Sports and Recreation Program and Service Directors
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Job description
These individuals run organizations that regulate sports. They also manage teams of professional athletes.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Implement sports, recreation, and fitness programs and services.
- Establish policies and procedures to implement programs.
- Give technical and professional advice.
- Prepare budget estimates.
- Provide training for coaches and officials.
- Lead the activities of a professional track and field team.
- Recruit professional coaches and athletes.
- Organize fundraising campaigns and obtain sponsorship from public and private organizations.
- Negotiate business contracts.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
3,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 40.8% Female
- 59.2% Male
Not available.
- 40.8% Female
- 59.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$74,500
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7150% of jobs
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NAICS 9122% of jobs
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NAICS 617% of jobs
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NAICS 817% of jobs
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NAICS 512% of jobs
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Others12% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7150% of jobs
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NAICS 9122% of jobs
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NAICS 617% of jobs
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NAICS 817% of jobs
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NAICS 512% of jobs
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Others12% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in community Recreation Leadership Training
Code : 391A0
Placement rate: 67%
31.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- University degree or college diploma in
- Recreation
- Physical Education
- Sports Administration
- Recreation Management
- Related discipline
Sometimes required
- A Class 5 driver's licence and car may be required or an asset.
- Training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is often required.
- Several years of experience in a related position are often required.
- Coaching certification in a specific sport may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Oral expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Active learning
- Solving complex problems
- Written expression
- Result evaluation
- System analysis
- Mathematics
- Systems evaluation
- Time management
- Coordination
- Persuasion
- Teaching
- Negotiation
- Social perception
Abilities
- Deductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
- Mathematical reasoning
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Awareness of issues
- Basic numeracy
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Perception speed
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Leadership
- Knowledge of the French language
- Capacity to adapt
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Sense of initiative
- Desire to upgrade one’s competencies
- Friendliness
- Knowledge of public safety and security
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
- Work in an office
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 50012
Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors
Job titles
- Sports director
- Leisure establishment managing supervisor
- Leisure service director
- Leisure administrator
- Leisure administrator in chief
- Sport program administrative coordinator
- Sport governing agency executive director
- Professional track and field team general manager
- Professional sport team general manager
- Sport federation director general
- Young men's christian association (ymca) general director
- Leisure centre sports director
- Director of sports administration
- Director of fitness administration - government
- Sports association director
- Track and field director
- Professional athletes team manager
- Professional football team manager
- Professional hockey team manager
- Professional track and field team manager
- Professional sport team manager
- Leisure establishment director
- Racetrack director
- Fitness centre manager
- Leisure centre director
- Cruise ship director
- Sports federation director
- Physical training director
- Director of leisure and sports
- Physical education programs director
- Fitness programs director
- Leisure programs director
- Sports program director
- Sports-service sports programs director
- Bingo hall manager
- Amateur sport manager
- Horse racing director
- Entertainment, sports and leisure director
- Director of leisure
- Municipal director of leisure
- Casino operations manager
- Young men's christian association (ymca) programs director
- Young men's christian association (ymca) general secretary
Skill type
Art, culture, recreation and sport
Last update: January 29, 2026
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