The Queensland Academy of Sport’s mission is to inspire extraordinary sporting success. We recently brought this mission to life when 191 Queensland athletes proudly wore green and gold while representing Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Paris 2024 will go down in history as Australia’s best ever Games, setting the bar high for the next Olympic and Paralympic cycle.  The QAS is now on a mission to deliver more medals across more sports at the Los Angeles 2028 Games, in anticipation of hosting Australia’s most successful Games in Queensland in 2032. 

The QAS supports more than 500 elite athletes on their sporting journey from talented juniors to Olympians, Paralympians and World Champions. Our expert staff support athletes through in-house programs, partnerships with State and National Sporting Organisations, and individualised support for athletes on medal-winning trajectories to help them perform when it matters most. 

Our ambitious high-performance strategy for the 2032 Games is to create more medal-winning moments for Queensland athletes that inspire their state and nation. While this strategy defines our goals, our organisation’s culture is what will help us achieve them. Therefore, the QAS is looking for highly talented and motivated individuals whose values and behaviours align with ours, to join our QAS Team. 

Our values permeate every aspect of QAS, and if they resonate with you, you will excel and thrive in our organisation. If you want to contribute to something transformational and significant, and are committed to continuous improvement, join us on this important mission. 

Your contribution and key accountabilities:

• Provide high-quality advice and support to the Performance Partnerships Team on finance, administration, and project services for key initiatives that advance QAS opportunities. Collaborate effectively with the team to deliver support for projects, initiatives, and events as needed.
• Assist with the management and supervision of research projects, research scholars and research assistants at the QAS, including consistent communication, support for benchmarking, status reports and evaluation processes.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with stakeholders, including universities, industry representatives, government departments, state sporting institutes, sporting organisations, coaches, internal staff, research scholars and athletes. This includes coordinating and facilitating meetings, as well as working collaboratively with external partners, scholars, and internal staff to support projects, initiatives, and events. Through these efforts, you will help leverage knowledge and resources such as education, equipment, technology, specialised skills and other relevant expertise.
• Assist in the preparation and coordination of documentation, including research grant proposals, briefing notes, reports, publication searches, presentations, research dissemination materials, and other correspondence for both internal and external stakeholders. Oversee the administration of collaborative research project and scholarship agreements with universities and industry partners, ensuring consultation with the Department's legal advisors as required.
• Maintain and manage the QAS research database, encompassing grant, scholarship, and fellowship details, research activities, and published research papers and presentations from QAS-supported projects. Ensure the organisation and upkeep of governance documentation, including project correspondence, research registers, R&D reporting, and funding agreements, in compliance with government policies, processes, and legal requirements.
• Manage procurement and finance services, including maintaining and tracking budget expenditure, requesting procurement approval and process invoices, and producing and maintaining purchase orders.
• Assist in creating, planning and organising a range of research and innovation events and activities including seminars, workshops and presentations to meet the needs of the QAS, sport and university partners.
• Provide a safe, and safe environment for QAS supported athletes and any other children and young people engaged with the QAS, free from physical, sexual and emotional abuse or neglect.
• As a member of the QAS team, take shared accountability for setting a high-performance culture to enable successful outcomes. This also includes adhering to the highest ethical and professional standards at all times.  
• Comply with the Code of Conduct for the Queensland Public Service, Public Service Values and departmental policies and positively contribute to a high-performing workplace culture that is respectful, inclusive and safe.

The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our athletes.

We are committed to an environment where athletes from any background are heard, treated fairly and free from abuse.