Careers & Job Finder

Here's a wealth of information for anyone wanting to find out more about working in the sport sector with a focus on Leicester and Leicestershire.

Individuals new to the world or work to people with many year experience in the sector or in other sectors. Careers advisers, tutors, teachers, employers and employees. Parents/carers, supporters and friends of people interested in finding out more.

Section 1 - Helpful Career Resources & Videos
Section 2 - Examples of employers in the leisure, health and fitness and sport sector.
Section 3 - Top Tips
Section 4 - Other Job Finders

Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Overview

Job Finder

Our Job Finder is designed to help you find your ideal job either locally or nationally in sport, physical activity, fitness and leisure.
Volunteering

Volunteering in physical activity and sport has so many great benefits. Here you'll find useful links to local opportunities.
Generation Charnwood

Generation Charnwood will equip young people with the relevant skills, resilience and improved wellbeing to overcome the immediate impact of Covid-19 and develop a 'workforce for the future.

Section 1 - Helpful Careers Resources & Videos

Be inspired by a range of roles across the whole physical activity and sport sector.

Understand more about the types of roles, labour market data, salaries, wider opportunities.

Careers and Labour Market Overview 2023

Careers and Labour Market Overview 2023

Careers and Labour Market Information & Tasks

Careers And Labour Market Information Tasks

Sport Sector Careers Presentation 2023

Careers Guide - CIMPSA

CIMSPA supports over 58,5000 people currently working in sport and physical activity. This guide is designed to help people realise their potential by showing clear routes into and through the sector.

Videos demonstrating the range of the Sport, Physical Activity & Leisure Careers across Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland

If you require the videos files, please contact us on the details at the bottom of the page.

Adventure Sport and Health & Wellbeing

Exercise, Fitness and Leisure Operations

The Wider Sport and Physical Activity Sector

Professional and Community Sport

Section 2 - Examples of Employers in the Sector

Examples of employers in the leisure, health and fitness and sport sector. CIMSPA the Chartered Institute for the sector break the sector down into 6 categories.

Other examples of local employers include:

Larger Employers Locally

Some of the larger employers locally are the 'leisure centres' which form part of the 'Leisure Operations' and 'Exercise and Fitness' sub-sectors.

Check out the jobs pages for your local leisure operators

Everyone Active run leisure centres in Harborough, Blaby, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston and Melton
Places for People run the leisure centre in Hinckley and Bosworth
Fusion run the leisure centre in Charnwood
Leicester City Council run the leisure provision in Leicester City
Stevenage Leisure Limited run the Catmose Sports in Rutland

Jobs with Everyone Active
Jobs with Places for People
Jobs with SSL - Stevenage Leisure Limited
Jobs with Leicester City Council
Jobs with Fusion
RLSS Course Finder

The National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) is the industry standard qualification for all pool lifeguards in the UK.

Other types of roles in the sector which may be linked to alternative chartered institutes:

This list is not exhaustive but gives an indication of additional roles which are available.

CIMPSA - The Chartered Institute for the Management for Sport and Physical Activity

Section 3 - Top Tips

Top tips for securing the role you want in the sport sector:

1. Be clear about the type of work you secure and the training you need to complete

If you are going to invest your time and money in training and development, be sure to be clear of the type of work you are hoping to secure and which employers you are likely to approach once you are qualified. You could always have a conversation with a potential employer ahead of qualifying.

2. Make it easy for the employer to employ you

Employers should be working to the industry standards. If you meet these standards you are over the biggest hurdle.

If you don't meet the standards yet, but you have identified the role you want to do, explore how to gain the knowledge, skills or experience required to reach these standards.

Again speak to a potential employer and gain their feedback on the best pathways to take

3. If you meet the base line expectations, think about how you can make yourself the best choice for the role

Explore how your current experience might help you be the best person for the role, do you bring new skills/experience to an organisation which complements their existing skills mix?

If you need to gain more experience, try to identify what experience you need, leadership experience, working children, adults, older adults, work with people who are in-active through to competing athletes, is it experience of working with the press/media or running projects…..

4. Gaining extra experience

The great thing about the sports sector, is that there are sports clubs and businesses who have volunteers who work with them. You could put yourself forward to these organisations and see if you can gain experience with them.

Think about the way you can capture this experience to add to your CV or portfolio, think about photos, achievements and learning.

5. Put yourself in the employers shoes

How can you show them that you have the skills/experience they need and the motivation to deliver what they need.

All organisations have different cultures and different target audiences. Use the internet and talk to people to help you find out what area you would like to work in and what sort of role would suit your skills, knowledge, experience and aspirations.