Sports Assistant (Part time primarily weekends) in Birmingham

The Pavilion is looking for a reliable and enthusiastic individual to support the delivery of sporting activities and events. Working as part of a team, you will help ensure that facilities are prepared and maintained to a high standard, providing a welcoming and professional experience for students, staff, and external customers. You will support the smooth running of indoor and outdoor events, assist with event setups, deliver excellent customer service, and ensure that health and safety procedures are always followed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to work weekend shifts and one additional day during the week.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good attendance and punctuality record.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and use your own initiative when required.
• Effective time management to meet operational objectives.
• Confident, professional, and reliable approach to work.
• Friendly, approachable, and customer-focused personality.
• Willingness to work outdoors, including setting up and dismantling equipment before and after sporting events.
• Interest in sport, fitness, or leisure activities.
• Experience working within a sports, leisure, or events environment.
• First Aid at Work qualification.
• Good level of personal fitness and commitment to a healthy lifestyle.
• Food hygiene certification.

If you are excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of Estates and Facilities we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Teika Senior Sports Supervisor at Teika.Senior@bcu.ac.uk

Further Information:

• Work–life balance – Generous leave and hybrid working (role dependent).
• Career development – Opportunities to grow, develop and progress your career.
• Reward and wellbeing – Competitive pay, pension, wellbeing support and staff benefits.
• Inclusive culture – A supportive, diverse environment where everyone belongs.

This role does not meet the minimum salary requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. We are therefore unable to consider applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

At BCU, we welcome applications that clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role. AI tools may be used to support you in preparing your application, but the information you provide must be accurate, authentic and based on your own experience. Applications that rely too heavily on AI, appear generic or do not provide specific evidence against the role criteria are less likely to progress to the next stage of the recruitment process.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and to an environment that supports lawful free speech and academic freedom. We will continuously review and improve our policies, practices, and procedures to ensure that we are promoting these in all aspects of our operations. We believe that by working together, combining our many different backgrounds and life experiences, we will empower each other to reach our full potential.

Disability Confident Employer:

Birmingham City University is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview.

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company, BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to re-enter the scheme may do so and will be employed directly by the University.