Manager, Hockey Development

Key Responsibilities

Hockey Development:

• Develop, manage, and execute hockey programs, including the Victoria Jr. Royals, youth camps, clinics, and school initiatives, to promote hockey development and engagement within the community.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the Victoria Royals and local minor hockey associations, fostering strong relationships and identifying opportunities for collaboration.
• Attend minor hockey tournaments, events and games in evenings and weekends.
• Oversee the delivery of on-ice and off-ice hockey programming, ensuring a high-quality experience for all participants.
• Recruit, train, and manage coaching volunteers for hockey development programs.
• Work with the Royals' marketing and hockey operations team to promote hockey development initiatives across various platforms.
• Hockey operations projects as assigned (coaching, scouting, etc.).

Ticket Sales and Community Engagement:

• Collaborate with the ticket sales team to promote Royals games to hockey program participants and local hockey associations.
• Drive ticket sales through relationships built in hockey programming, with an emphasis on group sales and team outings.
• Assist in planning and executing hockey-themed game nights and other initiatives designed to attract local hockey players, teams, and families to Royals games.
• Track and report ticket sales generated through hockey development efforts to ensure sales goals are met.

Program Operations and Administration:

• Coordinate program logistics, including scheduling, facility bookings, equipment, and registration.
• Manage budgets for hockey development programs, ensuring cost-effective delivery while maintaining program quality.
• Collect and analyze feedback from participants to improve programs and identify new opportunities for growth.

Qualifications:

• Proven success in hockey coaching, customer relations, with a preference for experience in sports-related industries.
• Bachelor's degree in Sports Management, Education, Business, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to connect with players, parents, and community stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as required by the hockey schedule.
• Previous hockey playing experience is an asset.

If you love being part of a growing, amazing, and passionate team, are self-motivated, energetic, and looking for the opportunity to make your mark, don't delay, now is the time to click apply now!

The Victoria Royals, a member of the GSL Group of companies, are one of 22 major Junior A hockey teams in the Western Hockey League (WHL) which is part of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), the main feeder into the NHL. GSL and the Victoria Royals are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value diversity and are dedicated to providing a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, job requirements and business needs.