About us

South East Melbourne Phoenix are a professional basketball team and proud member of the National Basketball League (NBL). Now in our seventh year we are continuing to grow our performance, community and commercial footprint across Australia.

As a club, we value teamwork, passion, and a shared commitment to our goals. You’ll be based at the State Basketball Centre, Australia’s premier basketball facility, where our performance and administrative teams work side-by-side in a culture of collaboration and authenticity.

About the role

The Senior Academy Coach will play a critical role in leading the coaching program, alongside the young athlete development framework across the SEM Phoenix Basketball Academy. This role will oversee the design and delivery of the academy curriculum, ensuring a consistent, high-quality coaching experience that reflects the values and standards of the Club.

We are seeking a passionate and highly motivated individual who is able to play a key leadership role in coach education, parent communication, and the ongoing evolution of the academy pathway. This will further assist in establishing the Phoenix as a leader in junior basketball development across South-East Melbourne, through talent identification, alongside supporting young athletes engaged within the Academy Program.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Design, deliver and develop the Academy Coaching Curriculum, whilst ensuring age-appropriate progression and alignment with long-term athlete development principles.
• Oversee athlete development by providing leadership and direction across all academy programs.
• Mentor and support academy coaches, whilst additionally being involved within the recruitment and education aspect of coaching development.
• Lead the planning and delivery of academy training sessions.
• Support young athlete progression whilst developing athlete reporting systems.
• Identify emerging talent within the Academy.

Please note this is a part time, fixed term contract (12 months) that involves 2 x 1 hour session delivery (6:30 am - 7:30 am) per week and an additional administrative component.

The ideal candidate 

You are a highly motivated individual who brings significant basketball coaching experience either within a pathway, representative, elite junior, collegiate or professional environment. You will bring exceptional attention to detail and thrive in a fast-paced sporting environment.

You can communicate confidently, whilst building strong relationships with young athletes, parents, coaches and other key stakeholders, with an ability to adapt to changing demands, whilst also meeting deadlines.

With experience in leading, mentoring and developing coaches, you will be able to design and implement athlete development programs and coaching curriculums. Being highly organised with an ability to plan and manage multiple programs simultaneously, you are also passionate about long-term athlete development and understand talent identification principles, whilst being excited by the opportunity to contribute to the Club and culture.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity 

South East Melbourne Phoenix is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and diverse candidates. We provide a welcoming, safe and flexible approach to work and provide an environment that benefits from and enables the best from everyone.

As an organisation we are committed to protecting children and young people from harm. It is essential that anyone involved with South East Melbourne Phoenix understands their responsibility in relation to child safety.

Our organisation requires all applicants to obtain a ‘Working with Children Check’ prior to appointment and you must hold, or be willing to obtain, a valid Working With Children Check.