Sports Assistant for 2025

What is the Role?

The position requires the person/people to work within the sport office in St Andrew’s House five days per week. These will be made up of five days (four weekdays + Saturday or 5 weekdays, term-time only). During the term, you will be assisting teaching staff with the planning and delivery of PDHPE programs to students from Years 3-10 as well as assisting with our co-curricular sporting program. You may also be involved in Saturday sport grounds management.

The Role offers the opportunity to:

• Study for a Strength and Conditioning Certificate ASCA Level 1 (this will be determined by discussion with the Head of Sport and Athlete and Team Development Manager)
• Coach a sport within the Sport Department (additional payments are made for these roles over and above the basic position description)

Who will the successful applicant be?

• A student who has completed their Year 12 in 2024, a person who is part way through or completed sport related post school study, or a person who is keen to be involved in schools
• Loves sport and helping young people

A detailed position description is attached top RHS of advertisement.

Applicants are expected to upload a cover letter and resume to support their application and should be addressed to the Director of Sport & Cocurricular Education, Ric van Wachem and the Head of Sport, Tamsyn Kelson.

Applications close: 4:00pm, Thursday 26 September 2024

Interviews will commence as applications are received.

See here for further employment benefits at SACS: https://www.sacs.nsw.edu.au/employment/

Who are we?

St Andrew’s Cathedral School (SACS) is an independent, Kindergarten to Year 12 Anglican school located in two high-rise buildings in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. The school offers students a strong academic program and extensive opportunities to be involved in sport, music, drama and outdoor education. As an authentically Christian school in the Anglican tradition, Christian values are embedded in all aspects of daily life, with honesty, integrity, humility, respect and service being foundational to the richness of relationships at SACS. We seek to develop students who think critically and creatively and have hearts that love, minds that grow and lives that give.

Why St Andrew's Cathedral School?

The School received Voice Project's Best Workplace Award for staff satisfaction and engagement in 2020, and was recently awarded 5 Star Employer of Choice 2022 by The Educator for positive employee experience. This is an amazing achievement, representative of a supportive, collegiate culture where every staff member is known, valued and equipped to excel in their role.

Prior to employment at the School, this position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

For more information on Working with Children Checks, please visit the NSW Office of the Children's Guardian website.