Own the Podium Careers

Position: Director, Summer Sport

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: Ottawa, ON
Application Deadline: 24 February 2012
Term: 4 year contract, start date negotiable

About Own the Podium
Own the Podium is an innovative and collaborative initiative without precedent in Canadian sport. It was created to bring together the key parties involved in leading and funding excellence in Canadian sport, with specific emphasis on achieving excellence at Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Scope of Position:
Individual responsible for leading the planning and implementation of ‘excellence’ programs for targeted summer sports. 

Core Competencies:
• Demonstrates a sense of direction and purpose aligned with OTP’s vision, guiding principles and goals
• Driven by excellence in all facets, strives to be leading edge in own area of expertise and embraces   opportunity for continuous improvement
• Continually makes efforts to understand client needs in an inclusive, outreaching, and adaptable manner
• Behaves in an open, transparent, respectful and fair manner and demonstrates these traits through ability to develop effective relationships with diverse groups of people  
• Effective at leading and building teams
• Self-monitors work to ensure quality and accuracy 

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Manage and mentor the summer high-performance advisors, as they undertake their responsibilities with NSOs, CSCs, ISTs and others

2. Assist with OTP interventions with client groups when and where appropriate.

3. Manage technical specialists (i.e. video analysts) working with the summer program

4. Build working partnerships with the summer sports to ensure common vision, goals and strategies to achieve excellence in targeted sports

5. Work effectively with Sport Canada, the COC,CPC, CSC/CSIs, IST staff and others to accomplish various tasks

6. Contribute to the establishment of annual business plans and be accountable for implementing these plans.

7. Work effectively with and under the direction of the CEO and with colleagues in other parts of the program, and specifically with the winter OTP program to ensure common approaches, policies and unified leadership for high-performance sport

8. Ensure staff reporting to the Director are fully integrated into sport science, medicine, research, technology, coaching and other OTP initiatives, and promote these opportunities to client groups

9. Formulate funding recommendations; lead the annual and other reviews of the summer sports (and assist with CSC reviews) to identify priorities that will produce podium results.

10. With others, develop new policies and programs that will assist achieving excellence at the Olympic and Paralympic Games

11. Promote excellence in Canadian sport and contribute to national communications strategies and programs to do so.

12. Undertake program evaluations during Games, training camps and competitions

13. Undertake intelligence gathering on international issues, trends, results etc.

Qualifications

• University Degree or College Diploma.  
• Over ten years’ experience working at a senior level in the Canadian high-performance sport system.
• Computer Skills and knowledge of the MS Office Suite is required
• Bilingualism is a preferred asset

Compensation

The compensation package will be based on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience. 

Application Process

Apply in confidence by sending your cover letter resume by Friday, 24 February to careers@ownthepodium.org or by mail to:

Own the Podium
Attention:  Director, Planning & Operations
Suite 305, 150 Isabella Street 
Ottawa, ON K1S 1V7

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.