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 purpose of the role is to manage and provide analysis of football data; presenting and visualising insights to support strategies aimed at promoting and improving elite football in Australia. 

The role will drive the objectives of Football Australia’s new and bold 15-year vision embodied by the XI Principles for the future of Australian football (‘XI Principles’), in particular: 

• Principle V - to create a world class environment for youth development / production by increasing match minutes for youth players and streamlining the player pathway. 
• Principle VI - to create world class environments for coach and referee development.

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Manage data collection and storage across talent identification and pathways events, such as the Talent Development Scheme, and Football Australia National Teams events and Academy Programs, generating a centralised talent ID database. 
• Develop regular reports that monitor and measure Football Australia’s technical vision and strategy to amplify and enhance the key technical and development insights outlined in the XI Principles. 
• Support Football Australia Technical department with data insights, such as coach education feedback data, that help inform team members and drive strategic priorities.
• Optimise football data collection - Investigate how we can innovatively store, interpret, and visualize football data that we collect internally and are provided to us from third parties. 
• Facilitate the development of a data-driven, practical talent identification module for coach education through management of FA Talent ID Webform. 
• Coordinate support staff and volunteer coaches/scouts that assist Football Australia with the collection of football data at Talent Development Scheme events. 
• Coordinate support staff and volunteer coaches/scouts that assist Football Australia with the collection of football data at National Youth Championship events. 
• Educate Australia’s coaching network at Talent Development Scheme events on Football Australia’s Technical strategy and the key objective of multiple capture points.
• Support national team programs through the communication of summary data from talent identification events, and an overview of match minutes across Australian and International competitions. 
• Assist Football Australia’s referee’s department with data insights and visualisations as required. 
• Maintain Third Party Performance Analysis Relationships – Advise on agreements with third party companies such as (Hudl, OPTA). 

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

ABOUT YOU

Experience, Skills and Qualifications: 

• Experience in data collection, analysis & visualisation 
• Experience of applying data science to real-world problems 
• Experience of programming language (e.g. Python/R) 
• Experience with data visualisation and dashboard tools (e.g. Tableau, Smartabase, ShinyApps) 
• Experience with databases, data integration, data analysis, aggregation and modelling 
• Strong level of football knowledge 
• Clear & innovative presentation skills (Keynote/Powerpoint, etc) 
• Basic understanding of relational databases (Eg SQL).
• Evidence utilising football data either as a hobbyist or in a previous role (Opta, Statsbomb, Skillcorner, Wyscout) - provide links to current portfolio.
• Ability to interpret data quickly and efficiently, and to deliver and present the findings in a creative, concise and presentable manner.

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: Wednesday 2nd April 2025 

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