Youth programme director to sports programme coordinator
A youth programme director already meets 44% of what the sports programme coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
58.7/ 100
1 How much of what a sports programme coordinator is expected to do is already part of a youth programme director’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 sports programme coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A sports programme coordinator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a youth programme director already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse goal progress
- establish collaborative relations
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- perform project management
- project management principles
What stands in the way is 9 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sports programme coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a youth programme director background worth leading with.
- already held propose leisure activities management skills
- already held communicate with media communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse goal progress information skills
- already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held set organisational policies management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 6 the sports programme coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 4 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 contribute to the development of a sporting estate required
- still to learn develop recreation programmes required
- still to learn plan allocation of space required
- still to learn develop sports programmes required
- optional, not held schedule recreation facilities optional
- optional, not held coordinate events optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held supervise site maintenance optional
- still to learn promote sports in schools required
- still to learn promote sports organisation required
- still to learn liaise with sports organisations required
- still to learn promote recreation activities required
- still to learn health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- optional, not held badminton optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sports programme coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 promote sports in schools practise this
- 02 promote sports organisation practise this
- 03 contribute to the development of a sporting estate 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held analyse goal progress skill
- already held establish collaborative relations skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
- already held analyse community needs skill
- already held apply strategic thinking skill
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held build community relations skill
- already held communicate with media skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held propose leisure activities skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held badminton optional
- optional, not held schedule recreation facilities optional
- optional, not held coordinate events optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held supervise site maintenance optional
16 held skills the sports programme coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with professionals skill
- not needed by the target role develop a pedagogical concept skill
- not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
- not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan youth activities skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role promote social awareness skill
- not needed by the target role promote social change skill
- not needed by the target role promote the safeguarding of young people skill
- not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role work within communities 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 health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- optional, not held badminton optional
Common questions about this move
Can a youth programme director become a sports programme coordinator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A youth programme director already covers 44% of what a sports programme coordinator is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 6 of which the sports programme coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a youth programme director need to become a sports programme coordinator?
9 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is promote sports in schools.
How hard is the move from youth programme director to sports programme coordinator?
Its learning distance is 58.7 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.