EDI, Governance and Disciplinary Manager

Job Title:

EDI, Governance and Disciplinary Manager

Responsible to:
People and Strategy Director

Office

Location:

National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes (Hybrid working with minimum 2 days in the office to include Thursdays)

Term:
Permanent

Hours:

Full-time (35,58h)

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000

Badminton is a sport for everyone. And at Badminton England we want to make our sport the most inclusive and accessible sport in the country. We are at the heart of a thriving badminton community to nurture a lifelong passion for our sport, consistently performing and delivering inspirational moments, openly attracting everyone who wants to get involved in our sport - whatever age, ability or gender.

Our people love playing, watching and supporting badminton and we want to grow our badminton community - players, coaches, schools, clubs, counties, leisure operators, volunteers and fans.

• We do what matters; we are courageous and honest, always putting the best interests of badminton first.
• We include intentionally; we create safe and connected environments that welcome open and diverse views.
• We play for each other; we listen, respond to feedback and celebrate the successes of our sport and communities.
• We always aim to do today brilliantly; we innovate and constantly challenge the status quo through collaboration, active listening and encouragement of others.

With more than a million players playing badminton every month in England, badminton is the nation's most played racket sport and the sixth biggest sport overall in this country. Quite simply, we want to inspire everyone to play more, support the sport and love, live and breathe badminton.

Badminton England is the national governing body for badminton in England. We are committed to ensuring our sport is governed ethically, transparently and inclusively.

We are now seeking to appoint an EDI, Governance & Disciplinary Manager - a new role designed to strengthen both our governance and disciplinary operations and the development of an inclusive organisational culture. The post-holder will ensure compliance with the Code for Sports Governance and lead the implementation of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy to ensure BE's vision of being the most inclusive and accessible sport.

The EDI Governance and Disciplinary Manager will act as a key coordination point for governance assurance, disciplinary case management and inclusive culture development. Working closely with internal teams and our BE committees, the post-holder will support effective decision-making processes, maintain governance systems and policies, and lead work that embeds equality, diversity and inclusion across the organisation, membership and wider community.

This role will contribute to building a transparent, accountable, and inclusive organisation that reflects the communities it serves.

• Lead the implementation and monitoring of the organisation's EDI strategy and DIAP action plan.
• Embed welcoming and inclusive practices across all areas of BE and provide guidance to BE staff in embedding this throughout the badminton community, particularly aligned to A Sport That Cares campaign.
• Coordinate delivery of EDI training and awareness initiatives for staff, volunteers, committees and the Board.
• Collect and analyse diversity data to support evidence-based decision‑making and track progress against targets.
• Facilitate and drive EDI discussion groups to engage with under‑represented groups to ensure voices are listened to and BE strategy is informed by the recommendations of these groups.
• Keep up to date with legislation, sector best practice and national developments in EDI in sport to share with teams in BE to drive successful strategy implementation.

• Support the co‑ordination of our national committees ensuring compliance and adherence to the Code of Sport Governance and aligned to Board governance.
• Maintain statutory records, registers of interests, conflicts of interest, and gifting.
• Lead on updates to Articles of Association, Terms of Reference, internal governance guidance and…