Queensland Rugby League is seeking an experienced and community-focused Area Manager to lead and support rugby league across your region. This role can be based out of Townsville or Cairns so If you have a passion for sport and enjoy working with clubs, volunteers and communities, this is your chance to play a key role in growing the game across Queensland.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
As the Area Manager, you’ll lead a team responsible for supporting local clubs and leagues, ensuring community rugby league is delivered safely, effectively and continues to grow. You’ll work closely with a wide range of stakeholders, driving participation, strengthening capability and making sure the game runs smoothly across your area. You’ll be hands-on in delivering programs, supporting volunteers and building strong relationships, all while ensuring compliance and governance standards are met. We’ve broken it down a little more for you:
- Drive the delivery of local and statewide participation programs, with a focus on growth, retention and accessibility across your area.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clubs, leagues, schools, government and other key stakeholders to support the ongoing development of the game.
- Support the recruitment, development and retention of volunteers, ensuring clubs have the capability to operate effectively.
- Ensure competitions and operations run smoothly, identifying risks and working proactively to resolve issues.
- Monitor and drive compliance with QRL and NRL policies, legislation and governance requirements.
- Use data and insights, including Club Health Checks, to identify opportunities and improve performance across your area.
- Support facility planning and audits to ensure infrastructure supports future participation growth.
- Promote inclusive participation opportunities, including programs supporting women, Indigenous and remote communities.
- Represent QRL in your region, promoting rugby league and identifying opportunities for partnerships and funding.Lead and support your team to deliver on key priorities, providing coaching, direction and day-to-day guidance to ensure outcomes are achieved.
- Lead and support your team to deliver on key priorities, providing coaching, direction and day-to-day guidance to ensure outcomes are achieved.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
A genuine passion for sport and an understanding of the important role it plays in bringing communities together. You’ll be confident working with a wide range of stakeholders and able to lead a remote team to deliver strong outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
You’ll also possess:
- Experience in a leadership or area-based role, ideally within sport or a not-for-profit environment.
- Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with volunteers, clubs, boards and government stakeholders.
- Proven ability to deliver programs or projects within set timeframes.
- A solid understanding of governance, compliance and operating within structured frameworks.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Confidence navigating challenges and resolving complex stakeholder issues.
- Flexibility to travel and work hours that reflect the realities of community sport as this is not your normal 9AM-5PM gig.
A BIT ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a full-time position based in either Townsville or Cairns. QRL remunerate based on the position to ensure gender pay equity in sport and the salary for this position is $92,000 plus superannuation and a car.
And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better… you also receive five weeks annual leave each year, an allocation of funds to use for professional development and other attractive benefits. We’re proud of our workplace and our employees are too.
We adhere to the highest standards of child safeguarding. All applicants must be eligible to obtain a Working with Children Check (Blue Card). In addition, as part of moving through the recruitment process applicants must be willing to undergo all relevant probity checks, which may include reference checks, employment history verification, identity confirmation, criminal history checks, and other assessments as required.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that is representative of everyone in our Rugby League community. We encourage applications from people of all genders and ages, First Nations peoples, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people from multicultural communities. Please help us to understand if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process to assist your application.
HOW TO APPLY
Please click the “apply now’ button in Seek. We would love to hear your ‘why’ so if you can write us a couple of points in a cover letter around this, we would greatly appreciate it.
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