Sports Coordinator

Location: North West Region | Bendigo

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1451016

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated experience in mentoring young people, ideally within a sporting or school setting.

**SC2 **Ability to plan, coordinate and deliver a sporting program, including managing participants, staffing, transport, venues, equipment and communications.

**SC3 **Demonstrated capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community.

**SC4** Demonstrated experience in utilising technology to manage workflows.

**SC5** Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with BSSC and Department values.

**Role**:
The Sports Coordinator is responsible for facilitating and promoting college participation in sport competitions at local division, region, state and national level.

**Responsibilities**:

- Liaise with team coaches to organise selection/training program.
- Book transport, venues and equipment.
- Coordinate excursion arrangements in accordance with college and DE policy, including roll marking.
- Distribute coaches¿ instructions, student notices, permission slips, payment instructions, team uniforms, sports equipment and team rosters for upcoming sports days.
- Update and maintain displays of relevant sports notices, team draws, reminders both electronically and on noticeboards.Support Athlete Development Program (ADP) activities where possible.
- Support publicity and recognition for college sports participants via the college website, social media platforms, college magazine, college awards ceremony and the media.
- Maintain sporting archives.
- Nominate students for relevant sporting awards.
- Liaise with and develop partnerships with community sports clubs/organisations.
- Represent the college on the Sandhurst Division Sports committee.
- Establish and maintain community links with regional and state sporting associations
- Assist with the organisation of whole college events.
- Administer the Sports Scholarship Fund.
- Maintenance of equipment and uniforms.
- Attend meetings (internal and external to the college) as required.
- Support staff in selection process of teams, delivery of training and athlete management.
- Ensure staff attending sporting events have relevant qualifications and expertise (including Working with Children Check, First Aid, CPR and a Light Rigid Vehicle Licence).
- Oversee and support the BSSC Student Sports Leadership Team.

**Who May Apply**:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position. The position requires the successful applicant to hold and maintain certification in First Aid (including CPR) and a Light Rigid Vehicle Licence.

**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**:

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

**Location Profile**:
**Bendigo Senior Secondary College (BSSC)** is a Year 11 and 12 school located in one of Victoria's strongest and fastest growing regional areas. With an enrolment of 1800 students, we are the largest provider of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) delivered in schools in the state.

Our ROLE at BSSC is to empower learners for individual, community and global leadership, underpinned by the values of Respect, Optimism, Learning and Engagement. We are proud of the significant role we play supporting young people from the Greater Bendigo community to access high quality education programs, tailored to meet the individual needs and pathway goals of every student.

BSSC is located within the Rosalind Park precinct in the centre of Bendigo and has enjoyed an unrivalled picturesque location on this site for more than a century. The entire college site is on the Victorian Heritage Register. Staff, students and the broader community value the history of the co