Key Objectives
- Provide opportunities and remove barriers for personal and professional development.
- Support and advance current and emerging leaders in performance support roles in Australian sport.
- Support, retain and progress talented leaders in Performance Support that can challenge the status quo and increase leadership effectiveness in sport.
Key Dates
Application Period
- 31 January 2022 – Applications open
- 14 February 2022 – Applications close
- Late February 2022 – Participants notified
The below dates apply to the program and are TBC, but provide an overview of the time commitments for participating. Sessions will be adapted to online delivery if there are COVID travel restrictions.
Program Schedule
- Program Launch – Friday 4 March (120min online session)
- First group session – w/c 2 May 2022 – 2 days in Canberra
- Second group session – w/c 20 June 2022 – 2 days day in Canberra
- Third group session – w/c 17 October 2022 – 2 days in Canberra
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the program, participants will need to be:
- Aged 18 years or over.
- An Australian citizen or have been granted permanent residence status.
- Engaged or contracted by a National Sporting Organisation (NSO), National Institute Network (NIN) member or Games Delivery Partner.
- Available for all program dates.
Participants need to:
- Identify a sponsor currently employed within the high performance sports system to support the application. A sponsor is someone more senior who can influence and advocate on behalf of the applicant.
- Not be employed by Sport Australia or the AIS when applying for the program.
Additional information
Contact
For further information please contact: talentprogram@ausport.gov.au