This is an incredible opportunity for someone passionate about sports management, disability awareness, coaching and mentoring that is seeking a flexible role with the potential to grow.

About NSW Goalball

Goalball is a team sport played competitively by athletes with vision impairment. Goalball was first introduced to the Paralympics in 1976. As of 2017 there were 81 competing nations.

NSW Goalball is a State Sporting Organisation for people with Disabilities (SSOD) that delivers goalball programs, training, events and competitions within New South Wales.

NSW Goalball has the largest goalball member base in Australia and offers the largest school’s program in the world. In 2019, more than 7,200 school-aged children participated in Goalball programs which focus on disability awareness, inclusivity and physical literacy.

Off the back of the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are seeking to re-establish our operations and to expand on a number of new and exciting opportunities. These are primarily based off:

Our Goalball 4 Schools program

Assisting Sydney Catholic Schools implement goalball as an official school sport

As a result, we are recruiting part-time Program Coordinator to help manage, develop and deliver our day-to-day operations and programs.

Role: Program Coordinator (Contractor)

The Program Coordinator is an exciting opportunity to build sustainable, high quality operational programs for NSW Goalball.

The initial focus of this role is reviewing, developing and enhancing industry recognised programs designed for school-aged children that foster inclusivity, disability awareness and physical literacy through the sport of Goalball.

Critical to this role will be ensuring adequate training materials and processes are established to assist in building a workforce of Development Officers and Third-Party Providers capable of delivering NSW Goalball developed programs. While this role is not intended to be primarily responsible for delivering these school programs, it is expected that the Program Coordinator is capable of doing so, especially while Development Officers are being identified and trained.

The Program Coordinator will also work closely with the NSW Goalball Board to form strategic relationships with critical Third Parties including sponsors, grant providers, schools and various sporting and not-for-profit organisations.

This role has the ability to grow with the success of these programs and could open into a full-time position with greater responsibilities depending on achieving key objectives and the desire of the person appointed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Liaise with previous Goalball 4 School Development Officers to build an operations ‘playbook’ to standardise the process from start to finish, including but not limited to:

Generic ‘copy’ for ‘cold calls’, first time enquiries, repeat enquiries, program confirmation, program follow up

Info brochures for specific programs

Checklists for pre-booking, pre-program and post program

Program run sheets including overview, objectives skills, drills, messaging and considerations

Train-the-trainer guides to upskill casual/contract Development Officers and 3rd Party providers

Working with the Board, identify and upskill Development Officers to support the delivery of Goalball 4 Schools & other Goalball NSW Programs. This may be through university students to be placed with NSW Goalball, contractor or other Third Party Providers

Be the primary point of contact for all enquires and either provide relevant responses or distribute enquires to relevant Board members

Facilitate general administrative tasks including communications, shop order fulfillment, booking management, program sentiment surveys etc

Assist the Chairperson and Programs Manager on all NSW Goalball events including, NSW Goalball 4 Schools, State Championships and Sydney City events with pre-tournament coordination, on the day set up and pack down, on the day coordination of volunteers, officials and teams

Assist Tamworth and Hunter HUBS where required by the NSW Goalball Board

Work effectively with Assistant Principals and Itinerant Support Teachers of Vision to establish strong participation and program delivery results

Deliver relevant Goalball programs in conjunction with other Development Officers or when Development Officers are unavailable

Criteria

Sound administration, organisational and time management skills

Engaging and professional communication skills - both verbal and written

Good understanding of the structure of sport and coaching with a particular focus on programs for students

Experience working with people with a disability desired

Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders

Demonstrable experience working unsupervised

Track record in training and coordinating others

Ability to manage workload and balance competing priorities

Valid Working with Children Check

Valid Australian Driver’s License

Valid First Aid Certificate

Commencement Date: mid-late March 2022

Location: Flexible, Sydney