OXFORD UNIVERSITY SPORT
Job Title: Sports Business Administration & Marketing Apprentice
Contracts: 36.5 hrs Full time, fixed term for 18 months
Salary: Apprentice Grade 1: £26,948 per annum
Location: Oxford, with day release to Abingdon and Witney College as required.
Oxford University Sport is situated at the iconic Iffley road sports ground where the world record four-minute mile was first broken.
We have an opportunity for a full-time Business Administration and Marketing Apprentice to join our friendly team for 18 months. While in post you’ll also be supported through a Level 3 apprenticeship with our partners at Abingdon and Witney College
What We Offer
We are a key part of the University of Oxford and as employer, genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
- An excellent contributory pension scheme.
- A comprehensive range of childcare services.
- Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans.
- Support with expenses for travel to college on your study days.
- Opportunity for personal and professional development through CIMSPA.
- Trade prices on goods on sale in Centre.
- Access to all our fitness activities and facilities at no cost.
- Opportunities to attend sport and leisure business events.
- Opportunities for remote work upon satisfactory completion of a probationary period.
The University also runs an enormous number of social groups and sports clubs for those looking for more than just a great place to work.
About the Role
As a Sports Business & Marketing Administrator Apprentice, you’ll play a key role in the business mechanics that allows us to keep customers moving, solving problems, and supporting the day-to-day operations.
We are a fast-moving department with around 3,000 commercial members, supporting 5,000 student athletes and welcoming hundreds of thousands of visits in 2025.
Few days will be the same. However, we would like to work with an apprentice who is eager to help colleagues to shape and embed new business opportunities and processes which support all our members in their customer journey whether they’re on a mission to get more active, be healthier or attain high performance competition standards.
We will work hard with you to tailor what you do day to day in work to learning requirements that will best support your Apprenticeship.
To apply for this apprenticeship please review the attached job description and click the link below to apply on Find an Apprenticeship.
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Please submit your application before 23:59 (before midnight) on Wednesday 12 August 2026.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 3rd September 2026, at Iffley Road Sports Centre, Oxford.
These roles will not attract sufficient points to obtain sponsored Skilled Worker visas under the UK Visa & Immigration points-based system. Applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who can demonstrate they will be eligible to obtain a valid work visa via another route
