Head of Delivery (Sport and Active Health)

Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered.  Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

At Christ Church we care about sport, health, and fitness and the people who we engage. We want to move people and create a sense of belonging through our activities and programmes. We have invested in multi-million-pound facilities, including our University Sport Centre with double sports hall, state of the art spin studio and gym and fitness facilities. Our gym is packed with modern fitness equipment, and we offer a wide range of fitness classes, personal training and an exercise referral service. We also deliver amazing programmes and interventions for sport, including our excellent sport scholarship programme and Club Sport programme in partnership with the Student’s Union. We like to innovate, challenge and change, all to provide our students and staff with a truly first-class experience of Sport & Active Health.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a vibrant and well-established delivery team to shape the future of sport, fitness and physical activity at Canterbury Christ Church. Driving innovation while building strong partnerships across and beyond the University

As Head of Delivery, you will be responsible for the delivery programme of Sport and Active Health at the University, alongside the Sport Business Operations team, jointly working toward the strategic goals and direction of the department in line with the University’s overall vision.

To be successful in this role you will be experienced in delivering sport programmes ideally in a Higher Education environment. With experience in managing a team of dynamic and multi-skilled colleagues. Someone with a passion for sport and physical activity at all levels who recognises the social, mental and physical benefits of physical activity and sport, who understands fitness, exercise, and sport provision and knows what it takes to support people on their individual journeys, from first timers through to elite sports people.

How will you work?

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible and this role, although predominantly based on site in Canterbury has capacity for a flexible approach which will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders.

You will work on and off campus; but in most cases the work location will be determined by the service required or the tasks/activities being undertaken.