James Stephenson Email & Phone Number

Milton Keynes, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Soft Tissue Therapy clinic/ Injury rehab.

- Lead implementation of national participation programmes (adult and youth) - Operationalise national strategy for participation - Partnership management including YST, BUCS, Education (independent and state) - Manage and support portfolio of delivery partners - M&E grass roots participation (identify development opportunities and new programmes for growth) - Activate participation and partnerships in schools, universities & colleges, clubs & communities - Digital development; customer UX - Align programmes to commercial, marketing and comms - Budget management; schools, adult programmes, youth -

London, United Kingdom

Plan and implement a national education strategy for CricketRole achievements;• Cricket World Cup schools support – 800,000 primary pupils in 8,000 schools• Football Premier League partnership (Roar for Diversity) – 14,645 online engagements 3,298 platform registrants• Schools action plan – primary, secondary, independent delivery plan, £6m budget p/a• BBC bitesize – Sport week content delivery, England men’s, women’s and disability squads, in partnership with British Cycling, The FA, British Gymnastics, 180,000 downloads• Commercial partnership – supporting projects impacted by covid-19, disability, W&G, Junior cricket programmes focussed in BAME & disadvantaged communities, £1m• NGB collaboration – England Hockey, England Netball, Team up – education sector delivery

Development and implementation of national programmes Cricket World Cup - Legacy Planning GroupProject Lead - National Education Strategy groupSupport and mentoring County Board staff

Tutor and facilitator of national programmes.

Coach support for education and sport network Mentoring management level staff to deliver high quality outputsMonitoring and evaluation of deliver through KPI's

East Region

• Work alongside national leads supporting youth sport and education within East Region Primary, Secondary and community sport• Development of personalised membership programmes• Relationship management – CSP’s, NGB’s, Education, Local Authorities, Trusts/ Charities and county associations• Development support for staff• Programme design and implementation for local/ county groups• Delivery at national school sport conference – presentation and workshops• Strategic analysis of data – identifying areas of development and implementing strategies with partners• Promotion of YST specific programmes to increase uptake across region

• Programme designer/ strategic lead• Budget planning – management of over £400,000• Event management/ club liaison – 10,000 young people participating annually, NGB liaison into regional competition pathway• Multi agency relationship manager – County Sport Partnership, NGB’s, Clubs, Local Authority/ Leisure providers, Youth Sport Trust, Sport England, NHS and all tiers of education to achieve common goals• Monitor, evaluate and report to senior partners and investors• Lead on marketing and promotion to raise profile – website management, TV & radio appearance, e-newsletters, promotional flyers/ booklets• Line management – interview, employment, deployment, appraise and manage performance