General Coordinator

Every week after school, more than 300 children from working-class neighbourhoods in the Brussels region have the opportunity to learn hockey in more than 12 primary schools. Once a month, we organize a tournament between the different schools. Our ambition is to make hockey accessible by creating a City Hockey League, helping children who wish to become members of an outdoor hockey club and, at a later stage, creating a Hockey Foundation. 🏑✨

As General Coordinator, you are responsible for the management of the non-profit organisation, the implementation of the long-term plan, reporting to the Board of Directors and ensuring the quality of our hockey academy. With the sports coordinator, you also lead a team of more than 30 animators who also come from working-class neighborhoods. Our ambition is to enable more than 900 children to play sustainably every week by the end of 2028.

👉 WHAT DO YOU DO CONCRETELY?

• You are responsible for the growth plan - number of members and for sustainable hockey +-5% of the time.

• You respond to the board of directors, communicate and propose solutions if necessary +-5%.

• You establish and maintain partnerships with elementary schools, outdoor hockey clubs and pedagogical schools in order to support the growth plan in terms of quality +-15%.

• You are very regularly in the field to supervise and sometimes to initiate schools +-30%.

• You are responsible for the management of members +-5%.

• You work as part of a team and help the sports coordinator achieve her goals, including the planning of hockey activities, the follow-up and supervision of the animators, the training program for the children, pedagogical training, the recruitment of animators, the relationship with parents and the organization of tournaments +-15%.

• You are responsible for the financing - a large part comes from long-term sponsors, for the administration and for social media +-25%.

• Sport and management are part of your DNA 🧬

• You have good organisational and planning skills and are good at using various software and applications.

• You are enthusiastic and dynamic, you have a solution-oriented mindset and you know how to keep your focus.

• You are passionate about fair play in sports and hockey. 🏑 If you don't play hockey yet, you can make the sport your passion.

• You have at least 2 to 3 years of professional experience and experience in a non-profit organisation is a plus.

• You are fluent in Dutch and French.

• You are flexible in terms of working hours, you are also available on the court during the week after 16:00 and occasionally on weekends for tournaments, you can be reached.

• You are mobile in the Brussels 🚍 region

👉 If you are interested, send us your CV and cover letter before 22/9.

Recruitment process:

1. Video interview runs within two weeks of receiving the CV and cover letter.

2. Interview with Pierre-Emmanuel van Hoorebeke, founder of Growing by Hockey.

3. Participation in a hockey activity with the sports coordinator and interview with her.

4. Video interview with one or two members of the Growing by Hockey Board of Directors.

5. Contract signing and onboarding! 🚀