Sport administrator to sport facility manager
A sport administrator already meets 54% of what the sport facility manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.1/ 100
1 How much of what a sport facility manager is expected to do is already part of a sport administrator’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the sport facility manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A sport facility manager role treats 13 of its required skills as things a sport administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- contribute to the development of a sporting estate
- ensure health and safety of customers
- ensure health and safety of staff
- implement operational business plans
- implement strategic planning
- involve volunteers
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sport facility manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sport administrator background worth leading with.
- already held manage personal professional development in sport communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage sport facility finances management skills
- already held facilitate physical activity in the community communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ensure health and safety of customers assisting and caring
- already held involve volunteers management skills
- already held promote sport activities in public health management skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 13 the sport facility manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn organise participation in local or international events required
- still to learn supervise maintenance of sport facilities required
- still to learn manage physical resources required
- still to learn organise facility activities required
- still to learn coordinate events required
- still to learn recruit employees required
- optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- still to learn promote healthy fitness environment required
- still to learn handle customer complaints required
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held sell products optional
- optional, not held sell services optional
- still to learn handle incidents required
- still to learn provide first aid required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sport facility manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 organise participation in local or international events practise this
- 02 supervise maintenance of sport facilities practise this
- 03 manage physical resources practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held contribute to the development of a sporting estate skill
- already held ensure health and safety of customers skill
- already held ensure health and safety of staff skill
- already held implement operational business plans skill
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held involve volunteers skill
- already held lead a team skill
- already held manage a team skill
- already held manage customer service skill
- already held manage personal professional development in sport skill
- already held manage sport facility finances skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held promote equality in sport activities skill
- already held contribute to the safeguarding of children skill
- already held facilitate physical activity in the community skill
- already held promote sport activities in public health skill
- already held support sport activities in education skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held sell products optional
- optional, not held sell services optional
15 held skills the sport facility manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply for external funding for physical activity skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the administration of a sports organisation skill
- not needed by the target role develop opportunities for progression in sport skill
- not needed by the target role develop practices to conduct effective sport club management skill
- not needed by the target role ensure the provision of resources for physical activity skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role impact of politics on sport delivery knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with board members skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with sports organisations skill
- not needed by the target role manage athletes touring abroad skill
- not needed by the target role manage internal process of a sport organisation skill
- not needed by the target role manage sport competition programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage sports events skill
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
Other moves recorded from sport administrator
Common questions about this move
Can a sport administrator become a sport facility manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A sport administrator already covers 54% of what a sport facility manager is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 13 of which the sport facility manager role treats as required.
What skills does a sport administrator need to become a sport facility manager?
10 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is organise participation in local or international events.
How hard is the move from sport administrator to sport facility manager?
Its learning distance is 51.1 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.