Location: | Canterbury |
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Salary: | £23,144 to £24,533 Grade 4, per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 9th September 2024 |
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Closes: | 29th September 2024 |
Job Ref: | CS-325-24 |
Kent Sport is an exciting and friendly place to work, situated on the beautiful University of Kent, Canterbury campus. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Duty Sports Officer with proven experience of working in a similar role/environment.
If you have a passion for sport, good practical skills, including maintenance and use of hand tools, excellent customer service skills plus knowledge and experience of Health and Safety guidelines, this is a fantastic opportunity for you.
You will work a rolling shift pattern including regular evenings and weekends and form part of a wider operations team consisting of 5 x Duty Officers and 1 x Facility Manager who report into the Head of Operations and Facilities.
As Duty Sports Officer you can expect to be involved in:
Supervising and preparing daily the University of Kent sports facilities for bookings and events, setting up sports equipment as required
Ensuring that Kent Sport facilities are always well presented, clean, maintained and comply with Health and Safety requirements, in order that all users can play sport in a safe and friendly environment
Providing a consistently high level of customer service to all users of Kent Sport facilities, liaising with all user groups to understand their needs and build relationships
Continually promoting Kent Sport and its products and services.
What will you bring to the role?
Proven experience of working in a similar role/environment
Good IT skills to include MS Word, Outlook, and Excel
Excellent customer service skills
Good practical skills, including maintenance and use of hand tools.
What we can offer in return:
As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:
For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent
Kent Sport provides facilities and a diverse health, fitness and sporting programme to nearly 20,000 students, 3,000 staff and the community across our campuses. It is a sporting hub for the county.
The responsibilities of Kent Sport are many and varied from playing a vital strategic role within the University to building strong relationships with National Governing Bodies, county and local Councils as well as local sports clubs and organisations.
We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/
Please click the 'Apply' link above to view the full job description and to apply for this post.
For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number CS-325-24.
Further details:
Please note that we prioritise applications from current University of Kent redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward.
Applications must be made via the University’s online application system.
The University of Kent values diversity and promotes equality at all levels.
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