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Assurance Officer
UK Anti-Doping
UK Anti-Doping protects the right to right to enjoy doping-free sport UKAD is the national organisation dedicated to protecting a culture of clean sport. Every day, we are raising awareness of the issues through our extensive education and testing programme.
Job Posted- 21 Nov 2024
Status- Full Time
Location- England
Closing date- 6 Dec 2024
Job purpose
You will be a member of the Assurance team and as the key contact for a selection of NGBs will lead on the support and compliance monitoring required to enable them to meet their Assurance Frameworkrequirements and maintain compliance with the UK National Anti-Doping Policy.
Key result areas include
- Lead on the compliance for a selection of NGBs from different sports, acting as the primary point of contact for supporting those NGBs with their Assurance Framework compliance obligations
- Manage the process for new NGBs that have started to receive public funding from a UK Sports Council, providing guidance and resources to enable them to meet the 24 Assurance Framework requirements
- Facilitate partnerships between NGBs and encourage sharing of good practice and resources
- Assess and evaluate Assurance Framework evidence submitted by NGBs against the minimum standards set out in the Assurance Framework guidance document
- Provide constructive feedback to NGBs on any evidence that fails to meet the required minimum standards in the Assurance Framework, supporting the NGBs in gaining compliance on the relevant elements
- Assist in the planning and preparation of the Annual Submission, including the creation of supporting resources and documents (as required)
- Support the planning process in advance of an Assurance Review, including communicating the process to NGBs and assessing evidence provided by the NGB in advance of the Review
- Actively participate in in-person Reviews reviewing the NGB’s anti-doping programme with NGB staff (including senior management) in a professional manner
- Support the post-Review process, including identifying and documenting the outcomes from the Review and assessing evidence submitted as a result of any compliance actions identified
- Contribute to the ongoing development of the NGB support programme, including the delivery of resources and events to assist NGBs with the development of their anti-doping activities, such as annual forums/webinars for NGB Anti-Doping Leads and Board Anti-Doping Leads
- Work closely with colleagues in the Education team to co-ordinate and develop the education support and feedback provided to NGBs on their education activities (including via the support programme, Annual Submission and Assurance Reviews)
Person specification
Qualifications/experience/knowledge
- Significant experience of working in a regulatory environment, preferably within sport
- Experience of reviewing information against a set of criteria
- Experience of providing constructive feedback and guiding/influencing behaviours
- Experience of building relationships with a variety of external stakeholders to effect change
- Experience in providing compliance support (desirable)
- Experience of working at or with NGBs / similar sports bodies (desirable)
Skills
- Passion for sport and helping to protect clean sport
- High level of personal integrity in work
- Proactive, enthusiastic, personable and professional
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Confident in networking, developing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of individuals operating at various levels within an organisation
- High level organisation skills, with the capability to prioritise own workload and work to multiple competing deadlines within a time-pressured environment, producing high quality results
- Able to cope in challenging environments, including delivering critical feedback with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
- Proficient with Microsoft Office systems (Word, Excel etc.)
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