Certified Sports Human Resources Officer

Programme Overview

This professional career pathway prepares participants to manage human resources functions within sports federations, clubs, academies and related organisations. It develops applied competencies in workforce planning, recruitment, staff administration, employment compliance, safeguarding, performance management, professional development and fair employee relations.

Programme Objectives

• Plan and administer recruitment, onboarding, employee records and role descriptions for sports organisations.
• Apply fair employment practices, staff safeguarding, confidentiality and relevant labour-law requirements.
• Design staff performance, development and grievance-management processes.
• Support strategic workforce planning, organisational culture and succession planning.
• Prepare practical HR policies, recruitment documentation and workforce improvement plans.

Target Audience

Club and federation HR staff, operations managers, academy administrators and aspiring sports human resources practitioners.

Professional Competencies & Learning Outcomes

• HR policy development, employment administration and personnel records
• Fair recruitment, onboarding, safeguarding and staff welfare
• Performance management, employee relations and professional development
• Workforce planning, compliance, HR analytics and institutional governance

Curriculum & Training Modules

1. Sports workforce categories and employment roles
2. HR records, job descriptions and onboarding
3. Fair recruitment and professional conduct
4. Confidentiality and basic employment compliance
5. Recruitment processes and selection evidence
6. Performance management and staff development
7. Employee relations and grievance handling
8. Training plans and wellbeing coordination
9. Workforce planning and talent succession
10. Labour-law risk and HR policy audits
11. Change management and organisational culture
12. HR analytics and staff capability mapping
13. Strategic HR leadership and organisational design
14. Executive succession and workforce resilience
15. Governance of people risk and safeguarding
16. Digital HR transformation and assurance

Training & Teaching Methodology

Learning combines guided online study, applied case analysis and practice-oriented workshops focused on human resources management in sports organisations.

• Workforce policy and recruitment case studies.
• Job-description, recruitment and onboarding workshops.
• Performance-management and grievance role-play.
• People-risk, safeguarding and workforce strategy clinics.

Assessment Methods

Assessment evaluates the application of HR policies, fair employment processes, safeguarding principles and sound workforce-management decisions.

• Knowledge checks and applied questions on sports HR administration, recruitment, staff safeguarding and labour-law compliance.
• Prepare a job-description portfolio and onboarding checklist.
• Design a fair recruitment pack and performance review process.
• Create a three-year workforce and HR improvement plan.

Admission Requirements

Admission is based on the applicant’s educational or professional background, relevance of experience and any programme-specific eligibility criteria established by the Academy. Recognition of prior learning and other admission decisions are governed by the applicable Academy regulations.

Professional Qualification

Certified Sports Human Resources Officer is the professional qualification targeted by this pathway. Award of an Academy professional training qualification is subject to satisfying the approved learning and assessment requirements.

Employment advice and HR practice must respect local labour laws, safeguarding regulations and institutional policies.