The sport workplace/Jobs and careers in the sport and fitness industry

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The following list offers samples of jobs, careers, employment and career positions in sport, recreation, health activity and exercise science. For specific sports that could be approached by a prospective employee see the ‘Sports List’. Please feel free to add to this list, provide further job titles or sub-categories under any career job listed and, especially, consider the industrial relations and sport workplace implications for particular jobs. Where possible, provide a link to an actual job description.

  1. Academic roles in university teaching
  2. After-school sport and physical activity club
  3. Apparel design
  4. Athlete welfare officer
  5. Australian Formula One Grand Prix
  6. Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
  7. Australian Sports Commission (ASC)
  8. Biomechanist
  9. Camp America
  10. Camp Australia
  11. Coach development manager
  12. Coaching employment
  13. Collectibles (autographs etc)
  14. Commercial/business fitness manager
  15. Community Centre Assistant
  16. Community health officer
  17. Community recreation officer
  18. Community sport organiser
  19. Corporate health adviser
  20. Country clubs
  21. Customer Relations
  22. Department of Education
  23. Distributorships of sports goods
  24. Editing and producing a sport newsletter
  25. Education worker-instructor (e.g. swimming)
  26. Elite coaching
  27. Entrepreneurial ventures
  28. Ethnic sport
  29. Event management
  30. Events coordinator
  31. Events manager
  32. Exercise physiologist
  33. Facilitating outdoor programs
  34. Facilities management (e.g. facility maintenance, booking officer, pools, community clubs, tennis, fitness gyms, bowling green, golf club)
  35. Fantasy leagues and games developer
  36. Federal/state/regional/local/community sport engagement
  37. Fitness/gym instructor
  38. Fundraiser for sport and recreation organizations
  39. Government department/corporate/community fitness
  40. Greenkeeper, curator, caretaker
  41. Gymnastics club
  42. Health and activity promotion
  43. Health and Fitness in Institutions
  44. Health promotion coordinator
  45. High Performance manager
  46. Horse racing position – stable person, trainer, office worker
  47. Indigenous sport or working with indigenous people
  48. International sport body employment or internships
  49. International sport body internship
  50. Junior sport organizer
  51. Licensing manager
  52. Lifesaving
  53. Manager of community sport and recreation facilities
  54. Managing extreme sport
  55. Managing outdoor education
  56. Market researcher
  57. Marketing manager
  58. Marketing sports equipment
  59. Masseuse
  60. Media liaison
  61. Media release ‘journalist’
  62. Ministry for Sport employment
  63. National coaching schemes tutor
  64. National organizations as part of international body e.g. Australian Olympics
  65. National sport organizations e.g. Cricket Australia
  66. Non-profit organization employment e.g. charitable trusts, fundraising
  67. Nursing home or elderly village physical activity officer
  68. Officiating role as umpire, judge or referee
  69. Outdoor education teacher
  70. Overseas national/provincial/regional organizations e.g. New Zealand Badminton
  71. Paralympics employment
  72. Performance analyst
  73. Personal trainer
  74. Physical activity manager
  75. Physical Education teacher
  76. Physiologist
  77. Physiotherapist
  78. Player development and career adviser
  79. Player manager/agent
  80. Professional athlete
  81. Professional Player Association officer
  82. Project Officer
  83. Promotions manager
  84. Public/private/primary/ secondary schools teacher or resource person
  85. Public relations officer
  86. Recreation and sport facilities manager
  87. Recreation development officer
  88. Recreation liaison officer
  89. Recreation manager
  90. Recreation programs officer
  91. Recreation/health promotion officer
  92. Recruitment manager
  93. Rehab for athletes and community persons
  94. Results Officer
  95. School sport officer
  96. Special Olympics employment
  97. Special Population Health Group
  98. Sponsorship manager.
  99. Sponsorship selling
  100. Sponsorship liaison
  101. Sport academy roles
  102. Sport administration
  103. Sport Advertising
  104. Sport and physical activity coordinator.
  105. Sport architecture
  106. Sport author
  107. Sport betting
  108. Sport coach
  109. Sport consultancy
  110. Sport development officer.
  111. Sport director
  112. Sport event manager
  113. Sport in specialised facilities e.g. elderly, rehab, jail
  114. Sport journalism
  115. Sport Lawyer
  116. Sport manager
  117. Sport marketer
  118. Sport marketing consultant
  119. Sport marketing officer/manager
  120. Sport memorabilia
  121. Sport merchandise sales
  122. Sport museums
  123. Sport nutritionist
  124. Sport psychologist
  125. Sport public relations and promotion
  126. Sport reporter
  127. Sport researcher
  128. Sport scientist.
  129. Sport shops (retail)
  130. Sport social clubs e.g. (a) adults (b) youth clubs
  131. Sport team Manager
  132. Sport team support staff
  133. Sport technology development
  134. Sport trust employment
  135. Sport/event ticketing
  136. Sport: medicine practitioner
  137. Sports goods merchandising
  138. Sportswear
  139. Stadium management
  140. State Institute of Sport employment
  141. State sporting organizations e.g. ACT Cricket
  142. Strength and conditioning manager or trainer
  143. Tourist resort activity officer
  144. Tournament director
  145. Town Council Recreation Centre manager
  146. University, TAFE tertiary institutions sports club or gym positions
  147. Venue Manager
  148. Voluntary agency officer
  149. Worker on a moderating body e.g. tribunal, drugs agency ASADA
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