Product Development Officer

About Us

Swim England is striving to create a happier, healthier and more successful nation through swimming and aquatic activity. We strive to inspire everyone to enjoy the water in the way that suits them. As the recognised national governing body for swimming, artistic swimming, diving and water polo in England, we help people learn how to swim, enjoy the water safely, and compete in all our sports. Swim England is an incorporated organisation with charitable status.

Find out more about at it's like to work with us and the Swim England family: https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/working-at-swim-england/

About The Role

We are seeking a Product Development Officer to join our team on a full time basis. Where possible flexible working or job share requests will be considered.This is an exciting new opportunity working within the busy Learn to Swim Department. Reporting to the Head of Learn to Swim, you will use your excellent research skills and knowledge of the product development cycle to drive the development of new high quality learn to swim products and interpret customer needs to update existing resources.You will also work collaboratively across the organisation with our marketing and technical teams to ensure our resources are developed and marketed to their full potential.To find out more about the role, download the full Job Description and Person Specification document.

About You

The successful candidate must:

• Be an excellent communicator and influencer
• Have excellent research and referencing skills
• Have the ability to proof read to a high standard
• Have experience of working in the product development field

Previous experience / knowledge of the Swim England Learn to Swim Programme would also be advantageous.So if you feel you have the suitable skills and attributes for this position then we would like to hear from you.

Please be advised that we cannot offer visa sponsorship and that you must have right to work in the UK to apply or be considered for this role. If you are a non UK/EU National, you must have an appropriate working Visa to undertake employment. You must also be working within the UK to apply or be considered for this role, due to the public liability insurance Swim England holds.

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to inclusion and embrace the spirit of all equalities legislation. Where possible we will always make reasonable adjustments for accessibility to anyone who requires it.