Athletic director

Athletic directors lead and manage sports programmes at schools, colleges, or organisations. The work involves overseeing teams, coaches, and facilities, managing budgets and staff, ensuring compliance, scheduling and operations, and providing the leadership and administration that keep an athletics programme running and successful.

They work for educational institutions and organisations. The role suits organised, capable, principled leaders who can manage a complex athletics operation, lead coaches and staff, handle budgets, compliance, and facilities, balance competing demands, and combine administrative leadership with enough understanding of sport to lead an athletics programme well.