Youth Voice & Leadership Senior officer  

Disability Sport Wales are looking for a team-focused, organised and proactive Youth Voice & Leadership Senior Officer. With exceptional communication skills to connect with Disabled Young people, clubs, schools, and community partners, facilitating lasting links across the wider network.

Responsible to:

Projects Manager

Location:      

Flexible, but with access to a DSW Office, or partner offices 

Salary:

£31,668 

Hours:

Full- (35 hours/week) 

Contract:

Fixed Term (72-months) 

Travel:

Some travel  is essential to this role (where required).

Closing Date:

Wednesday 12th August 2026 (5pm)

Interview Details:

interviews will be held on 27th of August 2026, timings will be confirmed with each short-listed candidate.

Application Pack

Please read:

• Job Advert 

Please complete and return:

• Application Form
• Equality Monitoring Form
• Offer an Interview Scheme (if applicable)
   

Applications should be submitted to office@disabilitysportwales.com 

Download Application Pack   

Background:

The Federation of Disability Sport Wales (or Disability Sport Wales (DSW)) are the lead organisation in Wales for disability sport and sport for disabled people. We are a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. We share the vision for sport in Wales (an active nation where everyone can have lifelong enjoyment of sport) and our mission is to:

influence, include, inspire, insport

We do this through the provision of specific programmes (insport programmes, insport Series Events, Performance Development Camps) and services (Education and Training for those involved with physical activity (including sport)) which is intended to support a pathway of choice from initial engagement to performance sport at the highest level.

We are a small team of highly committed, passionate individuals whose shared purpose is to advocate for an inclusive approach within the sector. 

DSW Value Statements

You will always be able to expect DSW (as an organisation and individuals within the team) to:

• Champion Everyone - We believe in meaningful opportunity, broad diversity and great achievement. People drive all that we do.
• Proudly Welsh - We embody and celebrate what it is to be Welsh.
• Value Growth - We are committed to development and inclusive change and will always support that.
• Highlight Possibility - We connect opportunities and prioritise partnerships, so people get what they need.

The Opportunity:

This role will drive youth voice and leadership across community sports clubs, working directly with Disabled Young people to embed their perspectives into club culture, decision-making, and session design. Through regular club visits. The postholder will build trusted relationships with young people and support them into leadership pathways such as volunteering, coaching, and peer support roles, working alongside coaches, volunteers, and Youth Advisors to create genuinely inclusive environments.

The position requires strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills to connect with Disabled Young people, clubs, schools, and community partners, facilitating lasting links across the wider network. Experience of supporting community sport delivery and a genuine passion for youth voice, co-production, and empowering underserved and disabled groups is essential, as is the confidence to facilitate leadership workshops and showcase events that let young people lead. The postholder will also take the lead on the DSW National Youth Board, coordinating meetings, board representation, and CPD opportunities ensuring the voices and experiences of disabled young people in Wales are heard at the highest levels of the organisation.

Person Specification

Why apply for this role?

• Work for an equitable and diverse employer as part of an ambitious, creative, resourceful, incredibly committed team 

• Be involved with regional partnership working to support and influence ongoing inclusive practice 

• Culture guided by inclusive behaviours, policies and procedures 

Benefits

• Competitive salary 

• Great annual leave allocation (25 days (increasing by 1 day annually up to a maximum of 30 days), plus statutory holidays in Wales)   

• Branded team kit

How to apply?

You are asked to complete an Application for Employment Form outlining information relevant to your experience and the details of the post outlined in the Role Description.

If you would like to submit the Application for Employment Form via a BSL video, please do so, including all the information required.  If you would like to receive the Application for Employment Form in an alternative accessible format please let us know via the contact below.

You will also need to return the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.  This information will be anonymous and confidential and will need to be sent as a separate file attached to your email, entitled CONFIDENTIAL. This information will then be separated from your application form and considered ONLY for equality monitoring of the DSW processes and to make diversity improvements where required.

We will work with all candidates and employees to ensure that they are supported to perform to their full potential.

Applications should be submitted to office@disabilitysportwales.com 

For further information or an informal discussion please either: 
Email:  nia.jones@disabilitysportwales.com or 
Call, text, WhatsApp or send video to: Nia Jones , 07716110403