Get Out Get Active Activator

This role is open to 2025/2026 University of Leeds undergraduate or postgraduate students only.

Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing 9th June 2025.

This role will be based on the university campus. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Do you have a passion for promoting physical activity? Do you have excellent organisation and coordination skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work effectively? 

The University of Leeds Sport and Physical Activity strategy aims to enable more of the University of Leeds community to benefit from the positive impacts of sport and physical activity. This is through three pillars: health and wellbeing, development and realising potential and a community sense of belonging. 

Contributing to work across all three pillars, we are looking to recruit part time activators to support the delivery of the Get Out, Get Active programme. 

The Get Out, Get Active programme provides an inclusive, welcoming, safe and social environment for getting active. There is a focus on engaging typically less active students and staff with the aim to promote and foster the health and wellbeing benefits of an active lifestyle. The programme offers weekly sessions including walking, running and climbing. At weekends there are walking trips to places such as the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District and Peak District. There is also a focus on using physical activity as part of student inductions (the student experience) through our campus discovery orienteering events and collaborations with other university services. 

You will have a drive and passion to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of others through physical activity. You will be responsible for co-ordinating, facilitating and hosting walking trips, among other sessions and events, engaging with a range of students and staff to drive and widen participation and retention. You will also develop strong volunteer groups to support the delivery and raise the profile of the Get Out, Get Active offer. You will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business, which will include working evenings and weekends and working variable hours depending on the needs of the service. 

This role is fixed term from 1st September 2025 to 1st September 2026. Hours of work will be variable to meet the needs of the service. 

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Rachel Tunstall, Physical Activity & Wellbeing Manager

Email: r.j.tunstall@leeds.ac.uk

or 

Helen Pepper, Physical Activity & Wellbeing Officer

Email: H.J.Pepper@leeds.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 20 May 2025

Section: Operational Support

Salary: £12.86 - Hourly rate