Anti - Doping & Integrity Officer

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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.

The Role

The role leads the development, delivery, and monitoring of the LTA’s Anti-Doping and Integrity strategies, ensuring compliance with national and international standards. It is responsible for creating and implementing education programmes for players, coaches, parents, and support staff across all levels of British tennis, from grassroots to elite performance.

Acting as the organisation’s central point of contact for anti-doping and integrity matters, the role liaises with governing bodies, education partners, and internal directorates to ensure consistent messaging, compliance, and best practice. In addition, the role oversees the production of resources and communications to raise awareness, tracks and reports on compliance, and supports the management of integrity investigations. Ultimately, the position safeguards the credibility of British tennis and Padel by embedding a culture of integrity, fairness, and responsibility across the sports.

• Please note, the application window for this role closes at midnight on Friday 12th September.

• First stage interviews will take place week commencing 15th September.

• Final stage interviews will take place in-person at the National Tennis Centre week commencing 22nd September.

Permanent role, 5 day per week (open to part time, minimum 3 days per week)

Key Accountabilities

Anti-Doping

• Develop the LTA’s Anti-Doping strategy and Implementation Plan in line with UKAD’s minimum standards
• Coordinate & deliver face-to-face anti-doping education to players, parents & coaches of all levels from grass roots club through to regional training
• Ensure the LTA complies with all aspects of UKAD’s minimum standards and lead on the annual inspection process.
• Produce anti-doping resources and where appropriate website content in particular for Padel
• Liaise with the PL National Lead to ensure anti-doping education delivery to all Performance players, staff, parents & coaches is planned
• Liaise with the LTA’s Participation, Operations & Major Events Directorates to ensure seamless and aligned education is provided to all stakeholders including officials & coaches
• Liaise with other education providers, partners and other specialists as appropriate (especially the UKAD & ITF education teams)
• Track & monitor player, coach & stakeholder compliance with UKAD’s anti-doping education requirements
• Regularly report on anti-doping education compliance to UKAD and ensure testing budget is monitored
• Work with the Communications team to develop and deliver an anti-doping comms plan to support our key anti-doping and integrity messages
• Monitor the effectiveness of the anti-doping strategy and provide reports to Performance SMT, Executive team and Board as required

Integrity

• Act as single point of contact for integrity matters across the LTA
• Coordinate delivery of integrity education programmes for players, coaches and support personnel through the LTA performance pathway
• Produce Integrity materials and website content as required
• Coordinate and deliver awareness activity on integrity issues more broadly within British tennis and the LTA
• Liaise with other education providers, partners and other specialists as appropriate (especially the ITIA education teams)
• Monitor the effectiveness of the integrity programme and report to SMT, Executive team and Board as required
• Ensure the LTA complies with all integrity requirements of the ITF recognition scheme for national training centres
• Liaise with the LTA legal department to establish a formal reporting mechanism for intelligence and for raising concerns
• Assist the LTA Legal department in the management of integrity investigations and cases as required
• Work with the Safeguarding Team and HOS as directed to ensure that safeguarding and welfare is promoted and embedded within your role to make the sport safer for children and adults at risk.

Life at the LTA

The LTA, through its vision 'Tennis Opened Up', is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues feel included and a strong sense of belonging. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse communities, deaf and disabled people, members of the LGBTQ+ community and people with lived experience of the UK's many and varied communities.

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