Program Officer (Lkb)

Program Officer, Temporary Part-time Role up to 7 June 2025.
Deliver Sport and Recreation outcomes for schools, sporting, and community groups in a Program Officer role.
 

We are seeking a Program Officer for a temporary part-time role (12 rostered days across a 4 week cycle) up to 7 June 2025. The role will be based at our Lake Burrendong Sport and Recreation Centre.

We offer a competitive salary to the right candidate, ranging from $72,692 up to $106,440 per annum (ProRata) plus allowances ($12,979) full time equivalent, 11% superannuation and 17.5% leave loading. Commencing salary is in accordance with qualifications, skills, and experience.

The Lake Burrendong Sport and Recreation Centre provides a range of sport and recreation services, sporting events and community programs to support our vision to create healthier people, connect communities, and make a stronger NSW.

For more information about the Office of Sport click here and to see what we do for school camps, view this video.

Working with us
The Office of Sport is the lead NSW Government agency for sport and active recreation.
With a vision of sport and active recreation creating healthier people, connecting communities and making a stronger NSW, we provide the people of NSW with the leadership, policies, programs, funding and infrastructure necessary to maximise the social, health and economic benefits realised through this valued sector.
Our work is spread across NSW, with ten Sport and Recreation Centres, five Olympic Sport Venues and offices throughout the state.

About the role
The Program Officer is responsible for planning and delivering outdoor education and recreation programs. View the role description. In this role, you will be required to: 

• Develop and deliver programs to meet client needs including sport and active recreation outcomes for a variety of sport, community and school groups.
• Conduct activities in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.
• Maintain high levels of customer service and adapt service delivery styles to match client groups.
• Respond to client requests during programs including dealing with incidents and emergency situations .
• For the Program Officer role, refer to Crown Employees (Office of Sort – Program Officers Award) and other applicable legislation.
• Temporary part-time role, working 12 rostered days out of a 28 day cycle (4 weeks), inclusive of weekdays, weekends and nights.
• Undertake on-call responsibilities overnight onsite during residential programs.

About you

• You can plan and deliver outdoor education and recreation programs to a variety of sport, community, and school groups.
• You can deliver programs in line with standard operating procedures.
• You enjoy dealing with a variety of customers and can adapt service delivery to meet their needs.
• You can deal with incidents and emergency situations.
• You can collaborate with your colleagues/clients to deliver program components.
• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills. 
   

Essential requirements

• Degree level tertiary qualifications in a relevant field (e.g. Education, Exercise Science, Human Movement etc) or a Certificate IV in Outdoor Recreation and relevant industry experience.
• First aid qualification and CPR qualification.
• Undertake on-call responsibilities on a rostered basis during residential programs.
• A National Criminal Records Check (NCRC) clearance and a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC).

The Office of Sport will conduct the NCRC and verify your WWCC if you are a preferred candidate.
 

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

The Office of Sport is committed to building a workplace that values and supports diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
The Office encourages applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment process and in the workplace. If you need an adjustment in the recruitment process, please call or email the contact person listed, and also advise us of your preferred method of communication.
The Office of Sport is committed to keeping children safe. It is the responsibility of all staff, regardless of role, to act to keep children safe from harm.

The Office of Sport is a great place to work, we offer:

• A competitive salary
• Generous leave entitlements including recreation, sick/carer’s, family and community service
• Access to salary packaging, Fitness Passport for eligible staff and the Employee Assistance Program
• Access to training and development opportunities

How to apply
To apply for this role, you need to submit an online application, Job Reference No. 0000AILI.
When applying you need to:

• Answer the two pre-screening questions (see below) which should demonstrate your competency in the focus capabilities (maximum of 2 pages).
• Provide cover letter that details how you meet the capabilities of the role (maximum 1 page)
• Provide a resume that details your previous experience (maximum of 2 pages)

Further information about “Applying for a role in the NSW Public Service” is available on I work for NSW.

Pre-screening questions

1. What are the steps you take or would take when delivering a program to a client group to ensure you fully engage participants to maximise learning outcomes? How do you know you have been successful? 
2. As a Program Officer you work with multiple teams within a Centre. These include Program Delivery, Catering, Services/Maintenance, and Management Teams. Describe a time where you have worked with your team and other functional team units to deliver a project? What was your role? How did you effectively plan? And how did you contribute to a positive team culture?
    

Notes

• For further information about the role please contact Jessica Thurn on 02 6846 7403 or via email: jessica.thurn@sport.nsw.gov.au or view the role description.
• The successful applicant will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check.
• This is a child-related position. You will be required to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance as a condition of employment. For more information, visit the Office of the Children’s Guardian website.

No offer of employment will be made until all relevant clearances are finalised.

Applications Close: Sunday, 14 April 2024 at 11:59pm (AEST)
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.