National Community Coaching & Umpiring Manager
Core
Shape the national direction of community football coaching and umpiring portfolios, leading workforce planning, education, and stakeholder alignment.
Role type
Senior management leader for community sport workforce development
Builds
National coaching and umpiring capability frameworks, governance structures, and workforce strategies
Domain
Community sport, football (AFL), workforce development
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Strategic planning, stakeholder leadership, governance, data analysis, change management, program oversight, team development
Preferred skills
Experience in community sport systems, knowledge of recruitment/retention factors, cross-functional issue resolution
Responsibilities
Set and oversee national priorities and annual plans; Lead and develop the National Community Coach Lead and National Community Umpiring Coordinator; Establish governance and performance arrangements; Oversee strategies for recruitment, development, and retention of coaches and umpires; Align State and Territory stakeholders; Oversee education and accreditation frameworks; Build alignment across internal teams and external stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership