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 Technical Lead is responsible for providing direction and leadership within QAS’ Psychology program, to support practitioners in their delivery of exceptional clinical performance support to athletes and coaches.

The role will require someone who is a strong communicator, innovative and who can work well with others to provide a strong, collaborative network of practitioners. The QAS Technical Lead role will represent the Queensland Academy of Sport at a National level and be expected to have a strong working partnership and alignment with the National Psychology Lead - AIS.

In addition, there will be opportunity to work up to an additional 3.5 days depending on the needs of QAS Sport Programs (negotiable), creating a combined 5-day equivalent role supporting athletes at the Queensland Academy of Sport.

Minimum Qualifications 

Respondents must have all of the following: 

• Current full registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Psychologist
• Tertiary qualifications and supervised training as specified by the Psychology Board of Australia to meet their General Registration Standard
• Masters degree in Sports Psychology or equivalent
• Meet the AHPRA competencies for a Sport and Exercise Psychologist
• Board approved Supervisor of willingness to undertake Board approved Supervisor training

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.