Head of Sports at Greensprings School – Lagos

Greensprings School is recruiting a Head of Sports to lead sports strategy, programmes and performance across its Lagos campuses. The role combines whole-school leadership with responsibility for student participation, athlete development, coaching quality, competitions and external partnerships.

Key responsibilities

Sports strategy and whole-school leadership

• Develop and implement a three-to-five-year sports strategy aligned with the school’s educational vision and growth priorities.
• Establish a consistent sports identity and minimum standards across campuses while allowing appropriate campus-level ownership.
• Prepare the annual sports operating plan, calendar, budget and performance scorecard, reporting progress, risks and opportunities to leadership.
• Advise leadership on sports investment, staffing, facilities, equipment and programme priorities.

Student participation, curriculum and wellbeing

• Work with academic and campus leaders to deliver high-quality physical education and physical literacy from early years through secondary school.
• Increase meaningful participation, including among students who are less drawn to competitive teams.
• Ensure programmes are inclusive, age-appropriate and responsive to different abilities and learning needs.
• Use sport to develop discipline, teamwork, resilience, leadership, wellbeing and a sense of belonging.

Performance sport and talent pathways

• Establish transparent selection, training and development frameworks for school teams and individual athletes.
• Strengthen performance in priority sports, including swimming, while maintaining a balanced range of activities.
• Develop talent-identification and athlete-development pathways through links with clubs, federations, academies, universities and scholarship opportunities.
• Set performance benchmarks and monitor athlete progress without allowing elite sport to displace broad student participation.

Coaching, people and culture

• Lead, develop and quality-assure sports coordinators, coaches and external providers.
• Set coaching standards, role expectations, observation routines and professional-development priorities.
• Build a culture in which coaches act as educators and role models, and support the recruitment and deployment of qualified coaches and specialists.

Competitions, events and partnerships

• Develop an annual calendar of inter-house, inter-school, league, tournament and showcase opportunities.
• Strengthen the school’s sporting reputation through well-managed events and appropriate hosting of external competitions.
• Build credible partnerships with sporting bodies, clubs, academies and sponsors.
• Showcase sporting achievements while protecting student welfare and educational priorities, and benchmark programmes against strong schools and emerging best practice.

Qualifications and requirements

• Relevant degree or professional qualification in Physical Education, Sports Science, sports management, coaching, education or a related field; appropriate coaching qualifications are expected.
• Significant leadership experience in school sport, youth sport, an academy, club or a comparable multi-programme environment, including evidence of leading people and programmes.
• Ability to set strategy and execute plans while influencing senior leaders, campus teams, parents, coaches and external partners.
• Strong understanding of youth athlete development, coaching quality, competition structures, safeguarding, risk and sports operations.
• Ability to assess partnerships, sponsorships, camps and external opportunities from educational and financial perspectives.
• Confidence setting KPIs, analysing participation and performance data, and using evidence to guide decisions.
• Clear, credible communication skills and the ability to represent the school externally.