Laureus: Team Operations Coordinator
As a key member of the Foundation team, the post holder will oversee governance, finance management and internal and external stakeholders.
They will be responsible for a wide variety of tasks which support both the Development and Programmes team, as well as the Laureus Sport for Good national offices.
- Arranging and managing Sport for Good Board meetings, to include preparation of papers and monitoring follow-up actions
- Finance and budget management, including tracking and arrangement of invoices and payments to 3rd parties
- Report preparation and submission to funders and donors
- Represent Sport for Good at key Laureus meetings, for example Talent team
- Manage Sport for Good engagement for LWSA
- Implement and embed processes for stakeholder tracking
- Support Development team, with specific support provided to Events Manager on key activities and events
- Support Programmes team as required
- Liaising with Laureus Sport for Good national offices as required
- Support Sport for Good team on organisational tasks as they arise
How will you experience success with us?
Teamwork – we will engage in relationships of mutual trust and support: by recognising and valuing the importance of each team member within Sport for Good, the wider Laureus family, our programme partners, our global partners and our wider stakeholder group
Responsible stewardship – we will take good care of the trust placed in us: relating to our brand and reputation; the financial resources entrusted to us; the talents of our staff; and the trust placed in us by beneficiaries and other stakeholders
Innovative leadership – we will be innovative leaders: unafraid to pioneer new ways of addressing social challenges, with new partners, in new territories; leading in our monitoring, evaluation and research and in building like-minded coalition; and raising our voices and influence to grow the use of sport for development and societal transformation
Beneficiary focussed – we will put the interests of beneficiaries first: in our everyday work, the programmes we fund, our research, our advocacy and our communications and marketing
Excellence – we will be excellent in everything we do: in the standards to which we perform all our activities and in all our outputs, in our stewardship of funds invested through us for social change, in our engagement with programme participants, in our development of staff and partners and in every other aspect of Laureus Sport for Good
- To be a positive member of Sport for Good, working productively with colleagues while also representing Laureus well
- To undertake any other duties in support of Sport for Good’s business as may reasonably be required
- Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships to achieve objectives with internal and external stakeholders
- Takes a proactive approach to all tasks with the ability to drive and motivate the wider team
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work cross-organisationally with multiple stakeholders in the realisation of shared goals
- Budgeting and financial management experience, able to understand the link between finance and operations
- Confident communicator and convenor
