Student Sport Manager

UWS Sport

Paisley Campus

Grade 5

Full time: 35 hours per week

The Post - Student Sport Manager

The Student Sport Manager will lead the Team UWS staff and will be responsible for the planning, promotion, and delivery of sporting opportunities for students at UWS. The Student Sport Manager will work closely with the Senior Sport Manager in leading the delivery function of Student Sport to ensure that there is a comprehensive sport and physical activity offer available. Key areas of delivery managed by the Student Sport Manager include:

• Student Sport Club Operations and Performance
• Recreational Sport and Physical Activity Programmes
• Volunteer and Coach Development
• Partnership Development

Primarily based at our Paisley campus the Student Sport Manager will be part of the UWS Sport Leadership Group and be able to demonstrate the following:

• Experience of coordinating sports programmes and supporting multiple sports teams and individual athletes
• Proven ability to deliver a consistently professional, organised and high-quality level of service in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to problem solve and resolve challenges that maximise effectiveness and efficiency of Student Sports service delivery.
• Excellent planning and organisation skills, with demonstratable abilities to work autonomously, in consultation with colleagues and collaboratively with team members on interdisciplinary projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of the strategic and operational requirements for the delivery of effective sport programmes and services.
• Commitment to enhancing and enriching the student experience.

ABOUT US

University of the West of Scotland is one of Scotland’s largest and most dynamic modern universities. Our reach across the country, together with our London campus, means that UWS is a significant force in global knowledge creation, innovation, and a leading provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree education. Our degrees provide students with a transformational experience; equipping them with highly sought-after graduate skills that set them up for global success in world-leading sectors, industries and businesses.

With cutting-edge courses, modern pedagogy and practical knowledge, we enable our students and staff to experience the joy of learning, teaching, research and innovation, and apply their knowledge for the benefit of others.

UWS is officially ranked by Times Higher Education in the top 200 universities worldwide under 50 years old (2023 Young University Rankings).

Our professional services teams are the backbone of UWS, providing robust and innovative solutions to support the vast range of work across learning and teaching, and research and innovation. You will join a supportive and dedicated team, playing a key role in a range of work that will help drive forward our ambition to deliver world-leading research, and graduates who will design, shape and build a new future.

We offer our staff a caring and supportive environment, across five campuses, and a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 24 days of annual leave, plus a further 12 days for public/university holidays
• An additional days leave on your birthday
• Defined benefit contribution pension scheme (currently 19.3%), including death in service benefits upon joining the scheme.
• A flexible approach to working pattern and work-life balance
• Employee discount scheme across 3,500 retailers
• Fitness facilities across our campuses
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, including occupational health, physiotherapy and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional, career and research development opportunities.

Interview Date: week commencing 29th July 2024

The University reserves the right to shorten/extend the closing date of any position where a high/low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

UWS is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.

UWS is a "Disability Confident" employer.

University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC002520.