Sport & Fitness Sales Consultant - UoB Sport - 80417 - Grade 4

<p><span><strong><u>Position Details</u></strong></span></p><p><span>UoB Sport</span></p><p><span>University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK</span></p><p><span>Full time starting salary is normally in the range £27,546 to £29,171, with potential progression once in post to £32,595</span></p><p><span>Grade:4</span></p><p><span>Part Time (16 hours per week)</span></p><p><span>Permanent </span></p><p><span>Closing date: 29th July 2026</span></p><p> </p><p><span><strong><u>Our offer to you </u></strong></span></p><p><span>People are at the heart of what we are and do.</span></p><p><span>The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.</span></p><p><span>We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.</span></p><p><span>We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.</span></p><p><span>Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.</span></p><p><span>The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.</span></p><p><span>Find out more about the </span><a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/jobs/staff-benefits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>benefits of working for the University of Birmingham</span></a></p><p><span><strong><u>Background</u></strong></span></p><p><span>Campus Services (CS) employs over 900 staff with a turnover exceeding £65m in the last financial year. CS plays a key role in the quality of the student, staff and visitor experience, providing services across diverse areas such as the University’s sporting facilities, food and beverage, cleaning, conferencing, hotel operations, day nurseries, Portering, post, branded and own-brand retail outlets, visitor services and attractions (e.g., Winterbourne House &amp; Gardens), student housing, transport, waste disposal and recycling. CS is a highly commercial organisation operating within the University context and has an ambitious strategic agenda, in terms of growing our service profile across both our Birmingham and Dubai campuses.</span></p><p><span>Sport &amp; Fitness is responsible for operating the University of Birmingham's extensive sport and recreation provision. It caters for the whole sports continuum from elite athlete to beginner; it supports 6,500 members, 40+ performance clubs, over 50 sports scholars and offers an extensive participation and intra-league programme. It stages big events for a number of British Universities &amp; Colleges Sport (BUCS), national governing bodies and external groups, with spectator numbers reaching 3,000 for an individual event and has recently hosted the Commonwealth games for Hockey and Squash competition as well as swimming and athletics training venues. It serves the many different user groups drawn from the University – societies, medical school, groups of friends and departments, and the city – athletic, swimming, football, rugby, hockey, and gymnastics clubs, as well as many schools, local authority groups and the more commercial providers.</span></p><p><span><strong><u>Role Summary</u></strong></span></p><p><span>As a Sales Consultant, you will be working collaboratively with the wider team to help deliver the targets and objectives set out by the Sales Team Leader; your primary responsibility is to make a difference! Positively impacting individuals through the life affirming benefits of spo