Job Description

Talent Acquisition Intern

Location:

Flexible / Home-based with some time at UKSI sites

Salary

: 23,492 p.a. pro-rata

Hours:

Full-time, 37 hours per week

Contract

: Internship - 6 Months (1st October - 2025 - 31st March 2026)

Are you curious, creative, and passionate about the future of high performance sport? Do you want to play a role in shaping opportunities for the next generation on the road to LA 2028?

The UK Sports Institute (UKSI) is looking for a Talent Acquisition Intern to join our team. This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a high-profile project while developing your skills in storytelling, digital content, and insight generation.

You'll help us design and launch a brand-new sports internship model, tell the stories of our athletes and staff, and explore how innovations like AI can enhance the way we attract and support talent across the UK high performance system.

What you'll be doing

Creating engaging content and managing posts for our GB High Performance Careers page. Turning data into insight through dashboards, infographics, and reports. Supporting campaigns such as our Day in the Life series on LinkedIn and Instagram. Exploring creative new platforms (TikTok, Threads, Bluesky) to reach wider audiences. Collaborating across UKSI teams, NGBs, and the wider high performance community.

What we're looking for

We're not looking for certificates -- we're looking for curiosity, creativity, and commitment. You might be a student, recent graduate, or someone simply passionate about sport and storytelling.

You'll need to bring:

A creative eye for design and content. Confidence using platforms like Instagram, Canva, TikTok, and LinkedIn. The ability to work independently and take ownership of a project. Strong communication skills and the ability to build rapport. An interest in sport, talent development, or Olympic/Paralympic pathways. Experience with data or visualisation tools (Excel, Google Data Studio, Canva) is a bonus, but not essential.

Why join us?

At UKSI, you'll be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team with the chance to contribute to projects that genuinely shape the future of high performance sport. You'll gain valuable, hands-on experience, develop new skills, and build connections across the UK high performance system.

We value diversity, inclusivity, and creativity -- and we want you to bring your voice and ideas to the table.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At the UKSI we aspire to have a workforce that is diverse and representative of all sections of society, not only by characteristic but by thought and perspective.? We believe a diverse workforce enables growth and creates a sustainably inclusive workspace for all employees.

If there is something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job more accessible, let us know!

Application Task:

In order to be considered for the role we would like you to complete the following application tasks to email along with your CV:

"Your First 100 Days" Project

Brief:

Imagine you've just started as the Talent Acquisition Intern at UKSI. You've been asked to design a launch concept for a Sports Internship Programme aimed at engaging university students and recent graduates in the journey towards the LA 2028 Games.

Your task is to prepare a two-part submission:

1. Creative Campaign Concept (max 2 pages or 5 slides)

o A campaign name & strapline.

o Two example social media posts (mocked up using Canva or similar) for the GB High Performance Careers LinkedIn page.

o A short description of your visual style choices and why they'll appeal to your target audience.

o Ideas for one "Day in the Life" feature that could inspire candidates.

2. Insight & Innovation Plan (max 1 page)

o A short plan outlining how you'd track the success of the campaign (key metrics).

o One suggestion for how to use an emerging social media trend or platform (e.g., TikTok, Threads) to reach new audiences.

o One innovative idea for enhancing the candidate experience during the application process.

What happened Next:

If you are successful in the first round of the selection process, you'll be invited in for a coffee and an informal chat at one of our sites, get to meet some of the team and we can get to know you. We'll then ask you to talk through your tasks in more detail helping us to visualise why you are aligned to the role.

Job Types: Full-time, Temp to perm
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: 23,492.00 per year

Benefits:

On-site parking
Language:

English (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Willingness to travel:

25% (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Loughborough LE11 3TD