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As a member of Kent Sport staff, you're part of a fun, engaging department that is keen to get as many people active as possible. Alongside the use of all sports facilities, there are a lot of benefits to working with us, including a generous pension plan and local outlet discounts.
There are many opportunities to join Kent Sport as a member of our team, whether that is part of our contracted staff (substantive roles) or as part of our casual (student) team. See below for the current opportunites in both areas.
When a substantive role within the Kent Sport team becomes available, full details and the application process will be available on the University's main jobs page.
No current substantive opportunities.
Being a casual staff member at Kent Sport while you are studying is a great way to learn valuable skills and develop experience within a working environment. See Graduate Goals website. The benefits for students include:
*Casual staff must complete 50 hours with Kent Sport, and continue to fulfil their hours.
See our list of available casual timesheet roles:
Role: Fitness Instructor
Department: Health, Fitness and Studio
Line Manager/Contact: Jeni Dexter – j.dexter@kent.ac.uk
Location: Sports Centre - Canterbury Campus
Qualifications or Experience required: Level 2 Fitness Certificate preferable
Rate of Pay: NMW or NLW dependant on age (£7.05-£9.41per hour)
Shift Times/Hours Available: Predominantly Evenings (1700-2200) and Weekends (0900-1700)
Key accountabilities, duties and expectations:
Role: Personal Trainer
Department: Health, Fitness and Studio
Line Manager/Contact: Jeni Dexter – j.dexter@kent.ac.uk
Location: Sports Centre - Canterbury Campus
Qualifications or Experience required: Level 3 Personal Training Qualification/Certificate
Rate of Pay: Grade 7 (£22.55 per hour). PT Sessions are 60 mins long
Shift Times/Hours Available: All Hours - Availability required to match client requests
Key accountabilities, duties and expectations:
Role: Studio Instructor
Department: Health, Fitness and Studio
Line Manager/Contact: Jeni Dexter – j.dexter@kent.ac.uk
Location: Sports Centre - Canterbury Campus
Qualifications or Experience required: Qualified Group Exercise Certificates essential
Rate of Pay: Grade 6-8 dependant on Class Genre (£17.76-£26.04 per hour)
Shift Times/Hours Available: Between 1-4 classes per week with availability to cover absence. Lunchtimes / Evenings / Weekends as per current Timetable
Key accountabilities, duties and expectations:
Role: Football Official
Department: Sports Development
Line Manager/Contact: Billy Radford –sportsdevelopment@kent.ac.uk
Location: Sports Pavilion - Canterbury Campus
Qualifications or Experience required: Minimum Level 7 FA Officiating Qualification
Rate of Pay:
Shift Times/Hours Available:
Key accountabilities, duties and expectations:
Kent Sport is a busy and diverse department that services and promotes many of the varied sporting and wellbeing activities on campus. University of Kent students can earn employability points for volunteering for a certain amount of time. Volunteering is currently only open to University of Kent students. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join us in a variety of roles, including:
If you're interested in volunteering with Kent Sport, please email sportsenquiries@kent.ac.uk.
Kent Sport supports students from partner schools and colleges by providing proactive and engaging work experience placements. We offer a vocational foundation within the sport and leisure industry in a unique environment at the University of Kent. If you are interested in work experience, please complete the form below and return it to sportsenquiries@kent.ac.uk.