Manager, Sport & Fitness

Overview:

• Full-time, Continuing position
• Salary HEW 9 ($129,453 – $138,702) + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
• Based at the Melbourne CBD and Bundoora campuses, and hybrid ways of working

About You
A unique opportunity awaits to lead one of the leading sports programs in Australia’s tertiary sector. As the Manager of the Sports & Fitness program at RMIT, you will spearhead the ‘RMIT Active’ co-curricular program, enhancing student engagement and promoting a healthy campus lifestyle. Your responsibilities will include managing a broad range of inclusive student active programs, the Redbacks representative sport program, esports & games, and overseeing the operations of key sporting and fitness facilities across the Melbourne City & Bundoora campuses. This key leadership role involves building strong relationships with stakeholders and providing strategic advice to senior management. If you are passionate about promoting health and wellness and have proven experience in managing sports and fitness programs, we want to hear from you. Join us at RMIT and lead the way in creating a healthier, more active campus!

To be successful in this position, you’ll have as a minimum:

• Proven experience in developing and managing student sport and fitness activities programs to improve student experience and participation in student life.
• Experience in managing people and resources and implementing business improvement in a complex environment.
• Leading a commercial sports and/or fitness operation, including budgeting, reporting, and  stakeholder engagement
• Experience in  working  with  data  and  stakeholders  to  identify  emerging  and  unmet  needs  and  to develop solutions to meet those needs.
• Well-developed problem-solving and creative thinking skills demonstrated in the design and delivery of improvements to customer service processes, systems and workforce capability.
• Experience in encouraging a workplace culture of high performance and promoting accountability for outcomes.
• Demonstrated understanding and commitment to diversity, inclusion and reconciliation

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

About the Portfolio

The Students group shapes, designs and delivers key student services and experiences to prepare RMIT students for study, life and the global workforce.We work in partnership with students, academics, professional staff, industry and the community to deliver transformative student experiences that improve access, participation, retention and success for all RMIT students.

Our objectives are to:

• Shape, co-create and inform an inclusive, safe, industry-engaged and global student experience
• Deliver impactful, connected service, care and development opportunities at scale, and to
• Engage, empower and value each other so that together we can make a difference.

We welcome a diversity of perspectives and are inclusive in our approach to work. We are aligned in our passion  for  having  a  collective  and  positive  impact  on  the  student  experience  at  RMIT.  Our  team  is comprised of talented and motivated people from a range of professional disciplines and backgrounds, at various stages of their careers and including RMIT students.We  are  a  values-led  organisation  and  we  value  imagination,  agility,  passion,  inclusion,  courage  and impact. The Group is led by the Executive Director Students.

To Apply 

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.

For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Tim Burdeu via email tim.burdeu@rmit.edu.au.

Position Description – Manager, Sport & Fitness

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Applications Close:

27 Oct 2024 11.59 pm

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