Service Providers / Internships

Join our network of S&C Providers, Mental Skill Coaches, and Sport Nutritionists

We’re always looking for qualified service providers and student interns to help develop our athletes across the province!

  
Strength & Conditioning Coaches (Regional Providers)

If you are a strength and conditioning coach outside Winnipeg or Brandon, and have access to an athlete training space, we’d like to hear from you! For more information, please email performance@sportmanitoba.ca.

 Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Kinesiology, Exercise Science degree
  • NSCA’s Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), CSEP Certified Exercise Physiologist or Certified Personal Training, or NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist designation is considered an asset
  • Valid liability insurance, first aid and CPR.
  • Access to an athlete training space or weightroom.
  • A minimum of 1 to 2 years of coaching and building exercise programs.
  • Experience as a high-performance athlete is considered an asset.
  • Bilingual (Written/Spoken French) is considered an asset.
 
Mental Skills Coaches (Winnipeg/Brandon)

Sport Manitoba’s performance mental skill coaches will be responsible for delivering team talks, workshops, and focus groups as requested, to assist in Team Manitoba’s mental preparation leading up to their major competitions.  For more information, please click here.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor or MA of Psychology or equivalent experiences as a high performance coach/athlete. 
  • Bilingual (Written/Spoken French) is considered an asset.
 
 
Sport Dietitians or Nutritionists (Winnipeg/Brandon)

Sport Manitoba’s performance nutritionists and dietitians will be responsible for delivering team talks, workshops, focus groups as requested, or individual meal plans depending on qualifications, to assist and educate Team Manitoba athletes about the importance of nutrition.  For more information, please click here.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Human Nutritional Sciences or Kinesiology.
  • Designation or certification (RD, Precision Nutrition) or equivalent is considered an asset.
  • Experience as a high performance athlete or coach is considered an asset.
  • Bilingual (Written/Spoken French) is considered an asset.
 
Strength & Conditioning Assistants (Winnipeg/Brandon)

 If you are a recent graduate of kinesiology or exercise science looking to gain experience in the strength and conditioning field, we’d love to hear from you!  We are always looking for enthusiastic coaches to help service and assist our team on site at the Sport Manitoba Performance Centre. For more information, please click here.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Kinesiology, Exercise Science degree
  • NSCA’s Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), CSEP Certified Exercise Physiologist or Certified Personal Training, or NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist designation is considered an asset
  • Experience as a high-performance athlete or coach is considered an asset.
  • Bilingual (Written/Spoken French) is considered an asset.
 
Sport Manitoba Performance Internship (Winnipeg)

 If you are a kinesiology student from the University of Winnipeg  or University of Manitoba looking to gain experience in the athelte development field, we’d love to hear from you.  We are always looking for enthusiastic students to help assist our us! For more information, please click here.

Requirements:

  • Third or Fourth Year Kinesiology/Exercise Science student.  
  • A passion for sport, coaching and learning.
  • Experience as a high-performance athlete or coach is considered an asset.

Interested applicants should send a short cover letter and resume to performance@sportmanitoba.ca.  

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