King's College London

About us:

Estates & Facilities are the stewards of King’s extensive property portfolio that enables innovative teaching and pioneering research across five campuses in central London. Made up of over 1,000 talented staff with a wide variety of roles servicing our campuses and community; together we ensure that students and staff have the estate, space, and services that enhance their academic experience while preserving and future proofing our iconic estate as King’s approaches it’s bicentenary.

King’s Sport & Wellness have a mission of delivering unique sport and wellness experiences to unite our communities and optimise our people and their potential. To deliver this mission, we established the Waterloo Sport & Wellness Centre in 2022 and deliver a range of programmes and activities, driving engagement across the University.

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join King’s Sport & Wellness, where this role will be pivotal in helping us achieve our mission to deliver unique sport and wellness experiences that unite our communities and optimise our people and their potential.

The post holder will be responsible for coordinating and developing the Resi Sport & Wellness Programme, with a particular emphasis on delivering wellness activities within our student residences. This role directly supports the department’s objectives of promoting physical and mental wellbeing, fostering individual development, and enhancing community cohesion and social integration.

The post holder will also be responsible for coordinating and delivering the King’s Move App, with a focus on increasing physical activity and enhancing the wellbeing and experience of the King's community, while maximising the reach and impact of our wellness programmes.

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite  contract.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1.      A University Degree in a related field or a specific, relevant qualification

2.      Experience of partnership working, developing and managing relationships

3.      Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage with students, coaches, and sports development staff.

4.      Substantial experience of physical activity or wellness in higher education or similar organisation

5.      Proven experience in organizing and coordinating meetings and events, including liaising with senior staff and external partners

6.      Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing sport and wellness programmes

7.      A commitment to ongoing professional development in wellness and physical activity

Desirable criteria

1.      Coaching or Instructor Qualification

2.      Experience in managing or working with a digital physical activity platform, including coordination, content delivery, and user engagement

3.      Ability to cover/ or lead sessions in the absence of Activators/ Session Leaders

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

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