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 Pathways and Programs branch assists National Sporting Organisations to plan, monitor and review their current and future cycle high performance strategies, including sport relevant athlete pathway strategies and specific campaign plans. 

About the roles – Working in the Performance Pathways and Programs Branch, as part of a wider team of Performance Program Consultants, you will work with a portfolio of NSOs and will work collaboratively whilst engaging both internal and external colleagues, to achieve their high performance strategic priorities. A primary role is to reinforce the AIS’s objective for the organisation to be a genuine and valued partner with NSOs. 

About you – We are looking for two motivated individuals with excellent attention to detail, who can be successful in understanding Australia’s Win Well High Performance 2032+ Sport Strategy and aligning with AIS Performance to execute goals seamlessly.

The successful candidates will have the following essential criteria:

• Relevant Degree or higher qualification/s relevant to the role and/or senior level experience in HP sport.
• Demonstrated experience of working in a senior position within a high performance sport program with the ability to utilise this knowledge and experience in support and empathy with NSOs in identifying appropriate performance solutions.
• Strong and adaptable communication skills with the ability to hold high level supportive but challenging performance conversations including with the Performance Director and CEO.
• Lead network engagement gaining the confidence and respect with internal staff, key NSO and system stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide timely, compelling, objective and concise advice to inform executive members and senior management to support decision making

In addition to the above, the following criteria are desirable:

• Demonstrated success in developing, implementing, and achieving team and project objectives in line with a strategic direction.
• Note: Across the Team of Consultants, a broad coverage of skills, relevant to the delivery of HP program outcomes, is desired. It is not intended that all members of the team will possess the same skill set (e.g. campaign planning expertise, wellbeing), but that across the team a diversity of skills for successful delivery of business area objectives will be recruited.

We have multiple positions available and are advertising for both an ONGOING position and a FIXED-TERM 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 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.