About the Role

The High Performance Head Coach - Female Pathway will play a key role in managing the development, implementation and monitoring of talent identification systems that ensure talented athletes are identified and nurtured. You will coach talented athletes and accelerate their holistic development and readiness for youth and senior representative cricket.

You will prepare players to represent South Australia in Second XI and at the Cricket Australia underage female National Championships that compete interstate. You will work closely with the Senior Women’s staff to align styles of play across the programs and develop best practice standards that drive high performance standards and behaviors through our players and staff.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and monitor talent identification systems that ensure talented female cricketers are identified, supported and nurtured with wholistic development in mind.
• Take on various coaching roles across the SACA Female Pathways team - Winter squads, Second XI, U19s, U16s, inclusive of selecting of teams.
• Provide specialised coaching across programs within the SACA female programs on an as-needed basis.
• Drive high performance habits and standards.
• Develop and deliver education in line with wholistic development needs of the groups
• Oversee and manage the conduct of youth squad members including compliance with the Australian Cricket codes and policies and uphold SACA values.
• Liaise with staff to provide player analysis packs
• Regular communication with SACA Premier Club Coaches to identify emerging talent and foster relationships to harness a player’s strengths.
• Communicate updates to relevant SACA Premier Coaches about any goals/next steps throughout the different phases of the cricket season about their athletes. 
• Working with players to design and implement personal training programs, including Individual Player Plan (IPP’s), Player Performance Reviews (post matches) that support the development.
• Demonstrate and document player learning
• Collaborate with SSSM staff to manage bowling loads of pace bowlers throughout the season, to limit soft tissue injuries and map out key competition and training load requirements.
• Attend various cricket competitions to perform Talent Identification
• Communicate with contract staff, parents & players about training plans and scheduling in a timely manner.
• Collaborate within key stakeholders to conduct periodic reviews of the pathway program to close the gap from pathway to senior cricket.
• Continually reinforce and develop recognition of the Spirit of Cricket and the responsibility of players to promote the game and show it in a positive light by creating team and squad values.

Would also be great if you have…

• Completion of High Performance (Level 3) Coach - Cricket Australia (or willingness to obtain)
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant degree such as Business or Sports Management
• Valid driver’s license
• First Aid Qualification
• Hold a valid Working with Children Check
• Knowledge of Cricket Australia's Youth Pace Bowling Load recommendations
• Knowledge of Female International, State and Premier Cricket competitions
• Awareness of Cricket Australia's Child Safeguarding policies 
• SACA Women’s and Girl’s Pathway aligned with the Cricket Australia’s 2024-2034 Women and Girls Action Plan
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with an ability to positively influence and build strong stakeholder relationships.
• Strong ability to design and adjust learning & training programs to ensure continual player development for high performance environments.
• Effective people, time management & communication skills.
• Sound ability in the use of PC based software applications.
• A minimum of five years of experience/involvement working in High Performance Cricket and/or Women’s Cricket.

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!

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 accountability, a team first approach and being world class.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!