Sport Climbing Australia (SCA) is the governing national sport organisation for sport climbing in Australia and the Australian representative of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).

SCA, in partnership with key high performance partners, is embarking on an ambitious and exciting new strategy. As a result, we are currently recruiting our inaugural Head Coach to support our medal-competitive performance objectives leading into major international events and the LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Games.

Excitingly, Sport Climbing participation is rapidly growing in Australia and SCA is working to leverage current sport development opportunities to implement athlete development pathways conduct technical workforce development activities, bid for and host world class sport climbing events, develop participation programming that brings new people to our sport and support industry development.

About the role

As the Head Coach, you will provide leadership to athletes and coaches across all of SCAs national programs towards achieving our high performance strategic vision. As a newly funded sport within the Australian high performance system, this opportunity presents the right candidate with the ability to reimagine the design and execution of world class performance within Australian Sport Climbing on a local and global stage.

Working with a close-knit team your responsibilities will include;

• Technical leadership of identified athletes and coaches.
• Individual performance planning of Nationally Categorised athletes.
• Organisation of training camps, sessions and competitions.
• Work within the Senior leadership team to monitor and manage the workload of climbers utilising the Athlete Management System to achieve peak performance, as well as prevent and manage injury.
• Lead and direct a wide and diverse performance support team of both internal and external practitioners.
• Contribute to the continued evolution of key SCA documents such as What It Takes To Win, Athlete Categorisation Framework and Athlete Development Framework.

 About you

If you are someone with international medal-winning experience and a demonstrated understanding of athlete development methodologies within the sport climbing high-performance landscape then we would love to hear from you.

The successful person will be self-motivated with the proven ability to lead the development, implementation and delivery of coaching and technical guidance to a group of current international and emerging sport climbers.

• Demonstrated leadership of high performance teams including Performance Support personnel.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, judgement and decision-making skills and the ability to use these skills effectively under pressure.
• Experience of one-on-one peer level coaching and understanding of contemporary high performance coaching methodologies.
• Relevant degree or equivalent qualification / experience in Coaching, Sports Science or related field (highly desirable).
• Demonstrated knowledge of international high performance best practice, including awareness of developing trends in coaching technique, skill development, program growth and long-term athletic and personal development, (desirable).
• In depth understanding and application of the principles of coaching, sports science, medicine and technology and innovation within a high performance program within a limited resource framework (desirable).

 Citizenship/Visa

You must either be an Australian citizen, have permanent residency status or be eligible for an Australian Work Visa.