Bowls Australia (BA) is the national sporting organisation responsible for the leadership, development and management of Bowls in Australia. We are a not-for-profit organisation governed by a voluntary board that provides the strategic direction for the sport and the strategies that are implemented by the staff at the national office. BA’s members are the nine state and territory bowls associations. There are over 1,870 clubs and over 640,000 participants nationwide. BA is affiliated with World Bowls, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Commonwealth Games Australia where it is a core sport in the Commonwealth Games held every four years.
With great support from the AIS Performance Pathways Program, BA are looking for coaches to join the BA High Performance team as a Pathways Coach. These coaches will be working with athletes who are categorised as either Developing or Emerging athletes on the BA Player Pathway. This is an opportunity to work with athletes who are striving to represent Australia at future Commonwealth Games, World Bowls Championships and other international events.
This position is working with our categorised (Emerging, Developing and Parasport) athletes which reside predominately in South East Queensland.
The Pathway Coach will be responsible for:
To be successful in this role you need to meet the following criteria:
The role will be part time contract position through to 31 December 2021. The role will be home office based, with coaching taking place in various venues and locations. Working hours will be approximately 1 day per week, but flexible based on demand and events.
We are seeking experienced applicants so please only apply if you have the skills and experience we are looking for.
Bowls Australia (BA) is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. BA requires all applicants who are to work with children and young people to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment, a process that may include, but is not limited to, comprehensive reference checks, an identity check, a ‘working with children’ or equivalent check and/or a ‘national criminal history record’ check.
Applications close 5pm – 27th March 2020.