Sports Physiology Practitioner

**About us**

The NSW Institute of Sport [NSWIS] is a high performance sporting organisation that supports Australian athletes to become world’s best. We reach all regions of NSW, with an Olympic and Paralympic training facility based at Sydney Olympic Park and high performance hubs across NSW that provide world class daily training environments for our athletes and coaches. Our experts work in collaboration with partners within the national sporting system to create and deliver high performance support services and environments to prepare athletes and coaches for international competition.

**About the role**

Join our expanding Sports Science department as the Sports Physiology Practitioner

The Sport Physiology Practitioner will drive holistic athlete development to positively impact training and performance and provide best practice physiology services to Australian Sailing (AS) categorised athletes along the pathway from the Australian Sailing Team (AST) to the State Sailing Pathway Program (SSPP), as a part of an integrated inter-disciplinary team. This role is partnered with Australian Sailing and based predominantly out of the National Training Centre at Middle Harbour, Sydney.

This role will require the successful applicant to collaborate across NSWIS, Australian Sailing, and the wider National Institute Network (NIN) to ensure consistency in the development of independent, resilient and robust athletes to optimise performance. This role will work with the AS Physical Preparation Lead to develop and deliver systems within the daily performance environment (DPE) that will facilitate evidence-based decision making to support individual campaign plans to optimally prepare for the 2028 and 2032 Olympic Games.

This is an identified position requiring a Working with Children Check.

For further information about the role and the key accountabilities please see the job description.

**About you**

You will have:

- Proven success in utilising physiology knowledge for planning, periodising and managing athletes across seasons/campaigns at senior national or international level, and an understanding of current trends, technological advances and practices sport science and coaching
- Proven experience in planning and monitoring athletic performance to achieve performance progression
- Demonstrated ability and commitment to work in a multi-disciplinary/sport team environment with high performance support staff, coaches and athletes
- Experience in operating and managing quality control and quality assurance programs to meet laboratory compliance standards
- Proven ability to analyse data, interpret results and produce reports for influencing athletic training programs and the capacity to communicate this in a coach and athlete-friendly manner
- Experience using sport-specific computer programs and training monitoring software platforms

**Essential Requirements**
- Undergraduate degree with Honours in Exercise, Health, Movement and/or Sport Science
- Level 1 Anthropometry
- ESSA Sport Scientist Level 1
- Current First Aid and CPR certification
- You have a current Working with Children Check or be willing to obtain this prior to working with us.
- A cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements and focus capabilities in the job description for the role (maximum 1 page)
- An up-to-date CV outlining experience, qualifications and achievements (please include at least two referees)

This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles that may arise over the next 18 months.

NSWIS is committed to protecting Children from harm. We require all applicants that will work with Children to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment