About ARUJob Category
Administrative
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Employment Type
Full time
Salary From
£26,338
Salary To
£29,959
Location
Cambridge
Faculty/Prof Service
Estates & Facilities Services
Closing Date
29/06/2025
Ref No
3507
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* Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 166.99kb)
* Candidate Brief (PDF, 2193.43kb)
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About ARU
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About The Role
Team ARU operate within the Estates & Facilities service at ARU and are responsible for the provision of Sport and Physical Activity for Students, Staff and members of the local community. As part of this provision, we operate on-campus Sports Facilities including Helmore Gym on our Cambridge campus. Based at Helmore Gym, this is an exciting role which combines the delivery of strength and conditioning services to student-athletes with the supervision of the Helmore Gym as a Sports Facility.
With a Strength and Conditioning degree or equivalent qualification and recognised Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification, you’ll have demonstrable experience of delivery S& C support to performance athletes as well as experience of supervising staff in a Sports / Fitness environment. As well as a passion for Sport, Health and Fitness, you’ll have a proactive approach to addressing challenges and seeking solutions and the ability to work well independently with minimal supervision. An understanding of performance sport environments and student Sport pathways is essential whilst previous experience of working with coaches, NGBs and performance sport practitioners is desirable.
Informal enquiries can be made to Chris Ansell, Sports Facilities Manager at Chris.Ansell@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit .
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
In accordance with the UK Government’s immigration points-based system, this post does not meet the characteristics of a skilled job including salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes
Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria. #J-18808-Ljbffr