The University of Manchester has a long heritage of supporting outstanding student athletes over the last 100 years of intervarsity sporting competition. The University recognises the importance of delivering a high-quality sporting offer for both our current students experience and success as well as for prospective athletes considering Manchester as their place of study.
The University is therefore seeking to appoint a Sport Coordinator to support the development of our University of Manchester sport scholarship and strategic sport programmes. The role holder will be responsible for supporting the Performance Sport and broader UoM Sport strategic objectives that aim to deliver high quality sport and physical activity experiences for everyone at every level. Specifically, the Sport Coordinator will coordinate the annual cycle of sport scholarship support, formalise internal and external partnerships with sporting excellence alumni (including our sporting excellence XXI club) and support the Performance Sport Officer in the development of strategically targeted sports programmes and talent acquisition.
The successful candidate will coordinate our year-round performance sport program, including student recruitment, scholarship program delivery, strategic sport project support, and sporting excellence alumni engagement. This role involves collaborating with various staff across the UoM Sport department, academic colleagues and university support services, managing multiple stakeholders and partners simultaneously. Applicants should demonstrate the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders and have a strong understanding of planning, delivering, and reviewing performance-oriented and talent development programs. Competence in using IT (specifically M365 apps and software), working within budget parameters, recording and evaluating data, and planning, prioritizing, and organizing work to meet agreed objectives is also required. We seek an enthusiastic and engaging individual with significant experience in performance and scholarship sport in the UK, ideally within the higher education sports environment.
The University of Manchester values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.
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What you will get in return:
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: Jonathan Kantor
Email: jonathan.kantor@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.
