Es - Maribyrnong Sports Academy - Athlete

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 21/01/2028

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Other

Reference: 1447941

**Location Profile**:

- Vocational Major, and the College consistently places in the top 20% of state schools for VCE performance.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Sound interpersonal and coaching skills related to working with student-athletes from widely diverse age groups and sports
- A highly developed understanding of the principles of rehabilitation for an adolescent athletic population
- Demonstrated ability to design and conduct applied programs for both rehabilitation, reconditioning and athletic performance for developmental athletes across a wide range of sports
- The ability to meet competing demands through effective prioritisation in a performance-oriented environment is also highly valued
- Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team to elicit functional improvements and improved injury status within appropriate timeframes
- Demonstrated experience with using athlete management software, performance technology, and by extension a detailed approach to clinical note-taking

**Role**:
Attendance for this position is 4 days per week, Tuesday to Friday

The Rehabilitation Coordinator is tasked with being a first-point of contact for students (and their parent/carers) who have sustained an injury. The Rehabilitation Coordinator then fills a variety of roles, the most important of which is to be the central communicator between stakeholders as well as working with the MSA Physiotherapist and where appropriate, external stakeholders, to implement and adapt athletic development programs.

**Responsibilities**:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting directly to the Performance Services Manager, the Rehabilitation Coordinator will undertake the following duties:
1. Contribute to the MSA injury management process as part of a multidisciplinary team that consists of the following:

- o Physiotherapist
- o Strength & Conditioning staff
- o Sport Coaching Staff
- o Performance Psychologists
- o Sports Dietitian
- o Athlete Wellbeing Coordinators

2. Communicate and implement the return to play outcomes with fellow Rehabilitation Coordinators and MSA-based health professionals.

3. Rehabilitation program design, maintenance of athlete injury-management and performance testing records, and delivery of specific rehabilitation sessions for the majority of student-athletes around their academic and sporting commitments.

4. Liaise with external and internal coaches, and external medical practitioners associated with the student-athletes in the development of rehabilitation programs.

5. Liaise with Parents/Carers regarding the current injury status of student-athletes within the MSA program.

6. Develop educational resources regarding the injury management process as well as common injury presentations.

**Who May Apply**:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
**Other Information**:

- Please provide 3 references with valid mobile phone numbers
- Please limit each KSC response to no more than half a page
- Please attach your cover letter, resume and KSC responses as 1 pdf file only

**Conditions of Employment**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.