Sport Psychology Technical Lead

The Opportunity

The UK Sports Institute have an exciting opportunity for a temporary, part time Technical Lead Sport Psychologist working at any of our bases.

A snapshot of the role

The Technical Lead (TL) role is unique within the UKSI and High-Performance System (HPS) and revolves around four key areas of support to people, disciplines, sports and the wider HPS. Technical Leads form part of the leadership team for each discipline and are part of the wider Human Performance directorate in the UKSI. Technical leads contribute towards performance planning, inter-disciplinary solutions, contributing to the performance of practitioners, the sports we service and their athletes.

The day-to-day activities of a TL might include 1:1 mentoring sessions with practitioners, designing and delivering learning opportunities, supervising and quality assuring practice, supporting sports with recruitment, utilising technical expertise to work with practitioners and sports to solve performance problems, supervising research, project work, and contributing to strategy development.

The sport psychology team operate with a delivery model that promotes immersed and systemic delivery across three levels (athlete/coach, team, system) and, is informed by principles designed to support environments and the individuals within to thrive. Sport psychology team members deliver support that promotes sustainable performance through addressing the needs and demands of the sport, through applying their own unique strengths and philosophical approaches and utilise a portfolio of UKSI sport psychology models and tools contextually developed through the work. As a team within a team, the sport psychology technical leads, guided by our delivery model and standards of supervision, take huge pride in facilitating connection across the system, fostering learning and promoting quality assurance to promote high standards of delivery and innovation and look forward to welcoming a new team member who can share this mission.

If you feel you can bring the expertise we require to help us shape our future, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At the UKSI we aspire to have a workforce that is diverse and representative of all sections of society, not only by characteristic but by thought and perspective.  We believe a diverse workforce enables growth and creates a sustainably inclusive workspace for all employees.

If there is something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job more accessible, let us know!

Safer Recruitment

We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment here at UKSI.  All applications for all roles within our organisation will be subject to safer recruitment principles.  Applicants will be required to complete a self-declaration form, will have references checked and dependent upon role may be required to obtain Enhanced DBS vetting.

Application Method:

To be considered for this World Class Opportunity, candidates will be required to submit a CV and answer 3 application questions via the UKSI careers portal. The answers to the application questions should bring your CV to life by highlighting your relevant skills, experience and attributes that would make you the ideal candidate for this role.

Important:

 Once you begin your application on the portal you will have the option to type your answers in a free text box, however if you would prefer, you may upload your answers with your CV. We ask that the answers to the questions are no more than 2 sides of A4. (please note that you can only upload 1 document to the portal so please ensure the questions appear either at the beginning or as a follow on from your CV)

Artificial Intelligence

: We are aware of an increase in the use of Artificial intelligence for applications. At the UKSI we are keen to get to know you as a person and AI-generated content may lack the specificity required and/or fail to address key criteria. We consider that personalised responses are essential to convey your individual skills, knowledge and experience. Therefore, to maintain the integrity and fairness of our recruitment process, we discourage the use of AI-generated content which may diminish your chances of success in your application. Please note this does not apply to the use of adaptive technology used to support an applicant's individual needs.

Key Dates for Applicants 

Closing Date:

 28 April 2025

Shortlisting Date:

We will aim to complete our shortlist 2 May 2025

Interview Date:

7/8 May 2025

Additional information for applicants:

Please note that occasionally interview dates may be subject to change and may require additional stages. In these instances, we will do our upmost to ensure that candidates have sufficient notice and preparation time.

This is currently a fixed term opportunity until 31 March 2026.

If you have any questions regarding the content of the Job Description that you would like to discuss further, please email your enquiry to Recruitment@uksportsinstitute.co.uk.

Our Company

The UKSI delivers outstanding support that enables sports and athletes to excel.

Since 2002, and over the last four Olympic and Paralympic cycles, the UKSI has evolved quietly and effectively into an organisation consistently performing at a world-leading level, contributing to over 1,000 British Olympic and Paralympic medals.