The Department of Sports Development and Recreation at the University of Bath manages and organises a range of activities under the University’s sports brand - Team Bath. We are looking to recruit an Athletic Performance Coach who has previous experience of working with performance athletes. The purpose of the role is to provide Athletic Performance provision for athletes in our Student Performance Sport, Breakthrough & TASS programmes. This will involve delivering one-to-one and group sessions to a wide range of athletes with the goal of transitioning athletes from pre-elite to elite. Your delivery will need to be of high quality, be interdisciplinary and integrated to the other strands of Performance Support Team. Positive engagement with the other practitioners and staff within the Physio and Sport Science Centre, as well as sport coaches will be essential. The Department aspires to create a world leading multi-sport environment delivering to elite athletes, staff and students at the University and the local and regional community. Based in the inspiring Sports Training Village, the Department offers a wide range of high-quality sports activities, programmes, events, services and facilities catering for all ages and abilities. This is an opportunity to become part of a professional and progressive organisation at the leading edge of sport, health and fitness. We are looking to appoint individuals who reflect our values of inspiration, respect, integrity, excellence, flexibility and self-improvement and teamwork. Further information This is a full-time role (36.5 hours) and will be required to be delivered ideally over 5 days. For an informal discussion about the role please contact George Studd, Lead Athletic Performance Coach at grs40bath.ac.uk, however, please ensure that applications are submitted via the University website. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role. What we can offer you a very generous employer contributory pension scheme generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan. Find out more about our benefits. We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment. We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us UniofBath and UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information. Closing Date: 07 Jan 2025 Department: Operations & Facilities Support Salary: £30,505 to £36,924