Competition Planning Manager

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The LTA's vision is ‘Tennis Opened Up’, and our mission is to transform communities through tennis, focusing on three areas – making tennis welcoming, enjoyable and inspiring to everyone.

The Role

The Competition team oversee the planning and delivery of all LTA staged competitions at an international and national level, as well as supporting regional, county, and local level competition activity. The team also oversees Padel competition, team competition, disability competition and associated GB representative teams. The team are responsible for servicing competition in Britain, which includes Officiating, Ratings (World Tennis Number) and Rankings, rules and regulations and the digital systems to find and enter competition.

This role will play an important part in delivering against the new Competition Plan 2025-29 and onwards. The primary aim of the role will be to lead on the key areas of competition planning, to include competition planning for the winter and summer season across tennis and padel with a focus on regional, county and local level competition.

Please note, the application window for this role closes on Wednesday 15th January 2025.

Initial interviews will take place from the week commencing Monday 27th January 2025.

Key Accountabilities

• To work with the Competition Operations Manager to successfully plan, and ensure a joined-up approach to delivery, across all aspects of competition operations, ultimately helping to support progress against the Competition Plan for 2025-29.

• Work with the Competition Operations Manager, to oversee delivery of the LTA Sanctioned Competition Planning process to ensure there is geographical coverage and a suitable number of opportunities to meet the player base at each age and stage.

• Lead of all areas of tennis and padel competition planning annually, across the winter and summer seasons for Grades 3-7 to include oversight of the process, communication with the competition workforce and approvals of applications.

• Lead on the organisation and operational delivery of Winter and Summer Regional and County Tours to achieve the associated metrics within budget, with the National Performance Pathway team.

• Lead on the 10 and under Competition Framework to support player development and increase the number of players competing regularly at that age.

• Review and develop the competition operating model, including working with County and Island member organisations, venues and local delivery partners, to support them to deliver tennis and padel competition activity as part of their core role to grow the volume of local competition.

Our Benefits

• 25 days annual leave

• Pension

• Life assurance

• Reimbursement of eye tests

• Long service awards, plus monthly and annual colleague awards

• Private Medical & Health Insurance

• Free onsite gym & use of the Tennis & Padel courts

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave

• Free mental health first aider support

• Colleague ticket offerings for Major Events and The Championships, Wimbledon

• Annual Bonus Scheme

• Free parking & bike racks

• Retail discounts from our partner brands

• Training & Development

• Summer and Christmas parties

• Free tea and coffee provided daily

• Electrical vehicle charging points

• Staff lockers

• 30% discounts in our café at the National Tennis Centre

Our Culture

The LTA, through its vision ‘Tennis Opened Up’, is committed to creating a diverse environment where all colleagues feel included and a strong sense of belonging. We are proud to actively invite applications from all candidates who meet the essential criteria and can work in the UK. We commit that everyone will receive equal consideration for employment irrespective of your ethnicity, religion, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, any disability, marital or civil partnership status, and pregnancy or maternity status.

We particularly welcome applications from:

• People from ethnically diverse communities

• Deaf and disabled people

• Members of the LGBTQ+ community

• People with lived experience of the UK's many and varied communities

The LTA Tennis Foundation is a new tennis charity that partners with brilliant people and organisations to improve lives through tennis. It shares the LTA’s vision of ‘Tennis Opened Up’, and it wants to use our sport to make a real difference to people across the whole country. All LTA colleagues have the chance to get involved with the LTA TF, with some directly involved in delivering and leading its work.

To truly deliver our vision of 'Tennis Opened Up', we believe it is critical that the LTA plays our part in contributing to a healthier and more sustainable society. We want to grow tennis in Britain, but do so in a responsible way, protecting and supporting the environment and working with everyone in the sport to tackle our climate impacts. We are committed to ensuring a lasting future for tennis in Britain, and our Environmental Sustainability Plan sets out how we will do this.