Cricket Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Posted: 23 September 2021
Link to Apply: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2730591685/
About the job
- Permanent role
- Make an impact in a leading sporting organisation
- Up to 5 extra days off a year
Cricket has been Australia’s favourite sport for over a century now.And as the central administrative body for the great game, it’s the people who work with us here at Cricket Australia who make that happen.
We’re over 100 years old now – and still not out!As we keep delivering cricket content to millions of fans around the country and globally, we’ve never been prouder of the role we play in bringing communities together.
You can play your part too.
Reporting to the Executive General Manager, Marketing and Communications, in this role you will be responsible for developing, coordinating and directing government relations, public policy and infrastructure activity for Cricket Australia, and you will lead a nationwide Government Relations and Infrastructure team.
This is an amazing opportunity to join a purpose-driven organization whose focus is to unite and inspire communities through Cricket. Uniting and inspiring communities through Cricket is our culture, and we’ve never been prouder of the role our people play in making Cricket a sport for all Australians.
About The Role
Operating in a senior leadership capacity, the Head of Government Relations and Infrastructure will play an integral role in promoting and driving strategic organisational objectives that will maximise the long-term sustainable growth and revenue of Cricket Australia.
In This Role, You Will Be Responsible For
- Providing organisation wide strategic and operational leadership;
- Developing and executing Cricket’s national government relations strategy, national infrastructure framework and state-based government relations strategies;
- Developing contacts and relationships with the Australian Government, State and Territory Governments and local governments across Australia;
- Developing and leading Cricket Australia’s government engagement program to enable delivery of COVID-safe cricket content across Australia;
- Identifying and analysing federal, state and local government/sports issues across Australia and direct cricket’s public policy advocacy to governments;
- Managing the planning and delivery of the infrastructure and facilities needed to support growing the game across Australia, including managing the expenditure and project delivery from the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund and;
- Leading the development of high quality communications and public affairs strategies with our government stakeholders to drive continued improvement to Cricket’s profile with all government stakeholders.
About You
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- Experience working in government at state or national level, or in government relations within the sports industry or in other sectors.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Robust relationship building skills.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Efficient problem solving skills.
- Ability to manage concurrent complex tasks.
- Knowledge and experience in strategic planning.
- Exceptional work ethic including the ability to multi-task, prioritise work commitments and deadlines, whilst maintaining a close attention to detail.
Sound like you? Let’s do this!
Cricket’s a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that.Your age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or religion won’t impact whether or not you’re part of the team.It’s your drive to do great work that’ll help you shine.At Cricket we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone involved in our sport including children.
We work flexibly and offer extensive employee benefits including a range of discounts from fashion and travel to groceries and electronics! Salary packaging options and discounts with our corporate partners.We also have an extra 5 days off a year!
If you want to learn more about how we play then apply now – we are looking forward to meeting you!
Please submit your resume & cover letter outlining your experience meeting the key criteria by 5pm on Thursday 7th October 2021.
