The Queensland Academy of Sport’s mission is to inspire extraordinary sporting success. We recently brought this mission to life when 191 Queensland athletes proudly wore green and gold while representing Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Paris 2024 will go down in history as Australia’s best Games, setting the bar high for the next Olympic and Paralympic cycle.  The QAS is now on a mission to deliver more medals across more sports at the Los Angeles 2028 Games, in anticipation of hosting Australia’s most successful Games in Queensland in 2032. 

The QAS supports more than 500 elite athletes on their sporting journey from talented juniors to Olympians, Paralympians and World Champions. Our expert staff support athletes through in-house programs, partnerships with State and National Sporting Organisations, and individualised support for athletes on medal-winning trajectories to help them perform when it matters most. 

Our ambitious high-performance strategy for the 2032 Games is to create more medal-winning moments for Queensland athletes that inspire their state and nation. While this strategy defines our goals, our organisation’s culture is what will help us achieve them. Therefore, the QAS is looking for highly talented and motivated individuals whose values and behaviours align with ours, to join our QAS Team. 

The Senior Sports Dietitian is responsible for providing world leading, evidence-based sports nutrition support to categorised swimmers and coaches to the residential program at Brisbane Swimming Hub and programs in the Brisbane region. As the Swimming Australia National Dietitian Lead, you will also assist in creating national direction and alignment for athlete servicing, research and performance strategies to enable high performance swimming outcomes. 

Minimum Qualifications 

Respondents must have one of the following: 

• Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics from a Dietitians Australia (DA) accredited course; or 
• Bachelor degree of Science or a related field, followed by a postgraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from a DA accredited course; or 
• Dietetic Skill Recognition (DSR) examination for overseas trained Dietitians, administered by DA 

In addition to the above, the respondents must also have all of the following: 

• Accredited Practicing Dietitian (DA); 
• Accredited Sports Dietitian (SDA); 
• Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA) Sports Nutrition Course or Tertiary course recognised by Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA)

ISAK Accreditation 

Respondent must meet one of the following: 

• Current Level 1 (or above) ISAK Accreditation; or 
• Pending re-accreditation of previously held Level 1 (or above) ISAK Accreditation; or 
• Agree to obtain Level 1 (or above) ISAK accreditation upon acceptance of Contract 

Working with Children (Blue Card) 

Respondents must be able to comply with the following mandatory requirements of the Contract, if successful: 
Current “Working with Children” / Blue Card (before commencing services) 

The successful applicants will be contracted by QAS as a ‘Supplier’ for an initial contract term from 6 January 2025 to 28 February 2027, with an option to extend for a further 2 years until 28 February 2029 at the discretion of QAS.

The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our athletes.

We are committed to an environment where athletes from any background are heard, treated fairly and free from abuse.

If you're interested in learning more, please have a look at the role description and contact us to discuss the role.