The post holder is responsible for assisting with the development of Queen’s Hockey and Queen’s Hockey Academy. These responsibilities include assisting in the delivery of a Hockey Development Plan in partnership with QUB Hockey Clubs, Students’ Union, Queen’s Sport, Ulster Hockey, Irish Hockey, GB Hockey and Hockey Alumni to include performance, development, participation, administrative and recruitment led activities. Other key aspects of the job will include servicing a network for fundraising, club administration, coaching, and student volunteering, contributing fully to the Sports Development Team within Queen’s Sport.
This is a temporary role to cover a period of maternity leave.
About The Person
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.
This post is available until 31 August 2027 whichever is soonest. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
What we offer:
Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/.
Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.
If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application - http://go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport.
Candidate Information