About this role
[What the role is]
School of Sports and Health– Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Diploma in Sport Coaching)
The School of Sports and Health, whose vision is to be a leading educator in the domains of sports, health, and community care, invites qualified and passionate candidates to apply for the position of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Diploma in Sport Coaching (DSC).
The Diploma in Sport Coaching is designed to develop professional, industry-ready sports coaches who can work with athletes across different age groups and performance levels.
[What you will be working on]
The Lecturer/Senior Lecturer will contribute in the following area(s):
- Deliver engaging teaching for Pre-Employment Training (PET) and Continuing Education and Training (CET) programmes using sound pedagogical principles and learner-centred, practice-based approaches.
- Design, review and enhance curricula, assessments and learning experiences by applying relevant pedagogical frameworks to maintain academic quality, learner engagement and industry relevance.
- Maintain strong industry and pedagogical currency in sport coaching, sport science, technology, analytics and/or related areas through active professional practice, industry engagement and professional development.
- Mentor students in their academic and holistic development, including the supervision of projects, internships, overseas programmes and co-curricular activities.
- Build and sustain partnerships with industry and professional bodies to support applied learning opportunities such as industry projects, guest engagements, internships and field-based learning.
- Contribute to applied research, innovation and the adoption of emerging pedagogical practices and technologies relevant to sport and coaching.
- Support school-wide initiatives, outreach, events, committees and other administrative responsibilities.
[What we are looking for]
- At least four years of relevant industry, coaching and/or teaching experience, with current expertise in areas such as sport coaching, coaching pedagogy, instructional strategies, fundamental gymnastics, sport technology or analytics.
- Sound knowledge of pedagogy, including learner-centred, experiential and active-learning approaches, as well as the ability to apply these appropriately to youths and adult learners.
- Demonstrated industry currency, with active engagement in contemporary coaching practices, pedagogical developments, technologies, professional networks and/or the sport sector.
- Ability to design curricula and assessments, facilitate effective learning and evaluate learning outcomes. Experience teaching or training youths and/or adult learners is an advantage.
- Strong communication, collaboration, planning and organisational skills, with the ability to work effectively with students, colleagues and industry partners.
- Self-driven, responsible and able to manage multiple priorities while meeting quality and timeline expectations.
- Competency in AI, data analytics and/or digital technologies relevant to sport, coaching or education is preferred.
- Research, applied research and/or industry project experience, particularly in coaching or pedagogy, would be advantageous.
- Able to support CET classes and short courses on selected weeknights and weekends.