Sport Sabbatical Officer

Closing Date : 23 March 2026 10am

Employment Type : Fixed-term to 31/07/27 (option for + 1 year)

Interview Date : 31 March 2026

Duration : Start date – July 2026 to finish date – 31/07/2027

Faculty / Organisational Unit : UoM Sport 

School/Directorate : Directorate of the Student Experience

Division : Division of Residential & Sport Services

Hours Per week : 35 hours per week

Salary : £25,804

Location : Oxford Road, Manchester

Playing Sport at Manchester is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding aspects of being a student. The University is offering an exciting opportunity for a current student or recent graduate to contribute to the development of sport and active lifestyles at UoM.

You will be responsible for overseeing the UoM Sport Clubs, providing advice, guidance and support as well as monitoring and evaluating their impact to ensure they provide positive sport experiences for all students at every level.

You will act as the Universities voice within BUCS, taking the role as voting member you will represent the needs of UoM at National and regional forums. Advocating for high quality competitive and development opportunities for our students.

You will act as a champion for sport within the University and represent student opinion to ensure the department provides first-class sport opportunities across the institution. Specifically, this will involve developing student feedback forums for those at every level of the sporting pathway to ensure our programmes continue to meet student need.

You will assist the Sport Programmes team in improving participation and recreational programmes and raise awareness across campus of the wide range of sporting activities that the University has to offer. You will be the main student liaison with BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) on all issues relating to student competition. You will also lead on organising and delivering events and campaigns aimed at promoting the value of sport as well as targeting new participants into activities.

As part of the Sport senior management team, you will contribute to strategic decisions affecting all aspects of sport and active lifestyles, helping to drive performance at all levels. This will include supporting of budget setting and challenging ongoing management of the accounts to ensure resources are directed to best meet strategic outcomes.

In return, you will develop great management skills by leading over 300 student committee members and directly line managing up to 8 Sport Executive Committee members. You will learn a great deal about budget management and by dealing with challenging situations; you will learn key problem-solving skills that will become invaluable for your future career.

We are looking for a natural leader who has a passion for sport and has experience of playing and organising sport whilst at University. You will need to demonstrate initiative, excellent communication skills, and the ability to plan and organise the delivery of events and activities. You will need to evidence how you motivate and develop others in order to raise general standards and achieve success. An understanding of BUCS and other national student competitions, as well as the general structure of sport in the UK will be advantageous.

To be eligible for this role, you must be either a current final year student or a recent graduate (within the last year) of the University of Manchester.

To apply for the role, please submit a CV and supporting letter (no more than two sides of A4) detailing why you are interested in the role, and how you meet the Job Description Grade 3 – Sport Sabbatical Officer JD PS 2026 to Lisa Morton-Smith.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting, and interviews:

Lisa Morton-Smith Sport Programmes Manager

Email: Lisa.Morton-Smith@Manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 5294 207

The University of Manchester has over 16,000 students and staff taking part in organised sport and physical activity through the University. The University recognises the importance of an active lifestyle in both the experiences that these opportunities provide our audiences as well as the positive impact that they have on their wellbeing. Delivery of our sport and physical activity strategy is through UoM Sport which is based across our campuses primarily in Fallowfield at the Armitage Sports Centre and in Manchester University Students’ Union on Oxford Road.

Our activities take place across the city utilising a range of city facilities in supporting our community being active and promoting physical activity opportunities through our facilities and programmes. The university therefore is looking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to work as a Sport Centre Supervisor. As part of the Sport operations team and in liaison with the Sport Supervisor, the successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the facility, maintenance of the indoor and outdoor site and a high quality experience for all users. We are therefore looking for an enthusiastic and engaging individual to join UoM Sport to support our students and staff being more physically active in our programmes and facilities.

To apply click here: The University of Manchester – Job Information | Apply for Sport Centre Assistant

The University of Manchester Netball club are looking for an engaging and enthusiastic coach who will be responsible for the coaching and management of the 2nd team Netball players within the club, alongside the holistic development of the Netball club as a performance sport at the university

The full details on the role and criteria can be seen in the Netball 2s Job Advert

Role is open until filled.

Enquiries about the role and applications containing CV and details of how you meet the role criteria, should be sent to the Performance Sport Officer – Jonathan Kantor (jonathan.kantor@manchester.ac.uk)

UoM Sport are looking for energetic sport enthusiasts to assist the Recreational Sport Coordinator with running the participation sport programme (Sporticipate) for the academic year.

The main responsibility of this role is to manage and maintain the participation sport programme throughout the academic year as the representative from UoM Sport, with support from the Recreational Sport Coordinator.

If you would like an informal discussion about this post or an application pack containing main duties and person specification please email andrew.ellison@manchester.ac.uk . 

To apply please submit a cover letter, which clearly specifies the sport/league you wish to coordinate and how you meet the Person Specification, and an up to date CV. Applications are open to current students at The University of Manchester. Applications close at 12pm on 30th May 2025.

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UoM Sport are looking for energetic sports enthusiasts to assist the Recreational Sport Coordinator with running the Campus Sport programme for the academic year.

League coordinator positions are available in the following sports:

• Men’s Football – Wythenshawe Sports Ground, Wednesday afternoon
• Men’s Basketball – Sugden Sports Centre, Sunday afternoon
• Men’s Rugby Union – Armitage Sports Centre/Platt Lane Sports Complex, Wednesday evening 
• Men’s Futsal – Sugden Sports Centre, Sunday afternoon
• Women’s Netball – Sugden Sports Centre, Tuesday and Wednesday evening 
• Women’s Football – Armitage Sports Centre, Thursday evening 
• Mixed Hockey – Armitage Sports Centre, Sunday evening

The main responsibility of these roles is to manage and maintain the designated Campus Sport league on each of the fixture dates throughout the academic year as the representative from UoM Sport.

If you would like an informal discussion about this post or an application pack containing main duties and person specification please email ed.baker@manchester.ac.uk . 

To apply please submit a cover letter, which clearly specifies the sport/league you wish to coordinate and how you meet the Person Specification, and an up to date CV. Applications are open to current students at The University of Manchester. Applications close at 12pm on 30th May 2026.

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UoM Sport Operations are seeking interested candidates for casual work at the Armitage Sports Centre on the Fallowfield Campus.
You must be experienced in working in a busy sport / leisure / fitness facility and hold a current NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Fitness Instruction. REPS/CIMSPA membership is also desirable.

Interested candidates should send a current CV and covering expression of interest letter to armitagecentre@manchester.ac.uk.