Sector Careers Focus - Adventure Sport and Health & Wellbeing

"We provide a different opportunity for those who are interested in sport but maybe don't fit into a team sport"

Stuart Fraser Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre Manager

Adventure sports offer rolls from Climbing Instructors to Field Sport Activity Leads. The rolls available are as interesting as the activities are diverse. Many individuals who have developed their skills locally have then found opportunities to travel the world while still working within the sub-sector

Health and Wellbeing is a fantastic sub-sector to explore. Here you will find rolls that include supporting people to become more active, using activity to support treatment of long-term health conditions and working with different communities to improve daily life.

Hear from amazing people within these sub-sector as they tell you how they are supporting people to move more:

Available rolls include:

Outdoor Instructor Apprentice with Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Center

Marketing and Communications Officer with Active Together

Sport and Physical Activity Team Leader with Active Blaby

Find more live local opportunities at: https://www.active-together.org/jobs

CIMSPA, the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, breaks the sector down into the following sub-sectors (the infographic includes examples of local employing organisations within each sub-sector):

Interested in a specific sub-sector? Then check out the additional films in Section 1 of the web page.

Professional and Community Sport

Exercise, Fitness and Leisure Operations

The wider sector – includes national sports organisations based at SportPark Loughborough, as well as inspiration from the Sports Technology Institute.

These films have been created for:

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

The films and the wider careers resources can be found on this web page: https://www.active-together.org/careers

Join us at our next Careers in Sport and Physical Activity Short Update session to find out the very latest information. Book your place now: https://www.active-together.org/events/2023/09/careers-in-sport-and-physical-activity-llr-short-update-session-face-to-face

If you would like to discuss how you can utilise these resources further, please contact Luke Green (Workforce Development Officer) at l.green@active-together.org