Sporting Assets
Careers at Sporting Assets
Sporting Assets is a mission-led social enterprise, working to support, sustain and grow healthy and resilient communities with sport and physical activity at their heart.
Through investment, and aligned advisory services, we empower local communities to develop their community assets, create new enterprises and deliver greater impact.
Over the last 10 years Sporting Assets have supported over 400 projects with investment or advice and designed over £500m of impact investment structures.
Escape's take on Sporting Assets
Sporting Assets are an organisation that is doing its bit to ensure that sport and physical activity can be enjoyed by people across the UK. They are the leading provider of advisory and investment management services to the sport and physical activity sector in the UK, and manage impact investment funds that provide affordable patient loans to community-based organisations delivering impact through sport and physical activity. Their mission is to help local communities develop and manage sustainable sport and physical activity spaces that can drive social and economic growth. They are a social enterprise, and are structured to ensure they can work effectively across the public, private and social sectors. If you're looking for a role where you can really see the positive impact of your work, their latest role, Head of Investment, might just be the one for you.
Stats we are proud of
400
Projects support with investment or advice
£500m
Impact investment structures designed
Behind the scenes
Benefits & progressive ways of working
🌍 Flexible working
Working hours
Flex hours
🕰 Working hours & Paid time off
Enhanced holidays
25-30 days holiday
💷 Financial benefits
Equity
Equity included in package
Bonus
Bonuses paid
What the team says
Best for...
(as reviewed by current employees)
* Employees annoymously reviewed this organisation as part of our Escape 100: Top Organisations to escape to campaign.
- AQ
Anna Quick
Jan 2021
An exciting and rewarding place to work, engaging across the sporting landscape with traditional and non-traditional partner organisations. The team have a broad range of complementary skills and experiences, resulting in a positive and engaging environment with social values high on the agenda. 
Employee
Jan 2021
great to work for a social enterprise that continues to identify and successfully develop new market areas in the sport for social impact sector- JM
James Mathie
Jan 2021
We have built up a reputation of changing the way community led sport works, in particular how it is financed and the impact it can bring. This means we get to work on great projects across the sporting landscape, with all the major partners. The team are all bound by their own passion for sport, but bring their own skills and expertise, resulting in a great blend of people to work with.
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