Strength & Conditioning Coach (Rehabilitation &

Full Time, Maximum Term Position
- Work with a passionate, enthusiastic, and talented team
- Elite working environment at The Hangar

Are you passionate about football and athlete development? This is your chance to join a proud and historic club as Essendon Football Club (EFC) looks to appoint a Strength & Conditioning Coach (Rehabilitation & Strength) in our AFL program.

**About us**

Essendon FC - “The Bombers” - are a professional sporting team in the Australian Football League. As home to 5 sporting teams, we run our AFL men’s and women’s programs, VFL women’s and men’s programs, and a wheelchair football team. But we’re more than the game. Not only do we exist to win premierships, we aim to give back to our loyal membership base, and importantly, our community. We understand and take seriously the impact we have on social outcomes and work tirelessly to ensure these are positive, from our partnership with The Long Walk, to our indigenous pathway programs. To do this, we have strong commercial partnerships and innovate with non-traditional ventures, such as our Essendon Education Academy and EFC Investment Fund, so that we can deliver world class events, give back to our fans, run community programs and ultimately, strive toward our next premiership.

**About the role**

Reporting to our Head of High Performance, as our Strength and Conditioning Coach (Rehabilitation and Strength) you will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team in a role that spans injury management, reconditioning, prevention, and strength programming.

In the role you will be specifically responsible for:

- Planning and implementing effective injury management and rehabilitation programs in consultation with the head physiotherapist, doctor, performance coaches and the high performance team.
- Prescribing and implementing reconditioning sessions that prepare players to perform at AFL level.
- Ensuring that injured players use their time to progress on their individual development plans, and that all reconditioning sessions relate back to each players development plan as well as the demands of the AFL football.
- Prescribing and implementing strength programs that prepare players to perform and withstand the demands of AFL.
- Working closely with all stakeholders to ensure players physical performance plan requirements are being met.
- Ensuring that a high level of communication and trust exists within key stakeholders within the football department.

**About you**

With a Bachelor of Exercise Science and current ESSA or Level 2 ASCA accreditation, you will have experience working with elite athletes and a track record of success in reconditioning and rehabilitation program design and implementation. You’ll demonstrate strong communication skills and have the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with our playing group and other key stakeholders. You’ll have a good understanding of, and the ability to utilise in practice, current sport science technology to help guide programming and be able to record professional notes to maintain an effective injury management and strength programming database.

**The Perks**
- ** Our work doesn’t always fit the 9 to 5.** Your life doesn’t always fit the hours around it. We offer flexibility with hybrid office / home working arrangements and hours.
- **More annual leave? **Sure EFC People* will be gifted additional leave per year taken to coincide with Footy Department mini breaks or at the discretion of the CEO. EFC People may also choose to purchase up to 10 days per annum additional leave during the year for extra time off*.
- ** Parent friendly - **We put family at the centre of our work. We know they are the centre of yours. We offer paid parental leave to both the primary and secondary carer of a biological or adopted child*.
- Access to **our Wellbeing Partner - Converge **which supports a Healthy Mind, Healthy Body and Healthy Workplace.
- ** Continuous professional development**:

- to compete at our best we have to keep learning. It’s an expectation and a commitment we make to everyone at EFC. All EFC people will have access to the Essendon Leadership Academy which consists of formal learning, coaching and mentoring, to support you in achieving your career goals.
- ** But wait there’s more - **You will have access to great benefits and discounts through our Commercial Partners. Along with two x Flexi Home & Away memberships* giving you access to our Home & Away games at Marvel Stadium and the MCG. Free onsite parking at our premium workspace, The Hangar, and more.

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We pride ourselves on creating an environment of shared spirit of passion, innovation, and inclusivity. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diversity and inclusion is an important part of how we do business. We are united in upholding our Club-wide values and are consistently setting the benchmark both on and off the field a