The Australian Sports Commission is embarking on the Green and Gold decade. An exciting time filled with international sporting competitions on home soil, including the Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cup, and culminating in the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We have an ambitious new Strategic Vision and we need the best players on our team to help us deliver real results for the sporting sector and all Australians.

Are you up for the challenge?

About the team - Performance Services is a multi-disciplinary team of specialists who deliver performance services to support the AIS campus’ based high performance activities that include NSO elite, pre-elite and development and intensive rehabilitation camps and center of excellence programs. The Team oversees the management and quality assurance of the AIS High Performance Centre facilities dedicated to supporting the provision of performance services to Australia’s national sporting network.

About the role - This position will deliver high-level strength and conditioning support in a multi-disciplinary team environment to designated long and short stay camps and campus associated activities. The role has elements of work with residential programs based on the AIS Campus and will also provide support to identified priority projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team across AIS Performance.

About you - We are looking for a self-motivated, driven and collaborative individual with excellent interpersonal skills who demonstrates initiative to engage with both internal team members and external sports to optimise the performance solutions offered on the AIS campus. 

The successful candidate will have: 

• Tertiary qualifications in human movement, science and/or related sports performance field. Post Graduate Master’s preferred 
• Australian Strength & Conditioning Coaching Accreditation at Professional L2 level or above. Elite L3 preferred 
• Demonstrated experience of greater than 4 years leading the strength and conditioning planning, programming and coaching to achieve high performance outcomes for both individual and/or team sports. 
• Demonstrated success in working within a multi-disciplinary team 
• Demonstrated experience in testing, data collection and interpretation of results to inform coaching practice 

This position is available as an ongoing or fixed term opportunity.

Why work with us?

We have offices located in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.  Across all locations, we offer:

• Options for flexible working arrangements.
• Annual allowances towards training based on individualised career goals.
• Access to a customised ASC L&D calendar for ongoing professional and career development.
• Generous superannuation scheme with up to 15.4% employer contributions.
• Corporate discount on AIS Shop merchandise.
• Access to Clearinghouse for Sport, an information sharing platform for Sporting professionals.

Additionally, our Canberra campus offers:

• Free onsite parking
• Onsite facilities including café, dining hall, gym, and swimming pool.
• Priority placement for your children to access the award winning, onsite AIS Caretaker’s Cottage Childcare Centre.