Be Part Of History

The Tasmania Football Club is on a historic journey to build Tasmania’s AFL and AFLW club from the ground up.

As our VFL, VFLW and Academy programs continue to grow, we’re building an integrated phsyical performance team to help prepare and develop the next generation of footballers.

We’re looking for experienced and emerging physical performance professionals to join our Men’s and Women’s programs, with opportunities spanning senior program leadership through to hands-on athlete development.

Opportunities Available

Lead Physical Performance Coach – Men’s Program (VFL/Academy)

Lead the physical preparation of our VFL players while helping create an integrated physical development pathway through the Men’s Academy. You’ll oversee strength, power, speed, conditioning, load planning and return-to-performance, while providing leadership to supporting physical performance and sports science staff.

Lead Physical Performance Coach – Women’s Program (VFLW/Academy)

Lead physical preparation across the VFLW environment and help connect the VFLW and Women’s Academy programs. You’ll oversee gym and field programming, speed and conditioning, load planning and return-to-performance, while helping establish consistent physical development standards across the women’s pathway.

Physical Performance Coach – Men’s Program (VFL/Academy)

Support the delivery of our Men’s Academy and VFL physical performance programs, with a particular focus on athlete development and weekday delivery. You’ll contribute across strength and power development, speed and conditioning, testing, rehabilitation support and individual player development.

Physical Performance Coach – Women’s Program (VFLW/Academy)

Support the physical development of Women’s Academy and VFLW athletes, working closely with the Lead Physical Performance Coach. You’ll contribute to strength, power, speed and conditioning delivery, testing,



rehabilitation and individual athlete development.

What You’ll Bring

Across these opportunities, we’re looking for people who can combine strong technical knowledge with outstanding practical coaching. You’ll ideally bring:

- A Bachelor degree in Exercise/Sport Science or equivalent
- ASCA, ESSA or equivalent accreditation, or a pathway toward accreditation
- Practical experience delivering strength, power, speed and conditioning programs
- An understanding of athlete testing, profiling and individual development
- The ability to work collaboratively with physiotherapy, medical, sports science and coaching teams
- A genuine interest in developing athletes and helping build an integrated pathway from Academy through to senior football.

For our Lead roles, demonstrated strength and conditioning/athletic development experience within elite or high-performance team sport is particularly key, with ASCA Level 2, ESSA accreditation or recognised international equivalent highly desirable.

We’re particularly interested in strong practical coaches who enjoy working with developing athletes. Experience in testing/profiling and rehabilitation support will be highly regarded.

The working model

These are casual opportunities based in Hobart, with delivery primarily across weekday and evening training environments. The roles will also include agreed VFL/VFLW match and practice-match coverage, with some weekend and travel requirements. The Academy-focused aspects may include attendance at occasional camps, testing etc.

How to apply

If you’re excited by the opportunity to help build a high-performance football program from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and a brief note introducing yourself.

When applying, please indicate which opportunity or opportunities you would like to be considered for.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in more than one opportunity.

All employees need to hold or be willing to obtain a Working With Vulnerable People check

Applications close 5pm, Thursday 1 October

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