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Recreation Officer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what recreation officers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most recreation officers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Recreation Officer with a background in community program delivery, facility coordination and volunteer engagement. Skilled at planning inclusive recreation activities, managing bookings and building partnerships with clubs and community groups. Committed to helping people stay active and connected through well-run local programs.
Key skills
- Community engagement
- Event coordination
- Project management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Microsoft Office
- Eventbrite
- SurveyMonkey
- Social media management tools
- Booking and facility management software
- Stakeholder management
- Customer service
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Planned and delivered a seasonal community recreation program across multiple council reserves, coordinating with clubs and volunteers to run weekly activities.
- Managed facility bookings for a busy sports pavilion, resolving scheduling conflicts and keeping user groups informed of changes.
- Promoted programs through local networks and social media, growing attendance at family activity days from 80 to 140 participants.
- Monitored a program budget, tracked expenses and prepared acquittal reports for a community grant.
- Surveyed participants after events and used feedback to adjust session times and locations, improving repeat attendance.
- Liaised with local clubs and volunteers to run a come-and-try day, resulting in three new junior teams being formed.
Education
Certificate IV or Diploma in Recreation, Sport and Recreation Management, or a bachelor degree in sport and recreation, health promotion or community development; some officers enter with Year 12 and workplace training.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- community recreation
- local government
- council
- facility bookings
- risk assessment
- child safety
- Working with Children Check
- first aid
- grant acquittal
- community grants
- Eventbrite
- SurveyMonkey
- Microsoft Office
- stakeholder engagement
- program evaluation
- social media
- volunteer coordination
- booking software
- recreation programs
- sport and recreation
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.