Edward Ellis-Cooper

An enthusiastic, hard-working and approachable individual with strong stakeholder management experience. Works well under pressure to tight timescales in both traditional and agile environments. Focused on shaping projects to successfully deliver on KPIs to budget and quality standards. With experience in developing and delivering community club opportunities including engagement with Para-Athletics, Deaf Athletics & Athletics, who possesses a strong and knowledgeable skill base in Sport Business, Event Management & Policy and a credible competitive sporting background, in athletics and football. As an individual who is passionate about providing inclusive opportunities, I would relish the opportunity to work for the Duke of Edinburgh charity to raise community engagement and support the delivery of high quality DofE programmes to young people. My background in sport has allowed me to develop a very outgoing personality with good teamwork and leadership skills which enabled me to work well within my last team to lead and coordinate the community projects and work with partners to deliver inclusive opportunities within the sport of athletics in the south west region.

• Athletics
• Football
• Sporting Events
• Running

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards

Trinity Guildhall Grade 8 Drums

UKA Level 2 Athletics Coach

UKA Level 1 Field Official

• Media Assistant, British Indoor Athletics Championships 2022, 2023, British Outdoor Athletics Championships 2023 & Diamond League 2022, 2023; Responsible for ensuring that journalists and photographers were professional and respectful of the athletes’ wishes with regards to photography and interviews when working in the mixed zone. These roles involve a lot of interaction with athletes, requiring a clear understanding of the personal needs of an athlete, as well as strong knowledge of the sport of athletics and of the functioning of an elite athletics event.
• Doping Control Team, 3x3 Basketball/Para-Basketball, Commonwealth Games 2022; Selected to work with UK Anti-Doping control team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham to escort athletes to the relevant testing stations throughout the competition week. This role required extreme amounts of professional and tactical management whilst also adapting to support the athletes & para-athletes in very sensitive situations.
• Doping Control Team, World Indoor Athletic Championships 2018; Selected to work with UK Anti-Doping control team at the 2018 World Indoor Athletic Championships in Birmingham to escort athletes to the relevant testing stations throughout the competition weekend. This role required extreme amounts of professional and tactical management whilst also adapting to support the athletes in very sensitive situations.