Senior Development Manager

Senior Development Manager

August 2026

Job title Senior Development Manager

Salary £30,000 – £35,000 FTE, with salary offered subject to location and experience.

Hours 37.5 hours per week, full-time

Contract Permanent

Location Hybrid working, minimum 2 to 3 days in office/ community. Based in Access Sport’s Bristol, London or Manchester office, with regular national travel.

This role has been made possible thanks to National Lottery players and the National Lottery Community Fund.

Access Sport is a national charity with a vision that no one should be excluded from the transformational benefits of community sport. We are on a mission to make inclusion the norm in community sport by tackling the access barriers faced by disadvantaged and disabled young people.

We do this by training, equipping, and supporting community sports clubs, organisations, and volunteers to provide inclusive programmes, unleashing their potential to transform the lives of underserved young people in their local communities.

This work is either place based or sport focused. All the clubs we support are invited to join our Inclusive Club Network. A copy of our  growth strategy, Stand for Inclusion, which provides further details

about our work and future development plans, can be found here on our website.

In 2025/26 Access Sport engaged over 40,000 disadvantaged and disabled young people, with a strong representation from ethnically diverse communities, girls, and previously less active young people.

Read more about our impact in our Annual Review. A number of videos showcasing our work can be found on our You Tube channel. These include a recent film about our new cycling and basketball facilities in Cadishead and a dedicated film about the Turnpike Lane court refurbishment.

Access Sport is looking for a Senior Development Manager to support the operational delivery and continuous development of our youth leadership and youth voice work across the UK.

This role sits at the heart of a growing national programme designed to embed youth voice, co-production and leadership within community sport. Working across multiple regions, you will ensure that young people’s voices are meaningfully embedded in clubs and local systems, and that youth leadership opportunities are delivered consistently and to a high standard.

A key part of this role is turning learning from local delivery into practical tools, training and resources that strengthen practice across the programme. You will work closely with a team of Community Coordinators, Youth Advisors and clubs to understand what works on the ground, and translate this into accessible toolkits, inclusive training and guidance that support high-quality delivery across the UK.

You will also be the staff lead for our Youth Board and Regional Youth Voice Groups, ensuring young people have structured, supported and meaningful opportunities to influence programme design and delivery.

• Lead the day-to-day, operational delivery of Access Sport’s youth leadership and youth voice programme.
• Develop and manage delivery plans, ensuring consistent implementation across all locations.
• Coordinate programme activity, milestones and delivery cycles across Community Coordinators and delivery partners.
• Ensure high-quality delivery standards are maintained across all programme areas.

• Coordinate the design and development of training materials, toolkits and resources to support youth leadership and youth voice.
• Collaborate with our Inclusive Training Lead to ensure youth leadership, youth voice and inclusion training are aligned.
• Develop and deliver training sessions for staff, clubs…