Tackle Africa seeks coach development officers

Tackle Africa has four positions open for coach development officers to work alongside African staff and volunteers to deliver regular HIV education through football coaching to young people

TackleAfrica is recruiting for four positions in Africa starting between March and June 2014

Coach development officers work alongside African staff and volunteers to train, develop and support networks of coaches delivering regular HIV education through football coaching to young people.

The positions include a local salary as well as all flights, travel, accommodation and all associated costs. All posts are for 12 months unless stated otherwise.

To apply, complete the coach development officer job application form and email to yianny@tackleafrica.org.

Female coach development officer Kenya
Application deadline Friday 28th Feb.
Interviews first week of March in London, UK.
Female CDO Job Description

Zambia coach development officer
10 Week post supporting the Alive&Kicking Roadshow in Lusaka.
Application deadline Friday 28 Feb
Interviews first week of March in London, UK.
Zambia CDO Job Description

Tanzania coach development officer
Application deadline Friday 2 May
Interviews TBC
Tanzania CDO Job Description

Uganda coach development officer
Application deadline Friday 2 May
Interviews TBC
Uganda CDO Job Description

Job Opportunity- Events manager for Mini Commonwealth Games in Kenya

Bringing together young people from East Africa, the Kenya Community Sports Foundation and the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission Alumni are planning to host a Mini Commonwealth Games tournament. Deadline: 20 March 2014.

Position: Events manager
Contract : 5 months (April-August 2014)
Application deadline: 20 March 2014
Location: Eldoret, Kenya
Salary: 50,000 per month (Kenyan shillings)

Background information 
The Kenya Community Sports Foundation (KESOFO) is a sporting organisation that uses the medium of sport to effect social change with a focus on behavioural change among the young people in Kenya.

The tournament is not just a sporting competition, but it is a chance for teams from different cultural backgrounds to unite and compete, under the umbrella of the Commonwealth. As part of the tournament, there will be a discussion attended by Commonwealth alumni, students and civil servants to discuss the links in sport and development and also the importance of the Commonwealth Games as a tool to bring many nations to work together for a combined, stronger voice that has greater effect and impact.

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will also have the responsibility of managing the delivery of the tournaments’ key responsibilities. These include:

• Safeguarding
• Security at the event
• Logistics and freight
• Accommodation, travel, transport and VIP logistics.

Candidate specifications
Technical competencies

• Good knowledge of programme management, techniques and tools
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other project management tools
• Knowledge in the various formats of sporting events
• Confident in managing people
• Website design and maintenance
• Negotiating, tact and diplomacy skills
• Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills
• Intermediate/advanced IT skills

Education and experience

• Experience in managing major events within the sporting environment
• Excellent written and oral ability in English
• Cultural sensitivity

How to apply
Applicants should send their CV and a covering letter to wesley.chirchir@kesofo.org. This should include a day time telephone number.

Please see attachment for the full details on role responsibilities and job-related competencies.

IDSDP: What are you doing on 6 April?

The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace page and sportanddev.org

Whether representing a sport and development organisation or an enthusiast acting independently, sportanddev invites you to share what you are doing to celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.  

A space for the community
In August 2013 the UN General Assembly passed a proclamation that 6 April, which also marks the anniversary of the opening of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, is to be observed as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP).

On 6 April 2014, the sport and development (S&D) community will celebrate this day worldwide for the first time ever. As facilitators on the day, sportanddev brings you the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on sportanddev.org page to provide some context behind the day, share advice on how to organise your own IDSDP campaign and enable you to highlight how you are celebrating the day.

Guidelines for submissions
To communicate with the community what you are doing to celebrate the IDSDP, sportanddev invites you to respond to two questions in no more than 150 words:

1. What are you doing to celebrate the day?
2. What does the day mean to you? 

Question one is a chance for you to provide a brief description of your planned activities for the day and question two is an opportunity to communicate a message to the community on this occasion.

How to submit?
It is really quite simple. Use this link and provide the information requested above. The sportanddev Operating Team will review your submission and post it in the “Who’s doing what” section of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace page.

Please attach a photo, photo credit and caption with your submission. Photos should be an image that represents how you are celebrating the day.

Finally, if you have an event page you would like to share with the community, please include the link in your submission.

Sport-based youth development specialisation at Adelphi University

A new graduate-level specialisation in sport-based youth development at Adelphi University in Long Island, New York, open to students pursuing master's degrees in physical education or sport management.

Utilising innovative teaching, coaching and administrative approaches, the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education at Adelphi University now offers a sport-based youth development specialisation through its M.A. in Physical Education and M.S. in Sport Management degrees. Through experiential education courses, students design, implement and evaluate sport-based youth development programmes, and gain experience in fundraising and grant writing with community partners.

Coordinated by Meredith Whitley, Ph.D., the 12-credit specialisation can be completed in one year and includes a service-learning course, two hybrid courses and one field-based internship. This specialisation prepares students for leadership positions in nonprofit organisations, school systems, sport camps and athletic leagues in the U.S. and around the world. It is designed especially for:

• Administrators
• Coaches
• Recreation leaders
• Teachers
• Youth development workers
• Community leaders

Visit the Adelphi University website for more information

http://education.adelphi.edu/departments-programs/exercise-science-health-studies-physical-education-sport-management/graduate-programs/sport-youth-development/

Start It Out! - Seeding for Social Change

Student leaders are invited to take action to propose projects to change the world. Applications are being accepted until 31 March 2014.

Sport For Smile proudly announces the launch of "Start It Out! - Seeding for Social Change- " a social innovation competition for ideas from students.

We look forward to your great ideas to change the world using the power of sport, art, technology or any tools!

Sport For Smile founder, Mie Kajikawa, will be serving as a jury, in addition to mentoring the winner of the sports category. The winner will earn a seed money prize of 100,000 JPY.

Sport For Smile supports young people who can take actions to change the world.

The deadline is 31 March 2014.

• View the application guidelines for more information, http://www.wesleyfoundationjp.com/pdf/en/2014/SIO14E.pdf

Sport-for-development: Exploring global and local futures

Applications are open to submit abstracts for this workshop at the European Association of Sport Management Conference in Coventry, UK, on 9-12 September.

The call for abstracts for the EASM Conference is currently open and submissions are required by Thursday 10 April. 

The sport-for-development workshop that forms part of the conference is designed to enable debate between academics, policy makers and practitioners with a variety of interests in the sector. The organisers wish to encourage worldwide and inclusive involvement in the workshop and so would welcome abstracts from presenters who are unable to attend the workshop in person but could deliver their papers via Skype, video or other similar media. Please do include the name of the workshop on your abstract and also indicate if you would wish to deliver in this way.

The workshop will consist of at least two sessions within the conference, each consisting of three to four papers from presenters. There will also be a plenary session as part of the workshop chaired by recognised experts in sport-for-development research, policy and practice. The proceedings of the workshop will be disseminated widely and, depending on the papers delivered, the possibility of subsequent publication of papers in a relevant academic journal is expected.

Please see the attached documentation and web links for further information on the workshop and conference. Abstracts should be submitted through the www.easm2014.com website.