sport, but equally have a major impact on the communities they operate in.

They are committed to making Premiership Rugby a sustainable, diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment for their staff, players and fans while also supporting societal change by building better futures for disadvantaged individuals and communities.

This exciting apprenticeship role offers you the chance to work in a highly experienced and supportive team to gain a Level 4 qualification whilst learning about CSR, project management, event planning and organisation skills. This is a great opportunity to develop a range of skills and experiences as well as giving you the chance to build your professional network at the same time.

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Apprenticeship Key Roles & Responsibilities:

CSR Strategy, programme delivery & project management:

Supporting the programme managers with the evaluation and data interpretation and KPI monitoring of national programmes to support club relationship management

Producing monthly programme reports for internal and external stakeholders

Supporting the maintenance of financial records in line with funder\'s reporting requirements

Working with external consultants to develop and maintain monitoring tools and ensuring their use to monitor project delivery qualitatively and quantitatively

Work with the sustainability officer to develop and implement the sustainability strategy

Work with the Head of programme development through the programme development process including insight generation and grant bidding

Assist in promoting the community programmes and all CSR work carried out centrally and by their clubs through marketing channels

Events and Hospitality:

Working with their community and events teams to support the delivery of high-quality community showcase events

Partner and VIP engagement and support

Budget management

Sourcing branding and merchandise

Represent PRL at external events

Administrative Support:

Support the Community & CSR Director with the tracking of progress against the strategy objectives

Support the Community & CSR Director with production of high quality presentations and resources

Diary management and general administrative support for the Community & CSR Team

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Apprenticeship Person Specification:

Demonstrates initiative

Confident in building relationships

Passion for sport and Corporate social responsibility

Minimum requirements:

A-C or 4-9 GCSE in Maths and English

In partnership with Premiership Rugby Education Partner LDN Apprenticeships we will support you every step of the way towards a successful career in Sport.

Premiership Rugby is committed to ensuring a wholly inclusive workplace by attracting the most talented people, and they welcome and encourage candidates from all aspects of diversity to apply for this role.

The closing date for applications is Friday 15th September 2023 at 5pm, and the deadline for submission of the work-related questions is Sunday 17th September at 11:59pm. Interviews will be help on Friday 22nd September 2023.

To apply for this role, you will need to first register your interest by submitting your CV. Your CV will only be used for information purposes and will not be relevant in the application process. You will then be emailed a response containing a link needed to answer some work-related questions. Our goal is to assess your approach to a problem and better understand what knowledge and skills you have. Your answers will be anonymised, randomised and reviewed by a diverse panel.

We also think giving feedback is incredibly valuable for candidates, so at the end of the process, you\'ll see how well you performed during the application process.

If you have any accessibility requirements or would like to understand our process further, please contact

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