Sport Specialist - City of Ottawa, Ottawa

About the role

The Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services department builds a healthy, inclusive, and vibrant city. By browsing City of Ottawa careers, you help ensure that communities, residents, and visitors have access to recreation and cultural places, programs, events, and services that allow everyone to experience the benefits the City offers. This part-time position oversees facilities management for improved service delivery integration, ensuring the best possible client experience across City facilities in Ottawa.

Responsibilities

As an Intermediate Sport Specialist, you will oversee daily athletic initiatives and keep community members engaged through active recreation.

• Planning and implementing program content
• Instruction, coaching, or coordination of intermediate sport programs

Requirements

Candidates looking to secure jobs in Ottawa with the municipality must meet specific educational, certification, and competency criteria.

• Completion of Grade 11
• Educational background in Recreation or a related field is an asset
• Minimum of 1 year of demonstrated experience in a sport specialty area
• Experience in staff supervision and program coordination
• Current Standard First Aid, CPR, and/or AED certificates
• AODA Customer Service/IASR Training
• Appropriate certification in the relevant recreation or sports program
• Knowledge of City of Ottawa Policies and Procedures
• Demonstrated awareness of the safety and security of programmes
• Ability to work in a team setting or independently
• Maintain a fun and safe environment
• Excellent interpersonal communication, leadership, organizational, and programming skills
• Flexibility, creativity, enthusiasm, and reliability

Who you'll work with

You will collaborate closely with department staff, community participants, and various municipal teams to deliver exceptional recreation services. The City of Ottawa promotes principles of diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and non-binary persons, and persons of all ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, classes, gender identities, and expressions.