The LTA’s vision is ‘Tennis Opened Up’, and our mission is to transform communities through tennis, focusing on three areas – making tennis welcoming, enjoyable and inspiring to everyone.
Our Performance Team at the LTA aims to become one of the most respected nations in the world for player development. We will do this by creating a pathway for champions that nurtures a diverse team of players, people and leaders.
The National Performance Pathway Teams purpose is to increase the number of internationally competitive 14U players with the potential to transition strongly to the international Junior stage, through increasing the number of players inspired, informed and ready to meet the demands of the next stage of the pathway.
This role includes:
• Supporting the development of players, their coaches, and parents.
• Requires working closely and collaboratively with the National Pathway Coaches (10U), National Age Group Coaches (11U – 14U), other LTA teams/departments, and external partners/stakeholders.
This position is a full-time fixed term contract, providing maternity cover between 27th January 2025 and the 31st December 2025.
Please note, the application window for this role closes on Sunday 1st December.
Interviews will take place in-person at Loughborough University on Wednesday 11th December. In order to be considered, candidates must be available to interview on 11th December.
Our Culture
The LTA, through its vision ‘Tennis Opened Up’, is committed to creating a diverse environment where all colleagues feel included and a strong sense of belonging. We are proud to actively invite applications from all candidates who meet the essential criteria and can work in the UK. We commit that everyone will receive equal consideration for employment irrespective of your ethnicity, religion, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, any disability, marital or civil partnership status, and pregnancy or maternity status.
We particularly welcome applications from:
• People from ethnically diverse communities
• Deaf and disabled people
• Members of the LGBTQ+ community
• People with lived experience of the UK's many and varied communities
The LTA Tennis Foundation is a new tennis charity that partners with brilliant people and organisations to improve lives through tennis. It shares the LTA’s vision of ‘Tennis Opened Up’, and it wants to use our sport to make a real difference to people across the whole country. All LTA colleagues have the chance to get involved with the LTA TF, with some directly involved in delivering and leading its work.
To truly deliver our vision of ‘Tennis Opened Up’, we believe it is critical that the LTA plays our part in contributing to a healthier and more sustainable society. We want to grow tennis in Britain, but do so in a responsible way, protecting and supporting the environment and working with everyone in the sport to tackle our climate impacts. We are committed to ensuring a lasting future for tennis in Britain, and our Environmental Sustainability Plan sets out how we will do this.