Head of Sport & Physical Activity, University of Leeds
The University of Leeds’ Sport and Physical Activity (SPA) programmes and performance clubs are some of the most successful in the sector and the University was keen to further enhance its proud sporting tradition. The brief for the new Head of Sport and Physical Activity was to take Sport and Physical Activity into the next phase of its development. Our brief was to secure an outstanding leader with a passion for realising the potential of sport to have an impact on the University’s students, staff and wider community and with a track record in a sports leadership role within a large-scale organisation preferably at a national or international level. MRG undertook a comprehensive (headhunt) search campaign specifically researching and identifying leaders in appropriate target markets such as other HEIs, local authorities and national sports bodies and associations whilst supplementing this with an advertising and background noise campaign (including design and hosting of a comprehensive Candidate Brochure). A shortlist of 8 candidates (spanning HE, local authority and sports associations sectors) were presented to the panel at the University of Leeds and 5 candidates were taken forward to formal University interview stage. The successful candidate had an enviable track record in the field of sports development including notable posts as Development Director at British Cycling, CEO of Sports Volunteering North-West, National Development Manager at the Youth Sports Trust and most recently Head of Volunteering and Strategic Youth Lead for Education at Sport England.
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