Starting Your Club
Club roles
To ensure that your sporting club runs smoothly and efficiently, you should form a management team or committee. You should have a president or chairperson, secretary and treasurer. These people provide governance for your club; they will make sure that good leadership and best practice is provided.
The Committees, Roles and Running Meetings section of Club Kit has further information on other key roles and running meetings.
Management functions and tasks include:
- Making sure that the club meets its aims and goals and meets its obligations within the limits of its constitution.
- Actively involves those directly contributing to the club in achieving its aims and goals.
- Making sure that there are adequate people and resources available to achieve these aims and goals.
- Managing any potential risks to the club.
- Developing and implementing policies for the club that actively help it achieve its aims and goals.
- Reporting, at least once a year, to the wider club.
- Ensuring the long term well being of the club, both financially and organisationally.
- Monitoring and evaluating the clubs activities for both quality and relevance.
- It’s good to have a job description for each role within your Management Committee. Job descriptions outline the key tasks and responsibilities of each of the management roles.
- We have provided sample or template job descriptions that you can tailor to suit your particular club in the resources section.
