World Sailing Job Vacancy - Technical and Offshore Director

World Sailing, the world governing body for the sport, is currently advertising for a Technical and Offshore Director.

The Technical & Offshore Director will have full responsibility for the Technical & Offshore function of World Sailing reporting directly to the CEO.
 
Click here for more in the job description – http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/WorldSailingJobDescriptionTechnicalOffshoreDirector240417final-[22613].pdf
 
All applications should be sent to: human.resources@sailing.org with a CV and covering letter by 12 May 2017.

Background
World Sailing is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
 
World Sailing is responsible for:

• the promotion of the sport internationally;
• managing sailing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games;
• developing the Racing Rules of Sailing and regulations for all sailing competitions;
• the training of judges, umpires and other administrators;
• the development of the sport around the world; and
• representing the sailors in all matters concerning the sport.

The principle members of World Sailing are the 145 ‘Member National Authorities’ (MNAs) and the 100+ ‘Class Associations’.

We have a clear and ambitious vision:
A world in which millions more people fall in love with sailing; inspired by the unique relationship between sport, technology and the forces of nature, we all work to protect the waters of the world.
 
Our mission:
To make sailing more exciting and accessible for everyone to participate or watch, and use our reach and influence to create a sustainable future for our sport and the waters of the world.
 
World Sailing will be moving from Southampton to a new headquarters building in London on the 31/07/17. Candidates would be required to travel to the existing Southampton office to facilitate a handover before the organization moves permanently to London in the summer. World Sailing also has a temporary serviced office in Eastbourne Terrace, London.