Sport and Physical Activity

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Sport and Physical Activity
Placement opportunities within Sport Physical
Activity Sue Jacklin
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Sport and Physical Activity

• Why take a placement?
• Skills development
• Change of focus
• Try out a potential career
• Job applications - min of 1 years experience.
• What can SPA offer?

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Sport and Physical Activity
Teams within SPA Facilities Fitness Sports
Development Outdoor Activities Education
Marketing and Administration
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Sport and Physical Activity

• Health Fitness Support Officer
• Some classes
• Retention strategies
• Working towards pool/fitness opening
• Projects

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Sport and Physical Activity

• Sports Development Support Officer (Coaching and
  Volunteering)
• Team Leader Parkrun (HPTT)
• Coaching/Coach education
• Sport Unlimited project
• Projects

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Sport and Physical Activity

• Sports Development Support Officer
  (Participation)
• Engaging the couch potato
• Organising intra mural/inter halls etc
• Projects

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Sport and Physical Activity

• Sports Development Support Officer (Outdoor
  Activities)
• Marketing and sales
• Infrastructure support
• Teaching opportunities/experience
• Projects

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Sport and Physical Activity

• Womens Netball / Hockey Coach ( support of
  Girls Sport), Sedbergh School
• Coaching/teaching experience
• Extra curricular activity
• Classroom and pastoral support

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• All Placements 2009 -10
• year long (1 Sept 09 - 31 Aug 10)
• 10k per annum

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How to apply Details of the posts on the SPA
website (www.leeds.ac.uk/sport) Applications
for each post separately Standard University
application process (form/CV/covering letter)
Closing Date Friday 20 February 2009 SPA
Interview Date Thursday 12 March 2009 Sedburgh
(at Sedburgh)
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How can I find out more? Health Fitness Support
Officer Paul Lawrence Felicity
Ball Sports Development Support Officer (Coaching
and Volunteering) - Patrick Craig Charlott
e Gaynor Sports Development Support Officer
(Participation) Patrick Craig
Dan Mills
Sports Development Support Officer (Outdoor
Activities) Will Patterson Womens
Netball / Hockey Coach ( support of Girls
Sport), Sedburgh School - Patrick Craig Or
Sue Jacklin
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How can I find out more? (0113 34) Paul
Lawrence P.J.Lawrence_at_leeds.ac.uk
34116 Felicity Ball F.M.Ball_at_leeds.ac.uk 38596
Patrick Craig P.M.Craig_at_leeds.ac.uk 37541 Charlot
te Gaynor C.Gaynor_at_leeds.ac.uk 38595 Dan Mills
D.L.Mills_at_leeds.ac.uk 38595 Will
Patterson W.D.Patterson_at_leeds.ac.uk 35082 Sue
Jacklin S.M.Jacklin_at_leeds.ac.uk 35092 Tilly
Hall pss5nch_at_leeds.ac.uk