Disability Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - London Marathon Events Ltd

London Marathon Events Ltd

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Disability Coordinator

Reports to:
Head of Disabilities

Department:
Disability

Term of appointment:
Fixed Term

Commitment: 33 days (3 days October, 3 Days November, 3 Days December, 4 days January,

4 days February, 6 days March, 10 days April)

Who are we?
At London Marathon Events we live our values Impact, Innovate, Everyone and Customer First.

We strive to demonstrate these values in everything we do and this is reflected through our successful event portfolio - The Big Half, Vitality Westminster Mile, Vitality London 10,000, Standard Chartered Great City Race, Ford Ride London and Swim Serpentine and our flagship event the TCS London Marathon.

These events generate millions for charities to improve the lives of individuals in London and across the UK. Our vision is inspiring activity in all ages, communities, abilities, and socio
- economic groups and we view sport as a force for good. Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are at the heart of our events and we want to ensure they are at the heart of our company. We strongly value diversity within our workforce, and recognise that different people bring different perspectives, lived experience, ideas and culture to the company. This difference brings with it great strengths, including diversity of thought and innovation.

Role summary:

The Disability Coordinator is responsible for increasing the support we offer to disabled participants and ensuring we offer an inclusive Marathon experience.

This involves coordinating the disability outreach programme for the 2024 TCS London Marathon.

This programme will be reaching out to charities and disabled persons organisations to recruit 200 participants with disabilities to take part in the 2024 TCS London Marathon.

A key focus will be encouraging and supporting people who may have never considered they could complete a marathon.

The role will report to the Head of Disability and be supported by the Helpdesk.

Key Responsibilities

Liaise with the charities/disabled peoples organisations to help them recruit disabled runners
Work alongside the Helpdesk to get in touch with any disabled participants and provide any support or advice required
Organise and run workshops with charities/ disabled people organisations on how to support their disabled participants
Organise and run workshops for LME staff on how best to support the participants in our events
Produce a guide for those with disabilities, answering the common FAQs and providing guidance for them to follow
Attend the Running Show and provide advice at the information stand to disabled participants
Work with the entries team on the entry system, website, and comms to ensure we appropriately market and announce our commitment to the inclusion of more disabled participants.

Event responsibilities

Be available at the start to support disabled runners and ensure they are in the correct start waves and can enjoy the event
Be available by phone to answer any queries and provide any assistance required.
Move to the finish to support any disabled runners at the Finish
Liaise with the charities to ensure their overall experience is positive and engaging

Skills and Knowledge

Ability to work with participants with multiple disabilities
Caring, kind, patient and compassionate
Good knowledge of disability and inclusion
Good knowledge of events and working in events
Safeguarding of
adults at risk

What do we have on offer?

Competitive salary and benefits
An opportunity to make a difference to society
An incredibly rewarding job
A company that you will be proud to work for
Hybrid working model
An exciting opportunity to work at our world class events
The other benefits Pro rated
25 days holiday pro rata, plus bank holidays and a Christmas shutdown
On site bike storage and showers on return to office working
Wellbeing allowance
Personal health insurance
Excellent employer contributions into our pension scheme
Professional membership fee reimbursement