About Australian Athletics

Australian Athletics (AA) is the governing body for Athletics in this country. It is a National Sporting Organisation whose major partner is the Australian Sports Commission. AA is responsible for athletics, including high performance, participation, coaching, officiating, juniors, para-athletics, domestic and international competition. Australian Athletics has a critical role in leading, fostering and encouraging participation in athletics in Australia and promoting excellence in performance.

Athletics is consistently one of the most requested sports in the Sporting Schools program and we are currently seeking to recruit a Sporting Schools Coordinator (7 month fixed term contract).

About the Role:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Growth and Development department, with the role focused on helping increase children’s participation in athletics through the Australian Government funded Sporting Schools program, and to connect them with community sporting opportunities. If you are a passionate about sport and physical activity, are a skilled administrator ready to take the next step in your career within a leading National Sporting Organisation, then keep reading!

You’ll work as part of a small, passionate team and as part of the broader Growth and Development Department to support program delivery, handle administration and reporting, and ensure a great experience for schools, coaches, and kids alike.

Your core duties will include:

• Day to day coordination of the Australian Athletics Sporting Schools Program. 
• Managing program administrative systems, processes, tasks, and compliance requirements with attention to detail and impeccable customer service. 
• Liasing with coaches, teachers, and schools to ensure successul delivery of programs. 
• Maintaining databases to ensure coaches have valid qualifications and certificates.  

What we are looking for: 

You are proactive in your approach to learning and eager to enhance your skills and experience. You are someone who is self-motivated and demonstrates a passion for sport program delivery with attention to detail, and has strong administrative and organisational skills. 

You demonstrate efficient use of time by managing workload with additional tasks and projects. You have excellent interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with colleagues, schools, coaches, and stakeholders to ensure programs run smoothly. You're comfortable working in a fast paced environment and across digital systems, managing data, maintaining compliance records and requirements, and supporting conitinuos improvement by contributing to the growth of athletics participation nationwide.  

Ideally you will have:

• Experience in coordinating the delivery of sport participation focused products and programs to children. 
• Experience working with schools and/or within the sports industry at a community level. 
• Outstanding verbal communication and influencing skills with a proven ability to build and maintain effecitve relationships. 
• Tertiary qualification in Sports Management, Education, or other related fields (preferred). 
• A keen commitment to clean sport and abiding by AA's National Integrity Framework suite of policies including the Australian National Anti-doping Policy, Safeguarding Children and Young Persons Policy, and Code of Conduct. 
• Hold and maintain a valid Working with Children Check and (or ability to hold) Police Check. 

Why Work for us?

Australian Athletics has a range of benefits to support a sustainable work-life balance that align to our Values and Behaviours, enabling you to bring your best self to work, no matter your role and stage in life. All employees have access to a range of benefits including:

• Diversity Leave
• Purchase Leave
• Mental Health Leave

Next Steps;

Click the ‘apply’ button, review the position description, follow the prompts, and submit your CV and Cover Letter.

Applications close Sunday 22nd November at 11.59pm AEDT.

At Australian Athletics, we offer career opportunities for people who share our passion for sport from graduates to experienced professionals. We're committed to building fulfilling careers and growing our team as we grow, and we'd love for you to be part of our journey.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, ages, and genders, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. If you have the skills for this role, we encourage you to apply, and we're happy to discuss any adjustments that would support you through the recruitment process.