Project Officer - Club Sport Compete

FTE: 1.0 FTE (working 37.5 hours per week)

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Annual Leave: 23 days plus standard public holidays rising to 26 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. Welcoming, going the extra mile, leading by example and the ability to consistently exceed expectations are some of the values we look for in our team members. If you share these values and want to make a real difference in a rewarding and challenging role, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties and responsibilities

We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-organised individual to join the HertSquad team as Project Officer – Club Sport Compete. In this dynamic, student-facing role, you’ll take the lead in planning, coordinating, and delivering the University’s Club Sport Compete programme – providing engaging on-campus competitive sport opportunities for our student community.

You’ll manage the day-to-day operations of the on-campus competitive sport programme, ensuring the smooth delivery of weekly activities. You’ll also support the recruitment, development, and management of our Activator team, who play a key role in delivering the programme. In addition, you’ll lead on and support major annual events and contribute to wider 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 required

You will believe strongly in adopting and promoting service excellence 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 and communication skills, be highly organised, 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.

Qualifications required:

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. Click the 'Apply' button above. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal.

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.

Benefits Include:

• Free Gym Membership
• Up to 26 days annual leave per year, plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Annual performance related bonus
• Sick pay & pension scheme
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities
• UNiDays, TOTUM (formerly NUS Extra) and Galleria discount cards
• Discounted travel on UNO buses

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: For an informal discussion about this post please feel free to contact Maddie Mitchell, Project Manager (Club Sport) by email m.mitchell5@herts.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 04 December 2025

Interview Date: 16 December 2025

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