University Work Placement – Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach H

University Sandwich Year Work Placement – Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach

Performance Hearts

Salary: £7853.12 with an incremental increase following completion of a 6 month probation period

Closing Date :
Friday 30 January 2026

This university sandwich year work placement, designed for outgoing second year undergraduate students, combines a voluntary Strength & Conditioning (S&C) & paid Health & Fitness (H&F) role to broaden knowledge, coaching styles & increase employability.

Performance Herts are UKSCA accredited Strength & Conditioning professionals working with a wide range of athletes in a multitude of sports, from grass root development to World Class & Olympic performers.

1-year work placement from Monday 31 August 2026 – Monday 30 August 2027

Extensive CPD opportunities with in-house workshops, REPS Level 2 Gym Instructor, UKSCA Level 3 S&C Trainer Diploma

Our vision is to be the region’s leading S&C provider. To help us achieve our vision we are looking to recruit a hardworking, knowledgeable, and highly passionate aspiring S&C coach to join our team on a work placement year.

Our clients & athletes include England Squash, Women’s FA, London Mavericks, England Netball, England Golf, County & Regional Golf Swimming & Netball squads, TASS athletes, UH Performance Sports & Scholars & many more.

Working with the support of Body Balance Physiotherapy, Hertfordshire Sports Village (HSV) & the University of Hertfordshire (UH), our work enables athletes to optimise their performance, avoid injury, peak for major competitions, & educate them in areas such as recovery methods, nutrition & anti-doping.

The S&C part of this role is supplemented by a paid role as a health & fitness coach within the HSV gym team. This is a newly added part of this work placement role in order to broaden experience to include the H&F industry, fitness qualifications & training of the general public as well as S&C experience with grass root athletes through to World Class performers.

This addition will also increase your earning potential, the number of qualifications you can gain over the year, and ultimately, your employability.

We are looking for an individual to help support our S&C & H&F teams from September 2025 for a year’s work placement. If you are interested in working within sport, S&C & H&F & looking to supplement your CV with experience working with a wide range of athletes (both level & sports) under the supervision of a team of UKSCA accredited & highly experienced S&C coaches who will help you work towards accreditation & qualifications then please feel free to apply.

This includes the opportunity to do the REPS Levels 2 Gym Instructor qualification and UKSCA Level 3 S&C Trainer Diploma run here at Performance Herts. You must be able to use your own initiative, be pro‑active, have a thirst to learn, work well as part of a busy & multidisciplinary team & have good people & computer skills.