Program Coordinator

**We are seeking a dynamic Program Coordinator to join our team to plan and coordinator outdoor education programs at our Berry Centre.**
- **Join a fun, supportive team and make a difference to recreation in NSW**:

- **Ongoing full-time opportunity**:

- **Salary ranges from $110,266 up to $122,058 per annum + Sport & Recreation allowance, super & leave loading**

**About the role**
When it comes to working in the great outdoors - it doesn’t get better than this opportunity to work at the Berry Sport and Recreation Centre.

This fast-paced, stimulating role involves designing and delivering engaging programs to clients, ensuring smooth logistics and rostering a highly motivated team of Program Officers.

For more information read the full: Role Description

**About you**

In addition to your passion for outdoor education programs, you will bring to this role:

- Proven ability to design, develop, and oversee school and community outdoor education programs, ensuring they are engaging, relevant, and aligned with client needs.
- Strong understanding of tailoring programs to meet diverse client requirements, incorporating best practices in outdoor education to maximise participant engagement and learning outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in leading, mentoring, and supervising program delivery staff, fostering a culture of professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to cultivate and manage relationships with schools, community groups, and other stakeholders to drive business growth, secure new partnerships, and strengthen engagement.
- Comprehensive knowledge of operating procedures, risk management, and child protection obligations, to ensure all programs run safely, efficiently, and in line with organisational standards.
- Ability to liaise effectively between program staff, administrative teams, and other service areas, ensuring seamless collaboration and operational success.

**Essential Requirements**
- Relevant knowledge, skills and experience and tertiary qualifications in a relevant field or a Certificate IV Outdoor Recreation/Leadership and relevant industry experience.
- Current Class C drivers’ licence.
- Ability to undertake on-call responsibilities on a rostered basis.

**About us**

The Office of Sport is the lead NSW Government agency for sport and active recreation. We offer a career with purpose and work that makes a difference delivering on our purpose of ‘Everyone Plays Here’. We are a unique workplace, where no two days are the same

Our work is spread across NSW, with ten Sport and Recreation Centres, five Olympic Sport Venues and offices throughout the state. We provide leadership, policies, programs, funding and infrastructure to enabling participation in sport and active recreation. Our work makes a difference - improving health outcomes, connecting communities and making a stronger NSW.

Our team members are collaborative, creative, hardworking and innovative, brought together by a common goal of ensuring sport and active recreation is accessible for all people in NSW.

**How to apply?**
- A cover letter outlining your interest and suitability for the role (maximum 2 pages)
- An up-to-date CV outlining experience, skills & achievements relevant to this role (maximum 5 pages)
- Provide an example of a time when you had to inspire and motivate your team to achieve a common goal. (max word count - 750 words)
- Provide an example of a time you had to tailor a program/service to meet specific client needs

It is recommended that you use the STAR approach to ensure your response to these questions is comprehensive.

**Applications close**:Sunday 18 May 2025 at 11:55pm**

**What’s in it for you?**

The Office of Sport offers you the opportunity to make a direct, shared contribution and difference to sport and recreation in NSW and have a positive impact on quality of life of our clients. We offer a family-friendly and flexible working environment, competitive salaries, and generous leave entitlements. Our benefits include salary packaging, access to the Fitness Passport, the Employee Assistance Program, and free onsite parking.

Inclusion is a huge focus for the Office, internally and externally. In addition to actively promoting employment for women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ individuals, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, we are also committed to increasing opportunities for everyone to participate in sport and active recreation. We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging.
- A talent pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months._