Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing
Job reference: 863163
Location: 5031 - MILE END
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

About the Agency
The Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing (ORSR) is the lead South Australian Government agency for sport, active recreation and racing. ORSR supports sport and recreation organisations, local government, and the community by providing leadership and support through the development and delivery of funding, policy, programs, infrastructure planning and management, and high-performance pathways.

The ORSR offices are located at the South Australian Sports Institute on the fringe of the Adelaide CBD at Mile End. Check out the video below for a look behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art facilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAZ73IJsouA

For more information about our agency, please visit:

Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing | orsr.sa.gov.au

About the Division - South Australian Sports Institute
The South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) is the High Performance Sports hub in South Australia. Its purpose is empowering people to achieve their sporting dreams and inspiring South Australians. SASI does this by:

- Providing the highest quality daily training environment, including embracing leading-edge technologies to optimise the performance of its people, programs, projects and partners.
- Optimising national representation and medal success on the world stage for South Australian-based athletes and teams.
- Pursuing excellence in practice, services and culture.
- Developing sustainable talent pathways for athletes and coaches.




- Enhancing the community's engagement with SASI.

Role Highlights

- Work with high performance athletes / coaches to optimise physical performance.
- Key member of multi-disciplinary team servicing a range of different sports.
- Based at SASI’s new state-of-the-art high performance sport facility.

Role Details
The Physical Preparation Coach is responsible for supporting the Head of Physical Preparation in the development and management of the strength and conditioning team and ensuring elite high performance standards at both of SASI s high performance strength and conditioning facilities. This position will design, implement and deliver world class technical expertise in strength and conditioning support services for a range of allocated SASI sports programs to effectively optimise the achievement of performance outcomes in an integrated inter-disciplinary performance team.

Special Conditions

- The Incumbent will be required to participate in the Agency's Performance Management Program.
- The Incumbent may be assigned to another position at this remuneration level or equivalent.
- Some work outside of normal hours will be required.
- Some interstate travel involving overnight absences will be required.




- This role requires a working with children check.

Essential Qualification

- Tertiary qualification in Exercise, Health, Sport Science or related field.
- ASCA Level 2 Accreditation or international equivalent.
- Minimum 5+ years experience in the provision and application of strength and conditioning services to elite athletes and/or high performance programs.
- Senior First Aid and resuscitation certificate (or willingness to complete).
- Current driver's licence.

Classification
PO2 - Professional Officer

Salary Range
$96,191 - $111,434 p.a.

Duration
Up to 24 months

Benefits

Bringing your talents to the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing will see you rewarded with a wide variety of benefits such as:

- A variety of flexible work and leave arrangements.
- Access to the on-site SASI gym.
- Contemporary office space with secure bike storage and end-of-trip facilities.
- Free parking at our city-fringe Mile End office.
- Work-life balance with a flexible hybrid work arrangement.
- Access to great customised training and career development opportunities.

Enquiries to
James Pearce - Head of Physical Preparation
Phone: 0422 286 499
Email: [email protected]

Applications close: 11/11/2026 11:00 PM

Attachments:
- Pre-Employment-Declaration_240522.pdf
- Role Statement - Physical Preparation Coach - PO2.pdf

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the adaptable working arrangements for this role.

📌 Physical Preparation Coach (Mile End)
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