Help shape the future of community coaching and umpiring

Are you passionate about developing people and strengthening community sport? Netball Victoria is seeking a full-time Community Workforce Capability Manager to build a sustainable, skilled and well-supported community workforce across Victoria.

Combining strategic workforce planning with technical leadership in community coaching and umpiring, you’ll create clear development pathways and practical learning opportunities. You’ll help coaches, umpires, mentors, developers and facilitators build their capability and confidence, while supporting associations and leagues to deliver high-quality community netball.

Based at the State Netball Centre in Parkville, Melbourne, this full-time role operates within Netball Victoria’s hybrid working environment, with time in the office and working from home.

About Netball Victoria

At Netball Victoria, we are more than a sporting organisation, we are a community dedicated to empowering lives through netball. Guided by our values of empowerment, innovation, and leadership, we aim to inspire and grow the sport while making a lasting impact – from grassroots to elite level.

About the role

Reporting to the General Manager - Community, you’ll design, build and lead Netball Victoria’s community workforce system, from recruitment and onboarding through to education, deployment, mentoring and retention. You’ll provide subject-matter leadership in community coaching and umpiring, ensuring learning content, technical standards and delivery align with Netball Australia frameworks, Netball Victoria priorities and player, coach and umpire pathways.

Key responsibilities include:

- Designing statewide workforce frameworks and clear recruitment, development and recognition pathways.
- Leading coaching and umpiring education, resources and technical standards,



aligned with national frameworks, and supporting quality delivery.
- Building recruitment pipelines with community and education partners, and consistent onboarding covering expectations, payment, availability, safeguarding and integrity.
- Coordinating workforce scheduling and deployment for education, affiliate support and regional activities.
- Strengthening engagement and retention through mentoring, peer support and recognition.
- Using workforce data, forecasting and reporting to target support, guide investment and measure impact.
- Leading the team, managing budgets and collaborating with stakeholders to align workforce and pathway priorities.

What you will bring:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications or at least five years’ relevant work experience.
- Experience leading community coaching and/or umpiring development, education, technical standards or workforce capability in sport.
- Knowledge of coach and umpire development frameworks, adult learning and practical community sport delivery.
- Experience delivering strategic plans, budgets and complex projects, and managing staff and/or volunteers.
- Solid communication, stakeholder engagement and organisational skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Strategic thinking, sound judgement and a commitment to innovation, improvement and inclusive grassroots sport.
- A current full driver’s licence and availability for regional travel, evening and weekend work.




- A current Working with Children Check (or willingness to obtain).
- A current National Police Check (or willingness to obtain).

What we offer:

- Flexibility: Hybrid working arrangements and recognition that our work doesn’t always fit a 9-to-5 schedule.
- Benefits and Perks: Free parking onsite, gym access, tickets to Melbourne Vixens home games, and partner discounts.
- Wellbeing Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), annual flu vaccines, and a welcoming, inclusive culture.

To view the full PD for this role, click HERE

How to Apply

If you’re passionate about growing your career in a purpose-driven organisation that wants to improve lives through netball, we’d love to hear from you.

Please send your written application, including both covering letter and CV to Abbey Misso via [email protected]

Applications close: 5pm, Friday 20 November 2026.

We appreciate the time and effort that goes into every application. While we’re unable to respond to everyone, shortlisted candidates will be contacted for next steps.

Our Commitment to Child Safety

Netball Victoria is dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of children and fostering a culture of safety and empowerment. All applicants are required to undergo background checks and screening prior to or during employment. Learn more about our Safeguarding Commitment at Netball Victoria Child Safety.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, embracing diversity in all forms. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including First Nations and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse individuals, and the LGBTQ+ community.

We regret that we are unable to accept recruitment agency applications.

📌 Community Workforce Capability Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Netball Victoria
📍 Melbourne