Sports Development Officer

7 days ago

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Duplays Full time

**Duplays** was founded in 2007, to bring strangers together through the spirit of competition, by organizing sports leagues and teams for a myriad of recreational activities aiming to increase public health and shatter segregation through sport. Today, we embark on not just organizing high-quality sport experiences but building best-in-class multisport facilities across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

We’re joining
**Sports for All** (SFA on an exciting and groundbreaking mission, to increase the public's participation in recreational activities. Our facilities, at over 8,400 sq. metres, will be home to various sports, offering a temperature controlled, open space for individual customers, academies and federations to play the games they love.

As a result, we’re recruiting a Sports Development Officer accredited from a recognized association with demonstrated coaching experience at a professional level in sports including
**Basketball, Football, Badminton, Tennis and Padel Tennis**.

To be considered for this role you’ll need to be a spokesperson for your game with the passion to promote your sport in the region. You’ll need to be an exceptional communicator in both English and Arabic, an engaging and positive individual with a track record of motivating and training players and colleagues alike plus driving a safe and enjoyable environment for our customers.
- Supervise all specified sports operations including, but not limited to academic monitoring, equipment and marketing
- Monitor professional development of coaches providing support and organizing training sessions when required
- Grow participation of the sport through leagues, tournaments and academies
- Responsible for building facility attendance, retaining current clientele and encouraging new members by promotional activities
- Bring in accreditation programs through working with the federations
- Participate and represent the company at community events, developing promotional and marketing opportunities to grow awareness of your sport
- Collaborate with office staff in the coordination of events and training
- Coordinate with coaches, freelancers and umpires
- Establish a pipeline of partnership opportunities within specified sport
- Absorb industry demands, channeling these insights back internally to drive innovation
- Responsible in all areas of team performance including full time and part time coaches. Keeping up to date records submitting written results for reviews
- Responsible for ensuring the working condition of the facility’s sport equipment
- Initiate and coordinate the selection of sport equipment, keeping track of all expenditures for the sport
- Complete all required training and certification programs and participate actively in available professional development opportunities
- Oversee the recruitment of Coaches. Working closely with the HR to ensure selection of appropriate athletes, testing skill-work and capabilities
- Provide leadership and instruction in the athletic development of coaches and members
- Lead a minimum of 10 coaching sessions per week including weekends if needed

**Person Specification**
- Hold a Coaching or Sports Degree/Qualification
- Excellent knowledge of the sports sector
- Experience managing multiple sports
- A CPR and first aid certification, which must be renewed annually
- Strong knowledge of effective coaching practices
- Demonstrated experience working with U18s
- Demonstrated ability to effectively recruit athletic talent
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated management skills
- Ability to maintain sensitivity, understanding and respect within a diverse environment
- Experience of working within a sporting event environment and with athletes
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Be organized and have good time management skills
- The ability to meet stringent deadlines
- Ability to work evenings and weekends

**Additional**
- Winning mentality
- High professional standards
- Growth Mind-set
- Team player
- Organizational skills
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to operate well under pressure
- This Job Description identifies the main requirements of the role. It is not an exhaustive list of duties, but is intended to reflect the nature, range and context of the work which will change over time._

**About Duplays**:
Duplays was founded on a simple observation. People move to a new city and find it difficult to connect with others to play the sports they left behind but still love to play. We wanted to change that, so we started Duplays (yes a play on words for “Dubai plays”), as an online platform that would connect sports enthusiasts with sport leagues that we’d organize across the Emirate. We found the venues, hired the referees, and created teams and schedules. We did this at scale, across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, each night, every night to become the UAE’s largest provider of adult, participatory sport. Our mission toda

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