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Life at Dallaglio RugbyWorks.
First things first, you don’t need to be rugby mad to join our squad, what’s important to us is that you are passionate about supporting the lives of young people.
Vacant roles
Please note, we reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible).
Chair of Trustees
We are seeking a new Chair to lead the Board in maintaining a clear and strategic focus on the charity’s mission, values, and long-term goals.
The Chair will be responsible for chairing quarterly board meetings, ensuring inclusive, well-informed, and effective decision-making, while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance among Trustees.
They will provide a supportive and constructive relationship with the CEO, acting as a trusted advisor and sounding board, and ensure the Board fulfils its legal and governance responsibilities, including oversight of financial health, compliance, and risk.
The role also requires ensuring robust financial oversight, safeguarding the organisation’s long-term sustainability, and the effective use of resources.
In addition, the Chair will help build and maintain a constructive relationship with the charity’s founder, supporting their continued connection to the mission while ensuring clarity of roles and governance. Where appropriate, the Chair will also represent the charity externally to enhance its profile, credibility, and influence.
Remuneration: This is a voluntary role. Reasonable expenses for travel may be reimbursed.
Location: Must be available for board meetings in person in London
Time commitment: Quarterly board meetings, annual strategy day, plus additional time for Chair duties as required
Term: 3 years (renewable up to a maximum tenure of 9 years)
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DEADLINE 30TH OCTOBER 2025
Please send your CV and cover letter to jobs@dallagliorugbyworks.com to apply.
Delivery Lead - East of England.
As Delivery Lead you will be out on the ground setting best practice in delivering the Dallaglio RugbyWorks interventions in the East of England. You will also play a role in the development, networking and management of projects in the region.
The role involves delivering a range of interventions for young people both during and outside school hours across various settings, designing and tailoring session plans, and leading sessions while building strong relationships with school staff and participants. It requires adapting creatively to different environments, integrating digital tools like the App Player Profiles, and organising holiday programmes, career taster days, and events. The role also includes collecting and uploading impact data, ensuring compliance with safeguarding and risk assessment procedures, and contributing to social media and reporting activities. Additionally, the postholder will support programme development by managing relationships with schools, partners, and donors, securing funding through bids, and meeting income targets. Finally, the role includes line management of casual staff, coordinating rotas, and actively engaging in team meetings and internal projects within Dallaglio RugbyWorks.
Location: East of England – Stevenage, Luton and Milton Keynes (daily travel to delivery sites and some working from home)
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent
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DEADLINE 30TH OCTOBER 2025
This is our common goal and like any professional sports team, we need our squad to be made up of players and support staff with a range of skills, backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion within our workplace.
Our recruitment ethos is that this is a two way process. While we are searching for our new top try scorer to join the squad, we also recognise that you will want to know about working for us and our culture.
Our playbook
Play as a team
We think like a professional rugby team. We care about each other and look after each other but we always hold each other to account. We are here to perform and we care about every 1% because we know that they make the difference when added together. If we each do our job well, hundreds of young people have a better shot at life, and that’s worth playing for.
High energy
We always operate with energy, showing young people that a positive mindset and commitment to action is the hardest step on any journey. For us, the way we play is as important as what we achieve. Win or lose, attitude is everything.
Future focused
Everyone makes mistakes, including us. We always focus on what we learned and how we can do things differently in the future. We believe life is about learning from your mistakes, not letting them define you.
Tell it like it is
We believe in calling things straight. Honesty is always the best policy and direct, transparent feedback is powerful. We always do it with respect.