Job Description

Salary

46,049-56,536 per annum

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Senior Management

Date posted

12/11/2025

Job reference

REQ05946

Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

At Christ Church we care about sport, health, and fitness and the people who we engage. We want to move people and create a sense of belonging through our activities and programmes. We have invested in multi-million-pound facilities, including our University Sport Centre with double sports hall, state of the art spin studio and gym and fitness facilities. Our gym is packed with modern fitness equipment, and we offer a wide range of fitness classes, personal training and an exercise referral service. We also deliver amazing programmes and interventions for sport, including our excellent sport scholarship programme and Club Sport programme in partnership with the Student's Union. We like to innovate, challenge and change, all to provide our students and staff with a truly first-class experience of Sport & Active Health.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a vibrant and well-established delivery team to shape the future of sport, fitness and physical activity at Canterbury Christ Church. Driving innovation while building strong partnerships across and beyond the University

As Head of Delivery, you will be responsible for the delivery programme of Sport and Active Health at the University, alongside the Sport Business Operations team, jointly working toward the strategic goals and direction of the department in line with the University's overall vision.

To be successful in this role you will be experienced in delivering sport programmes ideally in a Higher Education environment. With experience in managing a team of dynamic and multi-skilled colleagues. Someone with a passion for sport and physical activity at all levels who recognises the social, mental and physical benefits of physical activity and sport, who understands fitness, exercise, and sport provision and knows what it takes to support people on their individual journeys, from first timers through to elite sports people.

How will you work?

We are committed to supporting

flexible methods of working

wherever possible and this role, although predominantly based on site in Canterbury has capacity for a flexible approach which will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders.

You will work on and off campus; but in most cases the work location will be determined by the service required or the tasks/activities being undertaken.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 12th of November 2025

Closing date for applications: 5th of January 2026

Interviews are to be held: Week commencing 26 January 2026

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Caroline Demetriou, 01227 923793, caroline.demetriou@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05946

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Our University is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work

Please ensure you include contact details of two

employment

referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University's redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.

For more information about this role, please view the job description via the attachments link above.

Location

Canterbury: