a Temp Sports Coordinator

Curro is an independent schooling provider that offers quality education from the early childhood development phase to Grade 12. Curro prides itself on providing an ethical, values-based environment and offers learner-centric, balanced, innovative and relevant curricula across schools.

Curro seeks to appoint a Temp Sports Coordinator (part-time) at St Georges Preparatory School in Gqeberha to commence duties in September 2026

Vacancy Reference: 29748 St Georges Preparatory School has a position available for a Sports Coordinator.

Curro is an equal-opportunity employer, therefore preference will be given to EE candidates.

Key performance areas

Sports planning and administrations

• Review and plan the coaching timetable for high school.
• Assign coaches to coaching activities and plans.
• Manage communications to parents regarding sports activities.
• Manage the process of indemnity and permission slips for all sporting events that are being coached.
• Run and plan the sports awards process.
• Attend and participate in AGMS for all relevant sports in the district.
• Manage and ordering of stock and equipment.
• Entering of teams into leagues, tournaments, competitions and galas based on fixtures received from districts.
• Put fixture timetable together and communicate based on weekly planners.
• Communication of results and maintain files of different sports up to date.
• Organisation of the stock room.
• Compile reports on sporting results for the year.
• Create termly sporting calendars.

Coaching of sports and health and safety

• Assigning of coaches to various sports and teams.
• Research coaching clinics for growth of coaches and assign coaches to learning opportunities.
• Coaching of current coaches.
• Coaching in own sporting discipline.
• Officiation at matches.

Physical education

• Planning of PE programmes as per the IEB document.
• Design cross sport talent identification and skills development.
• Design PE assessments including sport specific rubrics.
• Review assessments to search for hidden talent and encourage growth of new sports talent.

Sports events and tours

• Plan sports events and ensure smooth running.
• Attend relevant tours, camps, and sporting events.
• Assign teams on day of sporting events.
• Assign student helpers to duties on the day.
• Make visitors feel welcome.
• Take register of learners leaving the school.
• Coordinate return slips to confirm attendance of matches.
• Find substitutes and replacements.
• Running of the sports events during the day including managing the schedule, making announcements, and making sure the programme runs according to plan.
• Placing of catering orders for coaches, parents, and learners.

Staff Management

• Mentoring and management of coaches.
• Management of disciplinary issues with Head of Sport.
• Mediation between staff and parents in the event of issues.

Qualifications, experience and skills

• B ED or Post Graduate Certificate of Education.
• Sport Science qualification is advantageous.
• SACE Registered.
• 2 to 3 years as a sport coach.
• 1 to 2 years in sports/event coordination is advantageous.

Closing date: 28 August 2026.

Please note that you will need to submit a comprehensive CV and copies of your qualifications and SACE registration (if applicable) as part of your online application.

P.S Please view your profile for progress on your application.

If you have not had any feedback from the school within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, accept that you were not successful for this position.

But don’t be dismayed, next time it might be you.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be communicated with.

Curro reserves the right not to make an appointment.

NB: Please note that if you are found to apply for two or more positions that you do not qualify for in the least, you will be blocked from the system for 30 days. This is due to a large volume of applicants who are abusing the system.