Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education; Five years in university/college sports, sports administration, facility management, coaching, sports academy operations or comparable environment. Preferred: relevant master’s degree, recognised SAI/NSNIS or federation coaching certification, coaching/competition experience and demonstrated sports administration.

Required: Yes · Description: Five years in university/college sports, sports administration, facility management, coaching, sports academy operations or comparable environment. Dated, relevant experience evidence must be included with the completed application. · Minimum Years: 5

Sports Manager — Nalanda University Rajgir, November 2026

A sports programme leader, not only a field trainer

The university needs one Sports Manager on an initially one-year contract. The advertisement lists a bachelor's degree in Physical Education and at least five years' relevant professional experience. The job spans interlocking responsibilities: managing playgrounds, courts, the gym and equipment; making the annual sports calendar operational; organising campus sports days, tournaments and leagues; supervising coaching; identifying athletic talent and developing teams; coordinating student participation in competitions; and keeping accurate facility and participation records.

Pay is negotiable; no monthly figure is specified. The notice is silent on a grade/pay level, a promised minimum offer, housing and automatic regularisation. The institution may extend the contract based on performance and need but does not guarantee it.

Entry requirements — separate essential from preferred

An M.P.Ed. is not presented as the compulsory minimum; nor should a coaching certificate be treated as an alternative to the named bachelor's degree or the required five years. The recruitment notice does not set minimum exam percentages or an upper age, so no such numbers should be invented.

Facilities, operations and risk ownership

The manager must supervise practical use and upkeep of indoor/outdoor sports facilities. Distinguish daily operations (court bookings, timetabling, equipment issue and return), planned maintenance (checking surfaces, equipment wear, preventive schedules) and event-specific preparation (safety readiness, fixtures and resources). These are grounded ways to explain the university's published duties, not claims that it uses a particular facility software or stock-audit scorecard.

A credible candidate can describe how competing classes, club training sessions and team practice can share limited facilities. Explain how an annual calendar can connect routine participation, talent development, competition travel and reporting. Interviewers may find concrete examples more informative than lists of sports names; exact interview questions are not specified by the university.

Coaching and student-team development

The post must conduct or supervise coaching, recognise sporting talent, mentor students and prepare university teams. Give evidence of how you planned a training cycle, coordinated a coach or team captain, selected competitors fairly, or arranged logistical needs for an external meet. If your own experience is limited to one sport, explain what processes would help you support multiple sports without pretending to be a certified coach in them all.

Competition exposure at university/state/national/international level is listed as an added advantage, not a universal entry gate. Keep participation certificates and coaching achievements verifiable. In the application, describe personal responsibility separately from the accomplishments of a department or the team as a whole.

Planning events without sacrificing student participation

The role combines student sporting culture with competitive quality. The advertisement specifically mentions regular activities, tournaments, leagues, an annual sports meet, recreational programmes and fitness initiatives. A meaningful operating explanation should cover how fixtures are designed, how students are informed, how courts and equipment are reserved, how travel and registrations are coordinated, and how records are maintained. It should also show the manager's ability to keep inclusive participation opportunities while supporting higher-performance teams.

Where resources are constrained, discuss how you would prioritise safety and essential maintenance before expanding events. This is professional judgement for interview preparation; it is not a publicly prescribed job test.

Staffing, administration and records

The Sports Manager works with coaches, trainers, ground staff and university departments, keeps records of facility/equipment inventory, student participation and sporting achievements, supports procurement/budget planning and writes periodic reports. An applicant who has done these tasks should be able to describe what records they maintained and how they used them to decide whether a facility or programme needed attention. The notice does not prescribe a financial delegation limit or procurement threshold for this role.

Actual working pattern and candidacy evidence

Early-morning, evening or weekend attendance may be required around coaching and competitions. The posting is Nalanda University, Rajgir, not its Delhi office or a remote job. Prepare evidence of the bachelor's degree; credible dated five-year experience certificates; additional master's/coaching qualifications only if actually held; and an up-to-date CV outlining team, event, facility and sport-level achievements. Applicants serving government/autonomous/PSU organisations must arrange the required employer NOC for the interview or selection stage.

How selection will work

The university first checks a complete, two-stage application; it may restrict interview invitations where there are many eligible candidates. Interviews may be held online or offline and the schedule will be sent by email. No advertised question paper, written test, presentation task, marking scale or minimum interview score exists in this notice. The selection is therefore best approached through real experience evidence and command of the role's operational responsibilities, not a fabricated CBT syllabus.

Submit the application correctly

Finish the official Google Form, pay ₹500 inclusive of GST by the stated bank transfer method and enter the UTR. Then forward the form-confirmation email to recruitment@nalandauniv.edu.in with one consolidated PDF containing CV/photo, graduation onward degrees and marksheets, experience and relevant sports credentials. Use the same registered email and meet the 27 November 2026 deadline. Do not post printed applications or send multiple scattered attachments.

Supervise grounds, courts, gymnasiums and indoor/outdoor sports equipment and facility upkeep.; Develop and implement sports calendar including tournaments, leagues and recreation.; Conduct/supervise coaching sessions, talent identification and formation of student teams.; Organise intra- and inter-university competitions, registrations and related travel/equipment logistics.; Maintain inventory and records of facilities, participation and sports achievements; support procurement and budget planning.; Coordinate coaches, trainers, grounds staff and academic/administrative stakeholders.

One Sports Manager post; category-wise reservation breakup is not published.

Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education (B.P.Ed.), Sports Science, Exercise & Fitness or a related field; Three years as a Gym Instructor, Fitness Trainer, Personal Trainer, Strength & Conditioning Trainer or Physical Education & Health Teacher. Experience in educational/fitness settings advantageous; notice additionally mentions certification in 'sports and sporty injury' without naming an exact accredited credential.

Required: Yes · Description: Three years as a Gym Instructor, Fitness Trainer, Personal Trainer, Strength & Conditioning Trainer or Physical Education & Health Teacher. Dated, relevant experience evidence must be included with the completed application. · Minimum Years: 3

Female Gym Instructor — Nalanda University Rajgir, November 2026

A women's-gym fitness role with hands-on safety duties

Nalanda University is advertising one Female Gym Instructor on an initially one-year contract, potentially extendable on satisfactory performance and institutional requirement. The essential bachelor's degree can be Physical Education (B.P.Ed.), Sports Science, Exercise & Fitness or a related discipline, and there must be at least three years' relevant work in gym instruction, fitness or personal training, strength and conditioning, or physical education and health teaching.

Consolidated remuneration is negotiable; no amount, pay matrix or monthly range is stated. The notice does not advertise a fixed upper age, guaranteed shift timings, overtime rate or automatic conversion into a permanent university post.

Qualification and experience routes

Do not confuse an unrelated gym membership, short participation in an exercise course or a general degree with three years' professional responsibility. Equally, the notice does not explicitly bar a qualified applicant merely because the experience came from a recognised professional gym rather than a university.

Day-to-day coaching: technique, equipment and supervision

The instructor must supervise the women's gymnasium and help maintain a welcoming, disciplined training environment. Published duties include directing fitness, conditioning, mobility and strength sessions, showing how equipment is used, building suitable individual and group exercise routines, monitoring the session, and checking posture and form. This makes communication and close supervision as important to the role as knowledge of exercises.

To explain your suitability, prepare actual examples of teaching a movement safely to a beginner, distinguishing a student's goals from current capacity, managing a busy gym floor, and modifying training when technique is deteriorating. These are realistic professional case studies based on the published duties—not university-issued interview questions.

Preventing injury without claiming medical authority

The advertisement emphasises warm-ups, cool-downs, correct posture, form and injury prevention. The role may involve basic fitness assessments and progress records. A candidate should be able to explain safe exercise instruction, equipment inspection, and when an issue must be reported. The vacancy does not advertise diagnosis, physiotherapy, prescribing treatment or independent medical authority; avoid suggesting those powers are part of the job.

The notice says “Certification in sports and sporty injury” in the experience section. Because no certifying body or minimum course period is given, it is safer to describe any authentic training in injury prevention/sports safety accurately and let the university assess its relevance rather than claim that a specific unmentioned course is compulsory.

What a student-centred fitness programme might look like

The instructor is expected to design basic individual or group fitness programmes based on different fitness levels and goals. That requires a repeatable approach to student onboarding, appropriate exercise technique, progressive workload, comfort with group demonstration and basic progress follow-up. The university also lists fitness challenges, wellness activities and sports camps; these complement the routine gym work rather than replacing it with only event organisation.

Equipment care matters. The job includes correct storage, maintenance reporting, safe usage and records of gym attendance/equipment/activity. An experienced applicant can point to examples of identifying a faulty machine, adapting a session around unavailable equipment, documenting use, and communicating a maintenance issue promptly.

Documentation and presentation of three years' experience

Provide dated certificates showing the specific gym/fitness/physical education teaching role, organisation, period and responsibilities. A CV with only generic terms like “fitness enthusiast” is not a substitute for corroborated experience. Explain whether you directly instructed students/clients, led group sessions, oversaw equipment, assessed progress or supported wellness events. Distinguish a formal certificate from informal self-study if the notice asks for certification.

The university has not specified a written test, skill-demonstration session, scoring scheme, practical test syllabus or compulsory medical screening in this recruitment notice. The stated selection path is shortlist and interview (online/offline as applicable). Do not interpret the desired practical competency as proof a separate skill test has already been scheduled.

Working on the Rajgir campus and the contract

The work is for Nalanda University's women's gymnasium at Rajgir, Bihar. Fitness sessions must follow the university's rules, timings, safety standards and hygiene protocols; the exact work shift remains unpublished. The initial one-year contract may be extended if performance and university requirements justify it. Negotiable pay is not a published salary amount; applicants should not assume a number from other institutions or sports-centre advertisements.

Two-step application is mandatory

Complete the official Google Form with the correct FEMALE GYM INSTRUCTOR option and ₹500 fee UTR, then forward the filled-form email received after submission, rather than emailing a fresh message. Send it to recruitment@nalandauniv.edu.in from the same email address together with one combined PDF of an updated CV/photo, graduation onwards certificates/marksheets, experience records and relevant credentials. Last date: 27 November 2026 (hour not stated). No hard copy or ZIP/RAR submission is accepted.

Supervise the women’s gymnasium, ensure a safe and welcoming environment, and comply with university rules and hygiene standards.; Deliver regular fitness, mobility, strength and conditioning sessions.; Demonstrate correct exercise technique and safe equipment use, adjusting workouts for individual fitness levels.; Monitor posture, form, warm-up and cool-down, supporting injury prevention.; Conduct basic fitness assessment and track progress when required.; Maintain gym usage, equipment and activity records; report maintenance/safety concerns.; Support wellness programmes, fitness challenges and sports camps.

One position notified for this distinct role; the notice does not disclose UR/SC/ST/OBC/EWS category allocation. The position title is Female Gym Instructor as published.