Social Impact Programs Coordinator

At Tennis Australia, we're creating a more playful world through tennis - for everyone.

From grassroots to Grand Slams, tennis brings people together, inspires communities, and builds champions on and off the court.

We're a team of imaginative and passionate people who believe in the power of sport to make a difference. If you're ready to help us serve up real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

We're committed to reflecting the communities we work and play in. We strongly encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disability, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

About the role

The Australian Tennis Foundation (ATF) aims to inspire brighter futures for disadvantaged children and young people through tennis. As the Official Charity of Tennis Australia and the Australian Open, we use tennis as a vehicle to reduce social disadvantage and increase social cohesion.

As the Social Impact Program Coordinator, you will play a critical role in supporting the Foundation's programming and partnership commitments, ensuring operational excellence while directly contributing to measurable community impact outcomes

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Support the design, delivery, and administration of ATF grant programs, ensuring strategic impact, efficient management of funding, compliance with contractual and budgetary obligations, and robust reporting on outcomes.
• Lead the operational delivery of ATF programs by ensuring legal and governance compliance, managing partnerships and stakeholders, budgets and project plans.
• Manage grant recipient reporting by providing templates, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements, and collating project data to support outcome reporting and reconciliations.
• Coordinate the ATF communications calendar in collaboration with the Content team, delivering social media content for ATF channels and Tennis Australia website.

About you

To be successful in this role you will:

• Experience in operational program support, preferably in the sports or non-profit sectors
• Demonstrated experience in grant administration and funding program processes
• Strong project management skills, including developing and monitoring of project plans, timelines and budgets
• Experience in data collection, collation and basic data analysis for impact reporting
• Familiarity with social media scheduling tools and basic digital content management
• Excellent stakeholder managements skills, with strong written and verbal communication
• Hold (or be willing to obtain) a current Police Check and Working with Children Check
• Preparedness to be flexible in regard to working hours and arrangements relating to work associated with Tennis Australia

What's to love?

• Career development with a range of formal education and on the job training opportunities
• Tickets to the Australian Open plus Superbox tickets to events at Rod Laver & Melbourne Arena
• Monthly health & wellbeing activities with access to CorePlus Pilates
• Onsite gym, tennis facilities & free onsite car parking
• Salary packaging & a range of discounts from our sponsorship partners
• Attractive leave benefits - with up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave for all primary caregivers and Sorry Business and Ceremonial Leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees
• We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by WORK180

To Apply

If you think you're up to the challenge, we'd love to hear from you Please submit your resume and cover letter via our online application system. Please note, only applications submitted through our system will be considered.

If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application process, please contact .

Applications close Sunday 28 September, however we will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore this role may close sooner if we find the right candidate.

Tennis Australia is committed to providing a safe environment for all tennis participants, including children and young people. It is essential everyone involved with delivering tennis in Australia understands their responsibility in relation to child-safety.