Job reference: PSX-028351
Salary: £23,414 per annum
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Residential and Sport Services Division
Hours Per Week: 35
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 28/05/2025
Contract Duration: 12 months
School/Directorate: Directorate for the Student Experience

Job Description

Overall Purpose of the Job:

  • To deliver the University Rugby Union programme under the direction of the Sport Participation Officer, developing current offers and identifying new opportunities, with the aim of increasing and sustaining the numbers of students participating in Rugby both internally and within the local community
  • To undertake the administration of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) project under the guidance of the Sport Participation Officer, to ensure that the RFU objectives are met
  • To use the skills and systems that enable the development of the rugby programmes, to work with local partners to identify and develop social and recreational sport competitions across a wider range of sports that meet the demand of the audiences in line with the UoM Sport strategy’

What you will get in return:

  • Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
  • Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
  • Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
  • Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Lisa Morton-Smith

Email: lisa.morton-smith@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.


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