Role Overview

The Academy is seeking to appoint a Sports Technician to provide practical support to the PE department and oversee the safe operation of the Academy gym.

The postholder will work across the school day and early evening, supervising lunchtime football, preparing and maintaining PE equipment, overseeing use of the gym and completing the required end-of-day checks and cleaning.

This is a practical, hands-on role. It does not carry responsibility for teaching PE, planning lessons, coaching teams or line-managing other employees.

Responsible to

The postholder will be responsible to the Head of Physical Education, with operational oversight from the relevant member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Working Pattern

• Normal working hours: 12.00 noon to 6.30 pm
• Working days: Monday to Friday
• Working weeks: To be confirmed according to the Academy’s operational requirements
• Some flexibility may occasionally be required for Academy events, lettings or changes to the use of the gym.
• A twenty-minute break will be provided flexibly between 14:30 and 15:30.

Pay

The post is proposed at the applicable hourly rate of circa. £13.80 for 32.5 hours per week.

Purpose of the Role

To support the effective day-to-day operation of the PE department and provide a safe, appropriately supervised environment for students and authorised users of the Academy gym.

The postholder will help ensure that facilities and equipment are prepared, secure, clean and ready for use, reducing the requirement for teaching staff to undertake routine supervision and operational duties.

See the Job Description for full details.

Application Deadline: 12 noon, Friday 6 November 2026

You can download the job descpription along with the Application Form.  Please send completed applications for the attention of Ms Harper to 

applications@walsallacademy.com.

Please note: We review applications as they are received and may hold interviews as soon as strong applications are identified. We, therefore, encourage early applications.

Walsall Academy is committed to safeguarding our students and all posts will require enhanced DBS check and standard pre-employment checks. Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE), refers to the role of online searches as part of due diligence within the recruitment process. In response, all short-listed candidates will undergo an online search prior to interview.  KCSiE also refers to the safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification, and whether the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.