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 specialised multi-disciplinary team of specialists who deliver performance services to support the AIS campus based high-performance activities that include NSO elite, pre-elite, development and intensive rehabilitation camps along with NSO Centre of Excellence and or National Training Centre programs. 

About the role – This position will deliver high-level physiology support in a multi-disciplinary team environment to designated long and short stay camps and campus associated activity. 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 and Operations. You will have the ability to further refine your specialist expertise across a number of modalities given the access to High-Performance Specialist facilities such as a Team Environmental Chamber and dedicated 22 bed Altitude House.

The successful candidate will have: 

• Post Graduate Tertiary qualifications in science and/or related sports performance field.
• ESSA Level 1 Sport Scientist Accreditation
• ISAK Anthropometry Accreditation
• Current Sport Integrity Australia Annual Update Certificate
• Demonstrated experience of >5 years providing physiological testing, analyses and interpretation to achieve high performance outcomes for both individual and/or team sports at National Team level.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse data, interpret results and produce reports to influencing and impact athletic training programs

The following criteria are desired: 

• Demonstrated ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams and collaborate effectively to achieve improved high-performance sport outcomes and positive workplace and sport relationships.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide timely, compelling and concise advice to inform leadership members and senior management to support decision making

About you - You will be 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:

• Be team focused on performance solutions from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
• Have the capability to work in a time constrained environment

This position is offered as an ONGOING position.

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.

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands where its offices are located, the Ngunnawal people and recognises any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, the people of the Yugambeh Nation and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. The ASC extends this acknowledgment to all the Traditional Custodians of the lands and First Nations peoples throughout Australia and would like to pay respects to all Elders past and present. The ASC recognises the outstanding contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples make to society and sport in Australia and celebrates the power of sport to promote reconciliation and reduce inequality. 

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity please see the job description below.