Tournament Space Delivery Lead

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.

Want your chance to make a mark on a world-class, record-breaking event? We are hiring for a Tournament Spaces Delivery Lead to join our Infrastructure team and take the lead on delivering the spaces that bring the Australian Open 2026 to life. This is a full-time fixed-term contract from July 2025 to the end of February 2026.

As this is a seasonal event role, we require full availability and flexibility across the summer months, December - February. If you're ready to help us serve up real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

About the role

As Tournament Spaces Delivery Lead, you'll take the lead in transforming empty spaces into high-performing environments for players, workforce, and tournament operations. From furniture and finishes to services and signage, you'll work alongside our Manager Tournament Spaces Delivery to bring the plans to life by managing every detail of the temporary infrastructure and fit-out.

This is a hands-on role where you'll collaborate with a broad mix of internal teams and external suppliers to make sure every space not only looks great but functions flawlessly, all while keeping timelines tight and budgets in check. In this role you will be responsible for:

- Bringing tournament spaces to life, transforming raw areas into fully functional zones for players, workforce, and operations
- Leading end-to-end delivery of temporary fit-outs and services across the precinct, from concept to completion
- Turning design intent into reality by collaborating with suppliers, designers, and contractors to deliver creative and compliant overlay solutions
- Managing logistics, budgets, and timelines to ensure every space is delivered on time, on brief, and on budget
- Driving improvements by feeding event-time learnings into future planning, helping us raise the bar year after year

About you
To be successful in this role you will have:

- Experience delivering fit-out or temporary infrastructure for major events, venues, or large-scale activations
- A practical understanding of what makes a space work from furniture, materials to power, signage and the finishing touches
- Confidence interpreting overlay plans and design drawings and turning them into well-executed spaces
- Strong people skills, able to coordinate suppliers, manage contractors, and build trust with a wide range of stakeholders
- Highly organised, detail-focused, and comfortable managing timelines, budgets, and project reporting

What's to love?
- Career development with a range of formal education and on the job training opportunities
- Tickets to the Australian Open
- Monthly health & wellbeing activities with access to CorePlus Pilates
- Onsite gym, tennis facilities & free onsite car parking
- A range of discounts from our sponsorship partners

To Apply
- 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_

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