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Where a sports programme coordinator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sports programme coordinator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Sports programme coordinators coordinate sports and recreation activities and policy implementation. They develop new programs and aim to promote and implement them, as well as ensure the maintenance of sports and recreation facilities.

Also known as sports development officer, recreation officer, community development officer, recreation programme coordinator, sports development coordinator.

Professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: recreation policy officer, 45%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
recreation policy officer 45% covered youth programme director 44% covered community development officer 35% covered employment programme coordina… 34% covered governor 32% covered sports programme coordina… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sports programme coordinator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sports programme coordinator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A sports programme coordinator needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • promote sports in schools communication, collaboration and creativity
  • promote sports organisation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with sports organisations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • plan allocation of space management skills
  • develop sports programmes management skills
  • develop recreation programmes management skills
  • contribute to the development of a sporting estate management skills
  • promote recreation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse goal progress information skills
  • project management principles business, administration and law
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a sports programme coordinator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Sports programme coordinator is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a sports programme coordinator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.