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Job Title:	School Sport Coordinator: Recreation
Company:	WCG
Job Reference:	WCG250805-1
Category:	Government Jobs
Location:	Cape Town, ZA
Employment Type:	Contractor
Date Posted:	2025-08-14T18:22
Closing Date:	2025-09-08T20:21
Salary:	ZAR 228321 - 268950 per year

School Sport Coordinator: Recreation - Job Description

Introduction

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Western Cape Government has an opportunity for a competent individual to assist with the creation of an enabling environment, aligned to the Western Cape School Sport Strategy for Western Cape school - going learners, in the priority codes, relevant to the focus codes. 2025 Government Jobs | School Sport Coordinator: Recreation

Responsibilities

To support and work closely with federation code specific structures, for the relevant sport or Indigenous codes to be developed in the following areas: To link the school sport code specific structures with their respective federation structure in order: To assist with the implementation of code development for the relevant priority codes: Ensure that code specific accredited training is delivered to educators, coaches and volunteers: Manage the collection of statistics, collate reports, and

maintain a database of participants and track their development; Monitoring and evaluation.

Knowledge of the following:

Recreation-based activities,
School Sport activities and relevant next-level participation, e.g. inter - school participation; Relevant recreation,
school sport, and sport in general policies, rules, and regulations;
National Sport and Recreation Plan;
Prescripts surrounding the Public Service, e.g. Public Service Act & Regulations and Public Finance Management Act (PFMA); It will be advantageous to have experience of managing activities, events and people.

Skills needed:

Numeracy; Literacy;
Computer Literacy;
Written and verbal communication; Project Management; Presentation; Networking;
Interpersonal; Problem solving and strong ability to handle conflict;
Ability to work under pressure;
Proven leadership, managerial, administrative and asset management skills;
Research and inter-sectoral collaboration skills; Ability to function as a team member;
Ability to liaise with personnel at all levels; Possess presentation skills;
Possess decision-making skills; Mediation skills;
Be innovative and creative; Be tactful; and people and performance management skills.

Required Qualifications

Senior Certificate (Grade 12 or equivalent qualification);
A minimum of 1 year experience in coaching or administration in at least one of the specific codes (Dibeke/ IIntonga/ Kho-Kho);
A valid (Code B or higher) driving licence.

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