ABOUT US

Football Australia is situated on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge the histories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building a brighter future together.

Football in Australia is a melting pot of approximately 2 million participants represented by over 200 different cultures, we are proud to be the most diverse and globally connected sport within the Australian sporting landscape.

This diversity in culture, ideas, and experience makes us strong and prepares us to achieve our vision to ‘be a leading football nation where everyone is inspired to live and love the game’. To achieve this, we live by our company values which include: 

• Impact On & Off the Field: Challenge the way we think and do to seek ways to grow the impact football has, influence industry thought leaders.
• Inclusive & Diverse Football for all: Football is embedded in the nation's social fabric, follows the story of Australia, be accessible for all
• A United Team: Bringing people together to unleash the power of football and to deliver the vision, we bring the team spirit to the game
• Trust: Building trust across the whole football community, be trusted custodians of the game, act with integrity and objectivity

WHAT WE OFFER

At Football Australia we want to look after our people and below are just some of the many benefits of joining our team:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Birthday Leave
• Study Leave
• Wellbeing & Lifestyle leave
• Paid Parental leave in addition to statutory government offering
• Volunteer leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Partner discounts
• Workplace Banking Program
• Social Activities such as 5-a-side futsal

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Sydney based role is responsible for building and fostering exemplary relationships across a portfolio of existing commercial partners, having a sound understanding of strategic business objectives and the utilisation of contracted benefits to deliver on the goals associated with their Football Australia partnership and mutually agreed success metrics.

This role takes responsibility for all Football Australia partnership properties, with a focus on the national teams – Senior, Youth & Para’s.

Football Australia's partnership portfolio includes blue chip companies including Commonwealth Bank, Cadbury, 10 Paramount, LEGO, Subway, Qantas, Nike, Cupra, Allianz, Coles, LCI Education, MILO, MJ Bale and Beare Park. The successful candidate will be intimately involved in delivering some of the largest sponsorship campaigns Australia has seen.

The position is responsible for delivering a best-in-class commercial partner management program, ensuring delivery of integrated and cohesive sponsorship agreements across the Football Australia ecosystem, while in tandem enhancing football fans’ experiences in Australia.

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Ensure Football Australia is fulfilling its contractual obligations to key partners throughout the term of their agreement, delivering value over and above expectations to maintain high levels of sponsor satisfaction.
• Establish an understanding of commercial partner’s marketing and strategic plans to help develop, deliver and review creative campaigns for partners.
• Continually monitor and review partner contractual benefits and pro-actively create and present ideas to partners to most effectively utilise and deliver against set objectives.
• Support the Commercial department’s planning and compliance with policies, whilst implementing functional best practice and continuous improvements.
• Work within governance, compliance, regulatory and policy frameworks when it comes to partner rights and benefits. This will include signage, inventory/rights and the use of teams and players – imagery and access.
• Together with the Senior Partnerships Managers, establish and maintain relationships with relevant players and their agents to ensure appropriate delivery of appearances and/or management of commercial/IP issues
• Support fan ratings, attendance and passion through the development of marketing initiatives with sponsors that promote football and drive consumption.
• The ability to build strong relationships with staff members of all Football Australia business units, along with key personnel of each commercial partners teams, is a critical component of this role.
• Attendance and input in strategy sessions and client workshops

A full copy of the position description can be found here.

ABOUT YOU

Experience, Skills and Qualifications: 

• Min 2-years of partnership management experience
• Understanding of commercial sponsorships
• Passion for purpose-based partnerships
• Understanding of strategic marketing plans & processes
• Experience in servicing blue-chip brands, understanding how they operate and their partnering expectations.
• Superior communication skills - written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Outstanding customer service and relationship management skills
• Ability to build strong working relationships within the corporate environment.
• Self-motivated
• Competence in Microsoft suite of computer programs.
• Effective time management - to be able to respond quickly and effectively to partnership needs
• A full list of experience, skills and qualifications can be found in the above position description

Additional Requirements: 

• Full working rights in Australia
• Working with children check (paid/employee) or state-based equivalent 
• International Criminal History Record for each country (other than Australia) in which you have resided for 12 months or more in the last 10 years (if applicable)
• Out of hours and weekend work as required

Click APPLY NOW to submit your application, including a cover letter and current resume. 

Application Closing Date: 3 December 2024 at 5pm AEDT

Football Australia are an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our values and behaviours support and encourage an environment that sees its people drive impact on and off the pitch, are trusting in each other, united to achieve and embrace an inclusive environment.

We encourage applications from people who identify as female or non-binary, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island people, people with disabilities and people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you require support or advice with your application, please contact us.

In submitting an application, you agree to our collection statement. To review, head to the following link: footballaustralia.com.au/jobs/collection-statement