Senior Manager, Sports - Singapore - Singapore

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Position Title:
Senior Manager, Sports and Competitions, Asia Pacific Region

Location:
Singapore

Department:
Asia Pacific Region

Reports to:
President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific Region

The position of Senior Manager, Sports - Asia Pacific is full-time and required to pursue the strategic plan with oversight of 4 distinct areas of Sports development and delivery for the Asia Pacific region:

Multi-year Sports Development Planning
Coach Development
Sports Partnerships
Competition Development and International Sports Event Readiness

The Senior Manager manages a small team of Sports Specialists to deliver this strategy, reporting directly to the President and Managing Director and working closely with various colleagues within the Asia Pacific region and across the world.

Disposition:

You must be a self-starter who is looking to stretch and develop their skills constantly.

You must be willing to adopt a growth mindset and enjoy working in a fast-paced and fluid environment with people from a variety of different backgrounds.

We are looking for an individual who likes a challenge and is able to work across multiple projects at once with a genuine flair for enterprise within a social/community context.

Primary Responsibilities:

Sports Capacity and Planning

Ensure that all National Programs achieve basic standards of sports delivery across the region and progress along a consistent ongoing roadmap of improvement
Establish a robust system of profiling and tracking the sports performance of all National Programs in the region
Guide the gathering of sportsbased data across the Region.
Support the development of good quality governance across each Program's sports activities through management of annual sports planning
Develop ways of sharing best practices between Programs to support a culture of excellence and collaboration using workshops, Leadership Conferences and other events as a platform
Manage Sports Grants to Programs establishing an overview of awards, reporting, performance and evaluation

Coach Development

Support the rollout of global Coach Development standards
Support Asia Pacific country programs through the creation of tools and knowledge training sessions to improve Sports Quality in coaching standards across Special Olympics sports
Support the design and delivery of global coach development projects supporting country programs to improve coaching standards and the athlete experience at all levels of the organization
Support tracking, review, evaluation and feedback on the action plans.

Sports Partnerships

Seek and work with external partners that can contribute to the delivery of Special Olympics sports activities
Oversee the development of effective relationships between Country Programs and Sports Partners across the region
Support the design and activation of sports partnerships across the region

Competition Management

Build on the introduction of competition readiness standards to ensure all country programs institute protocols that put athletes and delegations in the best position to smoothly participate in any Special Olympics competitions at all levels of the movement
Oversee the adoption of a regional competition sanctioning system
Promote the sharing of best practices between programs to improve competition hosting capabilities across the region
Support the development of a regional games bidding and evaluation processes
Oversee the delivery of competition management workshops

Additional Responsibilities

Support the continued development and engagement of the Regional Sports Input Council and the SOAP Board to strengthen sports delivery.
Support SOI in the design of projects and activities by providing insight into regional capabilities.
Any other duties as requested from time to time

Essential Skills & Qualifications:

Team player ready to work within a highpressure environment with limited resources
Bachelor's Degree in Sports Management or equivalent
Proven Project and Event Management experience
Knowledge of Grant Report writing and Administration
Multistakeholder and partner stewardship experience
Strong desire to widen sports participation for underprivileged and excluded communities
Ability and demonstrated desire to collaborate internationally
Fluent in speaking and writing English
Strong skills in innovation, collaboration, problemsolving, teamwork, and vision
Sound planning, organization, coordination skills
Diplomacy skills and familiarity with a variety of cultures
Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
Able to join meetings at hours outside of standard working hours

Desirable Qualifications:

Master's degree in a Sports related discipline
2 years of professional experience working with Special Olympics or a similar sports development organization
Experience as volunteer in the nonprofit