Sport Department
Part time: 17.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 06:45 - 10:15am)
Fixed term: Until 31st July 2025
THE POST - Sport Operations Coordinator
Based at the UWS Dumfries Campus, you will be responsible for co-ordinating the operational delivery of sports facilities, activities and services. In this role you will undertake duties in relation to UWS sports activities, including fitness sessions and delivering gym induction programmes. You will also be responsible for a range of administration duties and cleaning and maintenance tasks.
In discussion with the Sport Operations Manager, the post holder will have delegated authority to plan, organise, make decisions to progress their own work, the work of the Sport Operations Assistants to ensure effective service delivery. You must be pro-active and use your own initiative and judgement to prioritise daily tasks and use this judgement to make operational decisions that may impact users and services. This role will include the supervision of grade 2 team members where required.
The successful candidate should have the following:
- HND qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience
- Experience in sport/physical activity operations
- Experience in a customer facing role
- Demonstrate a high level of organisational skills both as an individual and as part of a staff team
- A developed understanding of relevant health & safety and security requirements of self and others
- Commitment to delivering high quality service and supporting an outstanding user experience
ABOUT US
The 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 25th November 2024
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