Location: | Hatfield |
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Salary: | £25,608 to £27,745 per annum plus Performance Related Pay. HSV4 – HSV5.14 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 1st July 2025 |
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Closes: | 14th July 2025 |
Job Ref: | REQ000099 |
FTE: 1.0 FTE (working 40 hours per week)
Duration of Contract: Permanent
Salary: HSV4 – HSV5.14 per annum plus Performance Related Pay (£25,608 - £27,745)
Annual Leave: 23 days plus standard public holidays rising to 26 days after 4 years continuous service
Location: De Havilland campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Main duties and responsibilities
You’ll be responsible for managing our engagement with BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport), ensuring the smooth running of weekly fixtures logistics. In addition, you’ll support the development of non-BUCS sports clubs and student committees, while contributing to key annual events and other HertSquad initiatives.
This is a great opportunity to work closely with students, volunteers, and external partners to deliver a high-quality sports experience and help shape a thriving student sport culture at the University of Hertfordshire.
Skills and Experience
You will believe strongly in adopting and promoting service excellence and continuous improvement across all programmes and have a passion for engaging others into an active lifestyle with the ability to adapt to different situations. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be a confident communicator, whilst being professional, approachable and proactive. You will have strong organisational and administrative skills, work well under pressure and be able to work independently as well as part of a team in a fast-paced, busy and vibrant environment.
You will have experience coordinating or delivering sports programmes or events, and leading others including peers and/or volunteers. This role requires you to understand sports development and student sport. You will possess the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively with a willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends if required.
Qualifications required
Educated with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification or relevant demonstrable experience.
Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please complete the application questions detailing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria. For guidance, please see attached ‘Tips for Application Questions Section’.
Benefits Include:
We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.
Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Maddie Mitchell, Project Manager (Club Sport) by email m.mitchell5@herts.ac.uk
Closing Date: 14 July 2025
Interview Date: 31 July 2025
Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts
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