About us

The NSW Institute of Sport [NSWIS] is a high performance sporting organisation that supports Australian athletes to become world’s best. We reach all regions of NSW with an Olympic and Paralympic training facility based at Sydney Olympic Park and high performance hubs across NSW that provide world class daily training environments for our athletes and coaches. Our experts work in collaboration with partners within the national sporting system to create and deliver high performance support services and environments to prepare athletes and coaches for international competition.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced High Performance Manager (HPM), to join our High Performance Management team. The HPM will lead the management of the relationship between NSWIS and a range of National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) for the LA 2028 cycle ensuring that it is grounded in integrity, continuous improvement and geared towards helping athletes ‘Win Well’.

A core aspect of this role involves negotiating and managing the sport partnership agreements with National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) from initial establishment to ongoing implementation, monitoring, and review through LA2028. The HPM will actively manage these programs by planning, reporting, and engaging with coaches and performance team members to set athlete performance targets and program key performance measures.

This is a full time position, attracting a salary range starting at $154,852 plus superannuation.  The contract period for this role is up to 31 December 2028 in line with the Olympic cycle. 

For further information about the role and the key accountabilities please see the job description.

About you

You will have:

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the key components / levers for successful high-performance sports programs and coaching
• A highly developed understanding of the following athlete support areas: coaching, sports science, sports medicine, sports technology/data science, athlete wellbeing and engagement
• In addition, a demonstrated ability to embrace, assess and apply innovative practices (e.g. new technology) as they become available
• Experience working within and leading in a national sporting environment
• At least 7 years’ experience of elite coaching, developing elite athletes and coaches, including leading, devising, and implementing successful programs in a sport or Institute program; demonstrating a proven knowledge of the demands, pressure, and the needs of elite athletes and coaches.
• Success in managing staff and developing and maintaining successful relationships with key stakeholders.
• Success with building a high-performance culture and the management of multi-disciplinary high-performance teams.
• Allocation and management of financial resources to support sport and athlete performance outcomes ? Managing projects with demonstrated success
• Staff management, including developing dynamic and driven team and employee performance and development.
• Excellent meeting facilitation skills

Essential Requirements

• Relevant degree/coaching qualifications
• Thorough understanding of the requirements of elite sport performance planning, coaching principles, elite and pre-elite athletes and coaches
• Significant experience in high performance sport management/leadership and coaching.
• Experience in strategic planning and systems management, including implementing high performance sport program management systems.
• Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) Anti-doping Fundamentals
• SIA Anti-doping Annual Update
• SIA (PBTR) Child Protection and Safeguarding
• Valid Driver’s License

This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles that may arise over the next 18 months.

For more information about the NSW Institute of Sport please visit www.nswis.com.au.

NSWIS is committed to protecting Children from harm. We require all applicants that will work with Children to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment

Commitment to Diversity

The NSW Institute of Sport is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce which reflects our community, sport partners and athletes. We encourage applications from suitable candidates including; of all ages, genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, veterans, refugees, LGBTIQ+ community and people with disability.

The NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSWIS recruitment/interview process, then please email nswis_recruitment@nswis.com.au and let us know.