The Data Analyst will contribute to the Cricket Department to enable best practice cricket analytics and intelligence support to the domestic teams in conjunction with coaching and performance support staff.      

Your Contributions

• Deliver performance analytics and cricket intelligence to support the South Australian Women’s State Program, Adelaide Strikers WBBL team and SACA Pathway Programs.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, data pipelines and machine learning models to support data-driven decision making.
• Provide match-day, opposition, post-match and seasonal performance analysis to coaches, players and support staff.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights that inform strategy, player development and team performance.
• Educate and support coaches, staff and athletes in the effective use of data, technology and performance analysis tools.
• Contribute to a high-performance environment through collaboration with coaching and performance staff and undertake other duties as required.

About you

You are a curious and analytical thinker who is self-driven and passionate about the impact of data on performance. You enjoy translating complex data into meaningful insights that influence performance outcomes. You also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Sport and Exercise Science or a related discipline.
• Current and valid South Australian Working with Children Check.
• Minimum two years’ experience working in performance analysis, data science or a similar role within elite sport.
• Demonstrated experience using statistical analysis and visualisation tools such as Power BI, Python, R, SQL or equivalent.
• Strong data science and analytical capability.
• Experience working with and managing large datasets.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present insights to a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-performance sporting environment.

About SACA

The SACA is one of the nation’s premier sporting bodies, with a vision for cricket to be Australia’s favorite sport – a sport for all Australian’s. Operating within the sports and entertainment industry, SACA offers an exciting and dynamic working environment, and is responsible for overseeing and developing cricket on a State level. 

The SACA is responsible for coordinating international and domestic cricket matches, Premier cricket matches and community carnivals, coaching and development and pathway programs for girls and boys, coaching, umpiring, volunteer development and ground management. It also administers high performance cricket in South Australia, including the SA Men’s and Women’s Teams and Adelaide Strikers women’s and men’s teams.

What’s in it for you?

SACA has an Employee Benefits Program which allows permanent staff to access a wide range of benefits and services whilst they are employed at SACA.

• SACA Membership Tickets - Staff will receive two SACA Members Tickets to allow them entry into all International and Domestic games in South Australia.
• Flexible Working - RnR Leave ensures staff recharge with a fifth week of annual leave.
• Discounts with Partners - Enjoy discounted rates at places such as Adelaide Oval, RoofClimb, Oval Hotel, New Balance, SACA’s wine partner - the list continues!
• Wellbeing and Social Club Programs - Healthy Living initiatives are organised alongside medical checks to support employee wellbeing.
• Reward and Development - SACA has monthly employee recognition awards and learning and development initiatives.

Want to join our team?

If you are ready to join SACA in our vision to inspire and unite the South Australian community through cricket and are aligned with our values of accountability, team first and world class, we want to hear from you!

Applications close -  Friday 24 July

At SACA we are committed to the ongoing journey of nurturing a diverse and inclusive workforce, and offer equal opportunities to all.  We are proud to respect, embrace and celebrate diversity and strongly encourage applications from people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to providing a safe environment for children across Australian Cricket, and we also offer a flexible work environment for employees. We measure ourselves on our behaviours - our people value being kind, being brave and doing great things together.