Player Development Manager

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Player Development Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Work for one of the nation’s premier sporting bodies
• Work at the iconic Adelaide Oval
• Industry leading benefits and flexibility

About the role

The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) is looking for a part-time Player Development Manager to work within the High Performance Department.  The purpose of this role is to implement individualised best-practice programs and policies in the areas of personal development, health and wellbeing, finance, and career development for female players at Women’s Big Bash League, State, and underage representative level cricket.

In this role, you will:

• Provide proactive, individual case management support for female players throughout and beyond their cricket careers.
• Provide appropriate first incident response to players who present with professional or personal issues.
• Identify education skills gaps and providing formal advice about education opportunities that will assist players in achieving career plans.
• Manage the delivery of all wellbeing programs through the building of trusted relationships with players, coaches, high performance staff, Cricket Australia and the ACA.
• Implement best practice standards in the delivery of player development programs and ensure they are aligned with the vision and goals of the Australian Crickets’ Association (ACA), Cricket Australia and SACA.
• Maintaining a network of contacts within government, industry and amongst professional development service providers and leverage those relationships to progress the welfare and personal development of players.

  About you

• To support your transition into this role, you will have recognised qualifications in Psychology, Counselling, Career Development or Education.
• You must be able to demonstrate the ability to build relationships across a diverse group of stakeholders and an in depth understanding of the on and off field requirements of elite athletes will be viewed favourably.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience in handling a wide range of enquiries and providing excellent customer service, including a high level of initiative, tact and discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential matters.
• You have strong problem solving skills and the ability to use initiative and exercise sound judgement and ability to prioritise workload during busy periods.
• You will hold a valid Working with Children Check or have the ability to obtain one.

About us

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 boys and girls, coaching, umpiring, volunteer development and ground management. It also administers high performance cricket in South Australia, including the West End Redbacks, Scorpions and Adelaide Strikers women’s and men’s teams.

Want to join our team?

If you are ready to join SACA in our vision to “lead the way” in Australian Sport to 2022 and have aligned supporting behaviours we want to hear from you.

Applications close -  Friday, 20 July 2018

At the SACA, we measure ourselves on our actions through our behaviors or “How We Play”. We collaborate, innovate, support each other, offer a flexible work environment, embrace diversity and play to win.