The Department of Sports Development and Recreation at the University of Bath seeks to create impact through sport, by maximising its unique environment every day for every customer.

The Department manages and organises a range of activities under the University’s sports brand - Team Bath - and aspires to create a world leading multi-sport environment delivering to elite athletes, staff and students of 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.

In addition, we are recognised by UK Sport as one of only eight Elite Training Centres, providing the training base for around 250 international level athletes. This is an opportunity to become part of a professional and progressive organisation at the leading edge of sport, health and fitness.

About us

The netball programme based at the University of Bath has led the way in developing high-performance netballers for over 20 years, many of whom have gone on to achieve unrivalled success both domestically and internationally. 

As netball in the UK begins its new chapter, transitioning towards professionalism, we are delighted that the Blue & Gold legacy will continue to live on as Team Bath Netball remain the custodians of England Netball’s Player Pathway in the southwest region – including representation in the U23/feeder league, a newly-formed league underpinning the Netball Super League.

The Netball Manager role is responsible for the development and delivery of a co-ordinated netball programme, encompassing pathway and community activities, which supports the Aims and Objectives of the University Strategy for Sport; the development and management of the TB Performance Pathway across the region; and the long-term ambition of bringing elite netball back to the southwest region. 

You will be responsible for leading on all business, administration and commercial aspects of the Team Bath Netball programme and will work in close partnership with the Academy Head Coach who will lead on and be responsible for all performance aspects of the programme. 

About you

The ideal candidate should be passionate and committed to both short term and long term goals of the programme, and have experience of:

• working in a sporting or commercial environment, ideally netball
• managing staff
• managing budgets and resources
• managing a performance pathway or other semi or professional sports teams 
• negotiating and delivering contracts 
• marketing and communications in a sporting environment

You should have the ability to:

• Work under pressure, handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Communicate and interact with a range of stakeholders
• Work on their own and as part of a team
• Be proactive and solution-focused in their thinking

Further information

This is a part-time role (working 29.2 hours per week) for a fixed-term period to cover parental leave until January 2026.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Emily Siddy on eehs20@bath.ac.uk

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

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.

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