Sport & Active Health Head of Delivery

**Sport & Active Health Head of Delivery**:
**Job description**

**Sport & Active Health -**
**Head of Delivery**

**Permanent**

**Full Time - 37 hours per week**
- An incredible opportunity at Canterbury Christ Church University for a new Head of Delivery in our Sport & Active Health team.
- A brand-new role as we seek to get more of our University more active and playing sport
- Be the strategic lead for our Active Health and Sport Development teams
- Design and deliver new and exciting sport & physical activity opportunities
- Be part of the leadership team that takes our successful department forwards
- Design experiences and programmes that contribute to a sense of community and belonging.

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.

**Amazing Perks**

At Canterbury Christ Church University, we offer a huge range of discounts and perks to staff who join our team. Including:

- Free gym membership
- Personal training opportunities
- Development and training opportunities
- Staff are able to purchase a TOTUM (previously NUS Extra) card that offers a range of savings, from Amazon to Oasis and Asos to Zizzi’s
- Free eye tests through our eye care scheme
- And much more

**The Role**

Reporting to the Director of Sport & Active Health, the Head of Delivery, will oversee the delivery function of the department including the work of the Sport Development and the Active Health teams. You will make a major contribution to planning the overall strategic direction for Sport & Active Health, with a particular focus on ensuring the delivery and operational plans for the department meet our strategic aims and supports the University’s strategic goals and priorities. A major focus of our department is engagement, community and belonging - our delivery programmes need to be innovative and adaptable to reach these aims.
- The Head of Delivery will have overall responsibility for ensuring the high quality delivery of all of our Sport and Active Health programmes, services and interventions. You will promote a team culture that delivers a consistently high customer experience with a clear focus on engagement, inclusion and developing a sense of community and belonging. You will identify trends which may have an impact on the service and innovate and implement new activities to address these trends. You will oversee the development of partnerships across the University and with local, regional and national partners to enhance our delivery and our reputation.
- You will promote a culture of strategic delivery planning with integrated business planning alongside other relevant areas of the Sport & Active Health team, working closely with the Head of Business Services to ensure the smooth operation of the department and where appropriate, to optimise business outcomes.

**The Person**

We would love to appoint someone with a passion for sport and physical activity at all levels. Someone 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. Our Head of Delivery will have outstanding organisational skills and management experience. They will be a team player and a leader with the ability to get the best out of the people they work with. Above all, our Head of Delivery must be motivated by wanting to make a difference to people’s University experience through sport and physical activity and help create that sense of belonging.
- Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you....