Performance Sport Manager Organisation University of Leeds Salary £32,546 to £38,249 per annum Location Leeds, West Yorkshire Contract type Permanent (Full time) Closing date 17 August 2025 Interview date 2 September 2025 Job Description Do you have an enthusiasm for performance, elite sport? Do you have excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong working relationships and networks? Do you have experience of managing a diverse and skilled team?At the University of Leeds, we have the ambition to provide the best environment for those student athletes that wish to perform at the highest level and develop their sporting skills. This has been most recently shown through the development of our new sport support service facility – Gryphon Performance HubAs Performance Sport Manager, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of the university’s performance sport programme. Key areas of responsibility will include the management and delivery of our sports scholarship and our growing TASS programme. It will also include the development of our student athlete recruitment strategy, leading our multi-disciplinary team of sport support staff and managing our performance sport home – Gryphon Performance HubYou will work with our focus sports, athlete scholars, sporting partners, coaching staff and sports practitioners to create the best culture and environment to enable us to fulfil our sporting potential. As an inspirational, motivating and committed Performance Sport Manager, you will help us to maximise our national standing within British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competition, create high performing teams and develop international athletes who will represent their country and the University on the world stage. Your working week will be split across three locations; the home for performance sport – Gryphon Performance Hub and the university health and fitness complex, The Edge which is on the University of Leeds campus, and the other being the Sports Park Weetwood This is a full time role working 35 hours each week. There will be some requirements to work evenings and weekends. Please apply online. How to apply Please apply online: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=FDSPA1085 Share X LinkedIn Email