Job Title: Social & Recreation Sport Coordinator 

Reporting to: Opportunities Manager

Place of Work: The University of York Student Centre, James College, Newton Way, York, YO10 5DD / Hybrid

Contract: Permanent

Hours of Work: 35 hours a week

Salary: Starting at £26,075 per annum 

Closing Date: Monday 17th November 2025 at 11am

Interview date: Monday 24th November 2025 at The University of York Student's Union

About the Role:

The Social & Recreational Sport Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the college and social sport programmes at the University of York Students' Union. They will organise the college sport league programme, currently consisting of 15 different sports for our 11 colleges, and attracting over 2500 members each year.

The role holder will support the teams and their student leaders to take part in these leagues, and to run their own club activities. As well as working to develop social sport sessions and improve our recreational sport offering for those students interested in turn up and play activities. We are looking for someone that has strong organisational skills, can develop projects using their own initiative and has a passion for getting people physically active.

The ideal candidate will have strong time management skills and be able to communicate effectively with a variety of internal & external stakeholders. If you have any questions about the role please reach out to Harriet Broadway, Sport Development Coordinator, [email protected].

This is a full-time (35hrs/wk), permanent role to start 15th December 2025. We offer a competitive starting salary of £26,075. Join us and help shape the future of our Students' Union!

Working at York SU:

At York SU we know that maintaining a great work life balance also improves our teams wellbeing, productivity and happiness, this is why we offer flexible working arrangements to suit personal needs and requirements. We have both a flexi-time work scheme and remote working policy available to staff as standard and welcome applicants to discuss their flexible requirements at the interview. (If applicable to the role)

• A full time working week is 35 hours
• You receive 38 days holiday (including bank holidays and 4 paid closed Christmas days)
• You get extensive access to discounts and benefits
• There are paid volunteering opportunities
• You have access to the cycle to work schemes and other salary sacrifice options
• We offer a generous pension scheme
• You have the chance to shape the student experience for the better

York SU is committed to equality of opportunity - we are an organisation who works very hard to ensure we appoint based on merit. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and/or from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer (LV1), we are proud to offer an interview to applicants who meet the minimum criteria** for the advertised position.

**It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high number of applications, seasonal and high-peak times, we may have to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

If you are invited to interview with us we will share our interview questions in advance so you can feel a little more prepared. We’re more interested in hearing about your experiences and ideas than in testing your memory, and so we want you to feel as comfortable as possible.

If you have any further questions about the position, or if you have a requirement for adjustments that would make the application or interview process more accessible, please do not hesitate to contact us on [email protected].

Please note that products containing nuts, dairy, gluten and other potential allergies are served within our venues. We however aim to support a nut free environment within our student centre by encouraging staff not to bring nut based products to work.