(PN 69507) 

Sport and Recreation are seeking a suitably qualified, experienced, and enthusiastic individual to join the ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS) team as the Para Unit Lead. The Para Unit Lead will establish and manage a team to enable effective:

• Talent identification and talent transfer initiatives.
• Sport selection for eligible athletes.
• Para sport pathway identification in the ACT.
• Para sport classification.
• Athlete development.
• Performance support delivery.
• Health, wellbeing and risk mitigation within the sport environment.
• Inclusion of Para sports and Para athletes within ACTAS and partner organisations.
• Use and development of the Athlete Management System (AMS) to ensure a single platform of athlete data collection is used for communication and analysis.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Note: 

This is a temporary position available immediately for a period of up to two years.

An order of merit will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. This position is located at the Australian Institute of Sport campus in Canberra, ACT.