Sport facility manager to sport administrator
A sport facility manager already meets 58% of what the sport administrator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.4/ 100
1 How much of what a sport administrator is expected to do is already part of a sport facility manager’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 administrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A sport administrator role treats 13 of its required skills as things a sport facility manager 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 8 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 administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sport facility manager 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 administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 6 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 develop practices to conduct effective sport club management required
- still to learn ensure the provision of resources for physical activity required
- still to learn manage internal process of a sport organisation required
- still to learn coordinate the administration of a sports organisation required
- still to learn develop opportunities for progression in sport required
- optional, not held manage athletes touring abroad optional
- optional, not held manage sport competition programmes optional
- optional, not held manage sports events optional
- still to learn liaise with sports organisations required
- optional, not held liaise with board members optional
- optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
- still to learn respond to enquiries required
- still to learn impact of politics on sport delivery required
- optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
- optional, not held apply for external funding for physical activity optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sport administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop practices to conduct effective sport club management practise this
- 02 ensure the provision of resources for physical activity practise this
- 03 impact of politics on sport delivery study 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
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply for external funding for physical activity optional
- optional, not held manage athletes touring abroad optional
- optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
- optional, not held liaise with board members optional
- optional, not held manage sport competition programmes optional
- optional, not held manage sports events optional
- optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
16 held skills the sport administrator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate marketing plan actions skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role handle incidents skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage physical resources skill
- not needed by the target role organise facility activities skill
- not needed by the target role organise participation in local or international events skill
- not needed by the target role promote healthy fitness environment skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role sell products skill
- not needed by the target role sell services skill
- not needed by the target role supervise maintenance of sport facilities skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn impact of politics on sport delivery required
- optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
Common questions about this move
Can a sport facility manager become a sport administrator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A sport facility manager already covers 58% of what a sport administrator is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 13 of which the sport administrator role treats as required.
What skills does a sport facility manager need to become a sport administrator?
8 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is develop practices to conduct effective sport club management.
How hard is the move from sport facility manager to sport administrator?
Its learning distance is 50.4 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.