Exercise and Sports Science Lead

**Position Title**: Exercise & Sports Science Lead

**Reports to**:David Smith

**Employer**:Absolute Health & Performance 138LC Pty Ltd

**Address**:138 Lt Collins Street, Melbourne CBD

**Application closes**:10th of October 2024

**About Us**

At Absolute, our vision is to enable people to live limitless lives. We do this by changing our clients’ lived experiences by giving them the tools and support to achieve their health and wellness goals.

In the last eight years, our exercise & health professional team has worked with over 5000 people and empowered them to move more, reduce pain and build confidence in their bodies from the inside out. We are now in need of an experienced individual to deliver exceptional exercise and sports science principles to help our clients achieve success.

We are on a solid growth trajectory and are set on becoming the industry leader in health care for mid-life Melbournians.

**Our Culture Code**

**Empowering Accountability**
- We hold ourselves and others accountable for our shared values and purpose.
- We actively correct others honestly and candidly when we see behaviour that does not align with our values.
- We understand our responsibilities and expectations and are confident in achieving them.

**Always growing, Never Settling**
- We value education followed by execution over an extended period_._
- We actively seek and provide feedback.
- We provide evidence of the growth of our clients and team.

**Connected Community**
- We are a cohesive team looking out for each other, ready to help, and constantly looking to add value to each other's lives.
- We have fostered an inclusive space where everyone feels welcome and part of an involved community.

**Setting The Standard**
- Holding ourselves to a high standard of action, service and quality.
- Setting the standard that others aspire to be.
- We deliver so much value (information) that others adopt it as their best practice.

**About You**

As a team member at Absolute, you'll be responsible for developing good relationships and delivering tangible results through coaching and lifestyle interventions.

We are looking for somebody with the following attributes:
1. **Excellent communication skills -** Can you listen, ask in-depth questions, and provide clear communication that helps your clients make better decisions?

2. **Personal development -** Are you driven to improve your skillset through education, seeking feedback and acting on advice?

3. **Professional -** Are you someone who values delivering an outstanding product and service and takes pride in their work?

4. **Outcome orientated -** Do you set ambitious goals and put in the required work to achieve them? Your success will expand the Absolute brand and showcase the benefits of working within a multidisciplinary centre. You will develop a network of accomplished clients who are hungry for success.

**What’s in it for you**:
**Multidisciplinary environment - **Learn from our diverse team of practitioners through our weekly CPD programme.

**Career growth** - Enhance your personal and professional skills with clear opportunity to progress within Absolute.

**Highly educated coaching team - **Work alongside our exercise and sports science team and tap into their extensive and varied experience.

**Freedom -** Remember weekends? We pride ourselves on working hard during the week and having time to relax and recharge at the weekends.

**Security - **The sports science industry is littered with underpaying positions that offer no career development. We are here to change that and provide job security and progression.

**Private practice experience**:

- Do you want to move away from sports but don't know how to start? Our onboarding curriculum will ensure that you develop your skills in all areas of private practice, setting you up for success.

**Your Role & Responsibilities**:
**Clinical**
- Develop the sports and exercise science data and knowledge base within the organisation.
- Establish clinically supported programs of exercise and athletic performance enhancement through sound scientific principles.
- Designing and delivering physical activity and exercise-based intervention to address a broad range of client needs, including rehabilitation and recovery, injury prevention, managing chronic condition risk factors, improving fitness and performance.
- Deliver exercise and sports science services to clients.
- Work in partnership with clients to design and deliver integrated health & performance programmes.
- Provide timely feedback and reporting to clients that measures and evidences intervention effect, including advice that is associated with holistic intervention such as on nutrition and maintaining general health and fitness.

**Teamwork**
- Ensure all services meet high standards that customers expect in quality and function.
- Collaborate with internal practitioners to enhance client outcomes.
- Collaborate with external health practitioners to en