National Development Squad Physical Performance Coach

• Play a key role in developing Australia's future tennis stars
• Join a passionate team and become part of a fun and inclusive culture
• Flexible work practices, ensuring a positive work-life balance

It is an exciting time for tennis in Australia and we have ambitious plans to continue to grow the game from grassroots through to high performance. To help achieve our goals, we have transformed how we deliver tennis, with offering more opportunities for more players and a greater role for personal coaches in identifying and developing our future talent. We are now looking for a National Development Squad (NDS) Physical Performance Coach to join the South Australia team on a Part Time basis.

In this role you will:

This role you will be responsible for the assessment, implementation and continuous monitoring of individualised strength and conditioning programs for assigned athletes.

• Develop and implement appropriate training programs for NDS athletes
• Implement physical profiling strategies to identify key physical/athletic developmental priorities
• Minimise the risk and severity of potential injuries through appropriate training design and monitoring of session workload
• Undertake physical testing of athletes and archive results as requested by the Lead Physical Performance Coach
• Coordinate relevant ancillary sport science support

What you will bring to this role:

• Tertiary qualifications in Sport Science, Human Movement and/or equivalent degree (essential)
• Level 1 Strength & Conditioning Coaching Accreditation or willingness and ability to acquire (essential)
• Technical strength and conditioning knowledge across sport, preferably tennis
• Demonstrated ability to elicit improvements in the strength and conditioning variables of individual athletes and groups of athletes
• Flexibility regarding work schedules and training hours
• Alignment with the Tennis values of Excellence, Humility, Collaboration and Imagination
• You must hold (or be willing to obtain) a current Police Check and Working with Children Check

What's in it for you?

• Career development with a range of formal education and on the job training opportunities
• Tickets to the Australian Open / ATP Cup / AO Series Events
• Monthly health & wellbeing activities through our Serving Your Health program
• Flexible working practices
• A range of discounts from our sponsorship partners

To Apply

If you think you're up to the challenge, we'd love to hear from you! For more information and a copy of the position description, please click here. Please submit your resume and cover letter via our online application system. Please note, only applications submitted through our system will be considered.

Applications close Wednesday 5th of October however we will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore this role may close sooner if we find the right candidate.

Tennis Australia is committed to providing a safe environment for all tennis participants, including children and young people. It is essential everyone involved with delivering tennis in Australia understands their responsibility in relation to child-safety.

At Tennis, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion and sexual orientation. Tennis encourages all suitable applicants to apply for this role.