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Volunteering Opportunities

What we offer

As a volunteer staff member at BUTL, you’ll be immersed in a dynamic, flexible and high performance environment and will have
access to perks and benefits, such as:

  • Exclusive Team Clothing and Staff Stash: Receive official UK Student National Squad and BUTL team clothing, providing a professional identity and a sense of belonging within the performance support team.
  • Accommodation and Travel Support: Accommodation and travel expenses will be covered for approved squad camps, competitions, and other required events, allowing you to fully engage with the programme without financial barriers.
  • Access to Staff Perks: Benefit from a range of BUTL staff incentives, including complimentary event tickets, exclusive opportunities, and access to selected partner benefits throughout your placement.
  • Featured Professional Profile: Gain visibility through a dedicated profile on the BUTL website, showcasing your role, experience, and contributions to the wider sporting community.
  • Enhanced Networking Opportunities: Build relationships with athletes, coaches, sport scientists, performance practitioners, and governing body representatives, creating valuable connections within the high-performance sport sector.
  • Portfolio Development: Develop practical case studies, project work, and applied experiences that can be used to strengthen your CV, professional portfolio, and future accreditation applications.
  • National and International Event Exposure: Gain first-hand experience supporting athletes at national competitions, training camps, and international events, providing insight into the demands of performance sport at the highest student level.

Vacancies

We are currently recruiting the following roles to join our team:

Sport Psychologist

We are looking for an individual to join our Sport Science team as a Sport Psychologist. The role will be working as part of our Sport Science Department and alongside UK Student National Squad athlete

Responsibilities:

  • Create, implement, and maintain a sport psychology support programme within the UK Student National Squad.
  • Provide mental skills support to athletes in relation to performance, confidence, focus, resilience, preparation and recovery.
  • Empower student athletes to achieve their full potential through high-quality support and guidance, serving as a key contributor to the ongoing progression of the BUTL support team.
  • Contribute to the development and delivery of BUTL Sport Science resources through newsletters, social media content, workshops, and structured support frameworks.

Expectations:

  • Attend a monthly Sport Science Team Meeting (Remote)
  • Attend a monthly All UK Student National Squad Staff Meeting (Remote)
  • Monitor and respond to emails within 72 hours
  • Attend monthly squad training sessions as necessary, or hold a virtual drop-in as an alternative
  • Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive sport psychology support framework for the UK Student National Squad, ensuring an evidence-based and consistent approach to psychological skills support and athlete development

The role does not hold specific hours as this is a flexible position catered to the individual. Expected hours would be sport science
team meetings, working with athletes, local/international squad events and set team meetings.

Essential Requirements – Qualifications & Experience:

  • Currently studying towards, or holding, a relevant qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Psychology, Sport Science, Coaching Science, or a related field.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of sport psychology principles, including confidence, motivation, focus, emotional regulation, resilience, preparation, and performance routines.
  • Understanding of evidence-based practice, professional boundaries, and scope of practice, with the ability to translate this into practical support for student athletes.
  • Experience providing sport psychology support, mental skills education, coaching support, or athlete development guidance in a sporting, educational, or performance environment.
  • Ability to tailor psychological skills support to individual and team needs while working within appropriate scope of practice.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, educate, and motivate student athletes.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary support team.

Desirable Requirements:

  • HCPC registration as a Sport and Exercise Psychologist, or currently working towards relevant supervised accreditation.
  • Experience delivering workshops, presentations, or educational content to groups.
  • Experience creating athlete resources such as worksheets, guides, infographics, newsletters, or social media content.
  • Understanding of combat sport, weight-category sport, or student sport environments.

Development Opportunities

  • Applied Sport Psychology Experience: Contribute to athlete-centred psychological support initiatives that positively impact performance, confidence, resilience, focus, wellbeing, and preparation for competition.
  • Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Apply current psychological theory and research to real-world performance environments, supporting projects linked to athlete development, wellbeing, motivation, stress management, and performance behaviours.
  • Multidisciplinary Team Integration: Work alongside coaches, S&C staff, sport scientists, nutritionists, medical staff, and other practitioners to develop a holistic understanding of athlete performance and welfare.
  • Communication and Athlete Support: Build confidence in communicating psychological concepts clearly and appropriately with athletes, coaches, and support staff, while developing practical skills in observation, reflection, and professional interaction.
  • Career Preparation in High-Performance Sport: This role will support your progression into sport psychology and performance support roles by helping you build applied experience, professional confidence, networks, and insight into elite sporting environments.

Applications close on 6th July 2026

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Nutritionist

We are looking for an individual to join our Sport Science team as the Nutritionist. The role will be working as part of our Sport Science Department and alongside UK Student National Squad athletes.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and maintaining a Nutritional Programme within the UK Student National Squad
  • Provide nutrition support to athletes in relation to fuelling, hydration, recovery, body composition, and competition preparation.
  • Empower student athletes to achieve their full potential through high-quality support and guidance, serving as a key contributor to the ongoing progression of the BUTL Support team.
  • Contribute to the development and delivery of BUTL Sport Science resources through newsletters, social media content, and structured support frameworks for individual athletes

Expectations:

  • Attend a monthly Sport Science Team Meeting (Remote)
  • Attend a monthly All UK Student National Squad Staff Meeting (Remote)
  • Monitor and respond to emails within 72 hours
  • Attend monthly squad training sessions as necessary, or hold a virtual drop-in as an alternative
  • Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive nutrition framework for the UK Student National Squad, ensuring an evidence based and consistent approach to nutritional guidance and athlete development

The role does not hold specific hours as this is a flexible position catered to the individual. Expected hours would be sport science
team meetings, working with athletes, local/international squad events and set team meetings.

Essential Requirements – Qualifications & Experience:

  • Currently studying towards, or holding, a degree or relevant qualification in Nutrition, Dietetics, Sport and Exercise Nutrition, Sport Science, or a related field.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of sports nutrition principles, including fuelling, hydration, recovery, body composition, and competition preparation.
  • Understanding of evidence-based practice, professional boundaries, and scope of practice.
  • Experience providing nutrition support, education, or guidance in a sporting, educational, or health-related environment.
  • Ability to tailor nutrition guidance to individual and team needs while working within appropriate scope of practice.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, educate, and motivate student athletes.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary support team.

Desirable Requirements:

  • Experience delivering workshops, presentations, or educational content to groups.
  • Experience creating athlete resources such as nutrition guides, infographics, newsletters, or social media content.
  • Understanding of combat sport, weight-category sport, or student sport environments

Development Opportunities

  • Applied Performance Nutrition Experience: Contribute to athlete-centred nutrition support initiatives that directly impact training, recovery, health, and competition performance. You’ll gain hands-on experience working within a high-performance environment and be encouraged to take ownership of meaningful projects.
  • Professional Development: You’ll have opportunities to engage in continuing professional development, collaborate with multidisciplinary support teams, and expand your professional network within elite sport.
  • Multidisciplinary Team Integration: Work alongside coaches, strength and conditioning staff, sport scientists, medical practitioners, and other support personnel to develop a holistic understanding of athlete performance and welfare. This collaborative experience will enhance your ability to operate effectively within an integrated support team.
  • Present and Communicate Your Impact: Develop confidence in communicating nutritional concepts and recommendations to athletes, coaches, and support staff.
  • Career Preparation in High-Performance Sport: This role is designed to support your progression into professional sports nutrition roles. Through practical experience, mentorship, networking opportunities, and exposure to elite sporting environments, you’ll build the skills, confidence, and professional profile needed for a successful career in performance nutrition.

Applications close on 6th July 2026

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Head of Marketing & Communications

We are looking for an individual to join our Sport Science team as a Sport Psychologist. The role will be working as part of our Sport Science Department and alongside UK Student National Squad athlete

Responsibilities:

  • Create, implement, and maintain a sport psychology support programme within the UK Student National Squad.
  • Provide mental skills support to athletes in relation to performance, confidence, focus, resilience, preparation and recovery.
  • Empower student athletes to achieve their full potential through high-quality support and guidance, serving as a key contributor to the ongoing progression of the BUTL support team.
  • Contribute to the development and delivery of BUTL Sport Science resources through newsletters, social media content, workshops, and structured support frameworks.

Expectations:

  • Attend a monthly Sport Science Team Meeting (Remote)
  • Attend a monthly All UK Student National Squad Staff Meeting (Remote)
  • Monitor and respond to emails within 72 hours
  • Attend monthly squad training sessions as necessary, or hold a virtual drop-in as an alternative
  • Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive sport psychology support framework for the UK Student National Squad, ensuring an evidence-based and consistent approach to psychological skills support and athlete development
  • The role does not hold specific hours as this is a flexible position catered to the individual.

Expected hours would be sport science team meetings, working with athletes, local/international squad events and set team meetings.

Essential Requirements – Qualifications & Experience:

  • Currently studying towards, or holding, a relevant qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Psychology, Sport Science, Coaching Science, or a related field.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of sport psychology principles, including confidence, motivation, focus, emotional regulation, resilience, preparation, and performance routines.
  • Understanding of evidence-based practice, professional boundaries, and scope of practice, with the ability to translate this into practical support for student athletes.
  • Experience providing sport psychology support, mental skills education, coaching support, or athlete development guidance in a sporting, educational, or performance environment.
  • Ability to tailor psychological skills support to individual and team needs while working within appropriate scope of practice.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, educate, and motivate student athletes.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary support team.

Desirable Requirements:

  • HCPC registration as a Sport and Exercise Psychologist, or currently working towards relevant supervised accreditation.
  • Experience delivering workshops, presentations, or educational content to groups.
  • Experience creating athlete resources such as worksheets, guides, infographics, newsletters, or social media content.
  • Understanding of combat sport, weight-category sport, or student sport environments.

Development Opportunities

  • Applied Sport Psychology Experience: Contribute to athlete-centred psychological support initiatives that positively impact performance, confidence, resilience, focus, wellbeing, and preparation for competition.
  • Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Apply current psychological theory and research to real-world performance environments, supporting projects linked to athlete development, wellbeing, motivation, stress management, and performance behaviours.
  • Multidisciplinary Team Integration: Work alongside coaches, S&C staff, sport scientists, nutritionists, medical staff, and other practitioners to develop a holistic understanding of athlete performance and welfare.
  • Communication and Athlete Support: Build confidence in communicating psychological concepts clearly and appropriately with athletes, coaches, and support staff, while developing practical skills in observation, reflection, and professional interaction.
  • Career Preparation in High-Performance Sport: This role will support your progression into sport psychology and performance support roles by helping you build applied experience, professional confidence, networks, and insight into elite sporting environments.

Expected time contribution : X hours per month

Applications open soon

Apply Now

Event Manager

We are looking for an individual to join our Sport Science team as a Sport Psychologist. The role will be working as part of our Sport Science Department and alongside UK Student National Squad athlete

Responsibilities:

  • Create, implement, and maintain a sport psychology support programme within the UK Student National Squad.
  • Provide mental skills support to athletes in relation to performance, confidence, focus, resilience, preparation and recovery.
  • Empower student athletes to achieve their full potential through high-quality support and guidance, serving as a key contributor to the ongoing progression of the BUTL support team.
  • Contribute to the development and delivery of BUTL Sport Science resources through newsletters, social media content, workshops, and structured support frameworks.

Expectations:

  • Attend a monthly Sport Science Team Meeting (Remote)
  • Attend a monthly All UK Student National Squad Staff Meeting (Remote)
  • Monitor and respond to emails within 72 hours
  • Attend monthly squad training sessions as necessary, or hold a virtual drop-in as an alternative
  • Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive sport psychology support framework for the UK Student National Squad, ensuring an evidence-based and consistent approach to psychological skills support and athlete development
  • The role does not hold specific hours as this is a flexible position catered to the individual.

Expected hours would be sport science team meetings, working with athletes, local/international squad events and set team meetings.

Essential Requirements – Qualifications & Experience:

  • Currently studying towards, or holding, a relevant qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Psychology, Sport Science, Coaching Science, or a related field.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of sport psychology principles, including confidence, motivation, focus, emotional regulation, resilience, preparation, and performance routines.
  • Understanding of evidence-based practice, professional boundaries, and scope of practice, with the ability to translate this into practical support for student athletes.
  • Experience providing sport psychology support, mental skills education, coaching support, or athlete development guidance in a sporting, educational, or performance environment.
  • Ability to tailor psychological skills support to individual and team needs while working within appropriate scope of practice.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, educate, and motivate student athletes.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary support team.

Desirable Requirements:

  • HCPC registration as a Sport and Exercise Psychologist, or currently working towards relevant supervised accreditation.
  • Experience delivering workshops, presentations, or educational content to groups.
  • Experience creating athlete resources such as worksheets, guides, infographics, newsletters, or social media content.
  • Understanding of combat sport, weight-category sport, or student sport environments.

Development Opportunities

  • Applied Sport Psychology Experience: Contribute to athlete-centred psychological support initiatives that positively impact performance, confidence, resilience, focus, wellbeing, and preparation for competition.
  • Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Apply current psychological theory and research to real-world performance environments, supporting projects linked to athlete development, wellbeing, motivation, stress management, and performance behaviours.
  • Multidisciplinary Team Integration: Work alongside coaches, S&C staff, sport scientists, nutritionists, medical staff, and other practitioners to develop a holistic understanding of athlete performance and welfare.
  • Communication and Athlete Support: Build confidence in communicating psychological concepts clearly and appropriately with athletes, coaches, and support staff, while developing practical skills in observation, reflection, and professional interaction.
  • Career Preparation in High-Performance Sport: This role will support your progression into sport psychology and performance support roles by helping you build applied experience, professional confidence, networks, and insight into elite sporting environments.

Expected time contribution : X hours per month

Applications open soon

Apply Now