The operation of Academic Sports team strengthens: Henna Törmänen appointed as the team leader

The Academic Sports team’s roles and responsibilities are redefined to strengthen the team and develop its services. A team leader has been appointed and roles have been specified to support the team’s activities and the development of Academic Sports services. Academic Sports has three permanent employees and hourly staff in student sports.

Master of Sport Sciences Henna Törmänen appointed as the team leader of Academic Sports. Henna started in her position on 3 January 2022. She has worked as a sport coordinator for Academic Sports since 2014. Henna’s diverse educational background in sport and outdoor sciences, as well as her work experience as an executive manager and a leader of an online media content production team, were her strengths in the appointment.

“It is important that the tasks of the Academic Sports team have been specified and that the team now has a supervisor. This will solidify our operations and enable producing inspiring sports services for our academic community. I look forward to work with the team to develop and build the future of Academic Sports”, Henna says.

The team leader’s tasks include operational planning, development and goal setting, representing Academic Sports to partners, supervising the team, planning and implementing communications and organising sports courses.

Sports coordinators Hanna Savander and Kirsi Hartikainen continue in the Academic Sports team. Hanna’s main responsibilities include planning ball game and sports sessions, organising the study-related physical education course (YLIY), ensuring the usability of gym services, purchasing equipment for Academic Sports, and customer service. Kirsi is responsible for planning the group fitness calendar, recruiting group fitness instructors, organising training and online services as well as customer service tasks.

In addition, two hourly paid employees, Sara Turunen and Tiia Thil, are working for Academic Sports to develop student sports together with the Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä and the Student Union of JAMK University of Applied Sciences.