EURO 2028 Legacy & Sustainability Advisor
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,434 to £39,044 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National £35,434 - £39,044 + benefits. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 December 2025 |
| Location: | M2 3AW |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 438619/1 |
Summary
- The UEFA European Championships 2028 - ensuring the Government delivers on its commitments to ensure that this major event is staged successfully, maximising economic growth and benefiting local communities. This programme is part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio.
- The future pipeline of major sporting events - driving forward the Government's work, with partners, to secure, and successfully host, the world’s biggest and best sporting events, including the women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
- Grassroots facilities delivery - overseeing the delivery of hundreds of millions into multi-sport grassroots facilities across the UK, as part of the EURO 2028 impact programme and to tackle inactivity, support the Health mission and build cohesive communities through providing access to high quality shared sporting spaces.
The directorate is evolving out of a unit within the existing Sport and Gambling Directorate, with which it will need to continue working seamlessly.
The team prioritises a positive workplace culture, where colleagues are committed to excellence in delivery, ongoing personal development, a supportive working environment, and operating seamlessly with colleagues and stakeholders based across the UK, and beyond.
The role sits within the EURO 2028 Legacy & Impact Team, which is responsible for overseeing the Government’s input into the tournament’s Community Programme (encompassing social impact and sustainability). UEFA EURO 2028 UK & Ireland will see the largest-ever Community Programme for the tournament and will harness the power of sport and culture, bring communities together and inspire positive change.
The postholder will:
- Provide policy support on legacy and sustainability for EURO 2028, liaising with stakeholders internally and externally to deliver the UK Government’s responsibilities and ensure that is factored into a robust and ambitious multi-partner, tournament-wide Community Programme.
- Support the coordination of UKG input into the design of a comprehensive cross-partner sustainability charter, ensuring key stakeholders across government are consulted throughout the development process.
- Provide administrative support to the England National Legacy Steering Group.
- Lead day-to-day team support & project management.
- Lead coordination of ad hoc cross-cutting commissions, briefings and correspondence
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