Position Title: Sport4All Inclusion Coach - ACT

Program: Sport4All

Location: Bruce, Australian Capital Territory

Employment Term: Fixed term 18 months

Time Fraction: 0.6 EFT (3 days per week)

Remuneration: $66,667 pro rata ($40,000 equivalent) + 11.5% super (increasing to 12% on 01/07/25)
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Get Skilled Access and the ACT Government are searching for the following person:

- A person who has disability or lived connection to disability,

- Who has a great connection with their community.

- Who is passionate and motivated to build the confidence of community sport clubs and schools to include people with disability in all aspects of sport (playing and non-playing).

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply.

About Get Skilled Access:

As a Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Consulting organisation we call you into conversations, we don’t call you out. At Get Skilled Access (GSA) we’re not just consultants; we’re people with disability, lived experience of disability and allies of disability inclusion. Along with our extensive array of professional skill sets, this authenticity infuses our process, making us uniquely positioned to work with organisations on their disability inclusion goals.

Founded by Dylan Alcott OAM in 2016, we partner with our clients to provide genuine, tangible, and engaging experiences that drive inclusion, productivity, and profitability, creating sustainable change towards an equitable and dignified experience for all.

Get Skilled Access designed and delivers the Sport4All program.

About Sport4All

The Sport4All (S4A) Program has been commissioned and funded by the Federal Government to build inclusion capability in community and school sport.

The Sport4All (S4A) Program employs local Inclusion Coaches in communities to help sporting clubs and schools be more accessible and inclusive for people with disability.

S4A mission is to give sporting communities the knowledge and passion to include all people with disability in sport. Our vision is that inclusive sporting communities are accessible to every person with disability, and that they feel like they belong.

The Inclusion Coach is employed by Get Skilled Access in partnership with ACT Government and will be part of the Sport and Recreation - ACT Government team.

About the ACT Government and ACT

The ACT Government's mission is to create a thriving, sustainable, and equitable city for all residents. This includes focusing on environmental responsibility, economic growth, and improving the overall quality of life for Canberrans. The government also aims to foster a strong sense of community and ensure that Canberra remains a place of choice for talent, innovation, and business.

The ACT Government’s sport and recreation strategy, CBR Next Move, provides the direction and a roadmap for strengthening and developing sport and active recreation in the ACT through until 2028. The strategy’s vision is for “all Canberran moving more through sport and active recreation”.

About the Inclusion Coach

- The ‘Inclusion Coach’ must be a person with disability and/or lived connection to disability who has been involved in sport as a player, volunteer, or administrator. The Inclusion Coach will work within the ACT Government to connect local sporting clubs and schools with the Sport4All website and resources and help them to complete the Sport4All training program.

- The Inclusion coach will use their real-life disability experiences and the experiences of their network to build relationships with the clubs and schools, which will help them to understand the purpose of Sport4All and the benefits and opportunities the program can bring.

- The Inclusion Coach will be trained in the Sport4All program at the beginning of the role, with further training and development offered.

- The Inclusion Coach will be managed by the Get Skilled Access Sport4All NSW & ACT State Manager, supported by the Sport and Recreation - ACT Government team.

Key responsibilities and activities of this role:

- Develop a connection with First Nations organisations and the sporting community within your region.

- Connect and work with the Get Skilled Access Sport4All Team

- You will understand the S4A program goals and work towards achieving these through working with local sporting clubs and schools.

- You will work to engage clubs and schools with the Sport4All program’s training and resources.

- You will create a plan for contacting and keeping connections with sporting clubs and schools for reporting purposes.

- You will be supported by the NSW/ACT State Manager and use your lived experience of disability to provide the placement partner employees with an opportunity to grow and learn about the difference between disability, accessibility, and inclusion and its relation to sport.

- You will contribute to S4A program meetings to make sure the goals are being met and measured.

- You will understand the S4A program goals and work towards achieving these through working with local council, sporting clubs and schools.

- You will create positive and successful relationships with sporting clubs and schools to bring them into the program.

- You will support sporting clubs and schools to work through the Sport4All program.

- You will help sporting clubs and schools to connect with other relevant organisations to achieve their inclusion goals.

- You will check in, assess, and support Sports clubs, Schools, and organisations to create more inclusive sporting opportunities for people with disability.

- You will support Schools and clubs to deliver inclusive sports activities such as sessions and workshops.

- You will promote the Sport4All program and educate community groups about how participating in sports can help people with disability.

- You will share with all people from all groups within the community the opportunities for people with disability to participate in all sporting activities, including First Nations people, to participate in all sporting activities.

- You will explore the sporting needs of people with disability within your local community.

- You will keep records and data up to date on which clubs, schools and organisations connect and complete the Sport4All Program, as well as keeping record of the people with disability participating in sport within the local community.

- Your role will work on empowering sporting communities within your community to better include people with disability, including First Nations people, in sport.

Essential Skills, knowledge and qualities:

· Ability to create strong relationships with the people and groups interested or connected to the Sport4All Program.

· Ability to use a range of communication types, including face-to-face, email, and phone, to connect with many different people and groups within the community.

· Communication skills in writing, public speaking and helping people or groups to better understand inclusion in sport with different activities.

· Passionate and motivated, with the ability to work independently and to be resourceful while working without always being told what to do.

· Ability to connect with grass roots sporting clubs.

· Ability to connect with teachers, school leadership and other school staff.

· Ability to plan your trips and travel around the local community, including to different schools and sporting clubs, centers, grounds or programs etc.

· Will be organised and able to manage administration tasks, and have technology skills including setting meetings, emails, phone calls, recording data etc.

· Understanding and ability to use computer programs to collect and keep data on Sport4All connections and inclusive sports opportunities within the community.

· Able to manage your time, to rank tasks in order of importance and complete all other responsibilities while also continuing to keep communication connections with schools, sports clubs, organisations, and any people or groups who have an interest or connection to Sport4All.

What you can expect from working with both Get Skilled Access and the ACT Government:

· All abilities, friendly, flexible working arrangements which let the inclusion coach to work in the hours that suit them, as well as their responsibilities in the role.

· A flexible work arrangement which offers the Inclusion coach to work from home and from the office of an identified partner within the region.

· Opportunities for professional development and training

· A supporting and positive work environment that values diversity

· A real sense of work-life balance

Other Relevant Requirements

· This role may require travel within the ACT.

· Due to the nature of the role and the sport industry, this role may require some work outside ordinary work hours, including evenings and weekends, to attend meetings and events.

Conditions of Employment

· Right to work in Australia (e.g. Australian citizen, or permanent residency status, or a visa permitting you to work in Australia).

o You are required to notify Get Skilled Access if your right to work in Australia ceases during the term of your employment.

· Current Working with Children Check (employee)

· Holds or ability to hold, and maintain a satisfactory National Police Criminal History Check prior to appointment (must be provided by candidate prior to commencing in role)

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Application details:

To apply for this position:

· Please submit your CV or Resume (your CV can be written, or recorded with audio or video)

· Please submit a short response to the following question (your response can be written/typed, or recorded with audio or video) (max 250 words / max 2 minutes recording):

Why are you passionate about inclusion in sport and what attracted you to GSA and this role in particular?

· Application will close Sunday 1st June 2025 at 11.59pm AEST.

· No late applications will be accepted.

If you have any questions after reading the Job Description or have any technical issues, please contact Jenny Crandell ([email protected]).

GSA is committed to implementing a leading approach to inclusive practices in all of our processes across the organisation. This recruitment process may include any of the following: online application form, phone screening, face to face or virtual (via Microsoft Teams) interviews.

If you have any accessibility needs or reasonable adjustments required to any elements of the recruitment process and feel comfortable doing so, please contact Jenny Crandell ([email protected]) for a confidential discussion.

Our Take Home Message

Get Skilled Access is a Disability-Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE), which means that most of the people who own and work at Get Skilled Access, including Sport4All, are people with disability and real-life experience of disability.

We’re passionate about helping people lead happy, healthy, and active lives. Get Skilled Access and Sport4All recognise and celebrate the diversity of our communities in all its forms. We foster and promote inclusivity and encourage everyone to apply, especially those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. There is a place in sport for everyone, exactly as you are.