Sports Committee

The Sports Committee is a group of individuals who work closely with the Activities Officer and Sport Coventry in improving and promoting all Sports Clubs, their activities and events at Coventry University Students Union.

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Applications to be a part of the Sports Committee 2024-25 are open.

Rep roles are for students who are part of particular clubs in that area.

Officer roles are open for all but for people with particular skills.

All roles will also represent the ‘supporter’ element of Sport Coventry. Below are what each role encompasses.

This role is to represent students from the ‘competition’ element of Sport Coventry. They will bring key issues, changes and experiences from students within this remit and support the Sports Committee on all thing’s competition. You will also support Sport Coventry in offering opportunities for supporters to get involved in your area.

The Performance rep role is to represent students from the ‘performance sport’ element of Sport Coventry. They will bring feedback around our performance sport programme (Team Phoenix) and also feedback from Sport Coventry Scholarship programme. You will also support Sport Coventry in offering opportunities for supporters to get involved in your area.

You must be on the Men's Basketball, Women's Volleyball or Badminton club to be able to apply for this role.

This role is to represent students from the ‘recreational’ area of Sport Coventry. They will bring back feedback around recreational sport and how we can improve our inter-mural and rock up and play offering at the university. You will also support Sport Coventry in offering opportunities for supporters to get involved in your area.

This role is to represent students around areas of coaching, refereeing or continued development of club activity. This student must have a coaching or refereeing qualification to be eligible for this role. You will also support Sport Coventry in offering opportunities for supporters to get involved in your area.

The Campaigns Officer is an individual who has passion and experience in running campaigns alongside the Activities Officer, for Sport Coventry. These could be Rainbow Laces, Black Lives Matter and much more.

You must have experience in:

  • Leading or being involved in campaigns
  • Understanding key issues involving campaigns at Coventry University
  • Running inclusive campaigns for all students.

The Events Officer is an individual who has a passion and experience in running the events which Sport Coventry run throughout the year. These events are Sports Fair, Varsity, Sports Ball and much more. This person will join these event’s groups along with key stakeholders to improve the events success.

You must have experience in:

  • Leading or being involved in events
  • Running inclusive events for all students

The Media Officer is an individual who has a passion and experience in running social media channels, creation of graphics/videography etc. This person will be the key connection between the sports Committee and Sports Coventry Media and report what the Sport Coventry Media group are up to and how they can support the Sport Coventry Committee throughout the year.

You must have experience in:

  • Adobe Creative Cloud platforms including graphic design/videography and content creation.
  • Promotion of Sport Coventry activity in an inclusive way for all students.

The Belonging Officer is an individual who has a passion and experience in supporting physical and mental health wellbeing initiatives. This person will be the key connection between the Sports Committee and Your Students Union Wellbeing and Inclusion departments and work with other roles (like campaigns officer) to come out with initiatives to support Sports students wellbeing.

You must have experience in:

  • Physical and mental health wellbeing initiative.
  • Understanding of student’s issues at university and come up with practical solutions to make them better.
  • Running inclusive wellbeing initiatives for all students
 

Other committee responsibilities are scrutinising the work that the Activities Officer does, deciding on funding applications sent by Sports Clubs and being the voice of Sports Clubs at Coventry. Additionally, as a member of this committee, you will get involved in the annual Sport Coventry events which include Varsity, Sports Ball and so much more. The committee will meet once every 4 to 6 weeks.

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