Performance Sports Officer

Joining our Student Performance Sport (SPS) team, this outstanding role will significantly contribute to the advancement of our student performance sport environments!

You will be collaborating with an expert team of coaches, athlete support personnel, external partners and university student athletes to deliver sector leading student performance sport, within one of the UK's leading sporting and academic institutions.

Working across our Dual Career Programme, Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme, Student Recruitment and Scholarships. You will seek to deliver these programmes to the highest standard with an aligned, coordinated and impactful approach across our SPS team.

About you

We are seeking the right person to come into our team; 

• You will an effective coordinator, with an eye for detail and willingness to learn. 
• Your experience & appreciation for the demands of high performance sports will allow you to be proactive in seeking and implementing add value opportunities across our student performance sport offer.
• Your communication skills will allow you to connect with a wide range of people, allowing you to lead and empower teams. 
• Experience of planning, implementing and supervising resource allocation will support a flexible and adaptable approach. 
• Your passion for developing environments that enable people to thrive will support our continuous improvement, leading to excellent performance. 

You will work within the Student Performance Sport team who are part of the Department of Sports Development & Recreation. We are an ambitious team, striving to become sector leading in our provision.

Further information

The University of Bath is renowned for its academic & athletic prowess. Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, & the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work.

We are an equal opportunities employer and have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Louis Richards, Head of Student Performance Sport (ldr37@bath.ac.uk), however, please submit your application via the University website

What we can offer you

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal & professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new & existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected & encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations & have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, & backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees & students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, & communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams. 

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university & are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. 

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