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 (1 Year 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, 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 closely with the Participation Programs Manager 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 Australian Athletics Sporting Schools Program. 
• Managing program administrative systems, processes, and compliance requirements with attention to detail and impeccable customer service. 
• Liasing with Coaches and Schools to ensure 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. Someone who is a self-motivated individual who demonstrates a passion for sport program delivery with attention to detail, 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 across digital systems, managing data, maintaining compliance records and requirements, and supporting continuous 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 effective 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