Performance Sport and Scholarships Manager

FTE: 1.0 fte (working 37.5 hours per week)

Salary: HSV07 – HSV08 £34,118 pa - £39,337 pa plus Performance Related Pay

Annual Leave: 25 days plus standard public holidays rising to 28 days after 4 years continuous service

Location: De Havilland campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire 

Hertfordshire Sports Village provides extensive sports facilities and services to the local community, students and staff of the University of Hertfordshire.  Proudly named as one of Leisure and Hospitality’s 20 Best Companies to Work For in 2021, Hertfordshire Sports Village is committed to ensuring our staff team are connected and engaged. 

Main duties and responsibilities

You will co-ordinate and manage the delivery of the university’s Sports Performance Programme and lead on and be responsible for all elite athlete recruitment in conjunction with individual Head Coaches. The post holder will co-ordinate the delivery of all key support services and manage all administration connected to the University of Hertfordshire Sports Scholarship Scheme. As part of our national Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) commitments you will be responsible for delivering lifestyle support services and related provision to those athletes assigned by TASS to the University of Hertfordshire. 

The post-holder will demonstrate a Service Excellence mindset by providing a consistent, efficient, high quality and customer-oriented service to all customers of the Sports Village through implementation of agreed operating procedures and standards, ensuring that the customer is at the heart of every decision.

Skills and experience required

You will have experience of working in student focused learning / service environment.

Ideally you will have experience of working within a University Performance Sport environment, working with talented athletes and specialist service providers. Ideally, you will have experience of elite athlete recruitment in an educational environment.

Qualifications required

You will be educated with a minimum of a degree or equivalent qualification in sport/ management or related discipline

The post holder should have TALS accredited Qualification or UK Coaching First4Sport Level 3 Certificate in Athlete Personal Development and Lifestyle. (Or working towards completion within 9 months)

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE

The University requires that the successful applicant who is offered employment may require a DBS at a later date due to the nature of the work involved. 

Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad

Successful applicants from overseas will be required to produce a criminal records check, or 'Certificate of Good Character', from any country in which they have been resident, consecutively or cumulatively, in the previous 10 years.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

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: For an informal discussion about this post please feel free to contact Bryn Clark, Deputy Director of Sport by email b.n.clark@herts.ac.uk

Closing Date: 27 August 2025

Interview Date: 09 and 11 September 2025

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