Lecturer Strength & Conditioning and Sport Coaching

Interview Date: Wednesday 23 July 2025

Are you ready to shape the future of sport and empower the next generation of sport professionals?

We are looking for a forward-thinking Lecturer in Strength & Conditioning and Sport Coaching to join our dynamic School of Education, Sport and Health Sciences. This is more than a job — it’s a chance to make a real impact in a vibrant, research-active environment that values innovation, inclusivity, and excellence in teaching and learning. You’ll be part of a community that’s committed to delivering an outstanding student experience and driving meaningful change in the world of sport.

Set in one of the UK’s most diverse and energetic coastal cities, the University of Brighton is renowned for its real-world impact and cutting-edge approach to education. Our internationally recognised sport programmes are supported by state-of-the-art facilities, including advanced laboratories and performance centres, and benefit from strong partnerships with industry leaders and community organisations. We’re seeking an educator with expertise in Strength & Conditioning and Sport Coaching who can inspire students through engaging, high-quality teaching. Whether your background is in academia or professional practice, we value your experience and will support you in developing your research interests and contributing to our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

In order to be successful in this role you should have:

• A relevant degree in Sport Coaching, Strength & Conditioning or Sport & Exercise Science or related field and a post graduate qualification
• Be a UK Strength & Conditioning Association accredited S&C coach
• A Higher Education teaching qualification and/or an HEA Fellowship, or willingness to undertake this within the first 12 months
• Up-to-date, sound knowledge of professional landscape and current developments in sport coaching.
• Professional experience and qualifications in coaching
• Experience of leading and implementing creative approaches to developing teaching and learning.

If you're driven by a desire to advance knowledge, foster innovation, and help students thrive, we want to hear from you. Come be part of a collaborative, supportive environment where your work will help shape the future of sport education.  If you have a PhD or Doctorate and can supervise at this level, you will have opportunities to develop as the university has an active programme for supporting early career researchers.

For informal enquiries please contact:

Dr Alan Richardson, Associate Dean (A.J.Richardson@brighton.ac.uk)

This post is full-time equivalent (37.0 hours per week), job sharers are welcomed, and is based at our Falmer campus site.

Further details:

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

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