Access to skilled candidates is essential for organisations to succeed. However, attracting and retaining skilled talent can be a significant challenge. The Sport Director Talent Community creates a targeted talent pipeline connecting sporting organisations nationally with individuals seeking a board role.
How does the Sport Director Talent Community work?
- Members of the Sport Director Talent Community create and maintain their own profile, upload their CV, and list their preferences, including whether they would like a national, state, or community role
- Each profile is assigned to talent pools based on the candidate’s skills, experience, attributes and role preferences
- Sporting organisations place an advertisement for a role including board chair, elected or appointed directors, or committee members
- Sporting organisations receive a list of potential candidates (pools) from the Sport Director Talent Community
- Sporting organisations contact suitable candidates
How does my organisation advertise a board or committee position?
An authorised representative of your sporting organisation completes the form via the link below, providing information about the role, including required skills and experience, length of tenure, and key responsibilities. Using this information, the Sport Director Talent Community develops a job advertisement on behalf of the sporting organisation.
How is the role promoted?
A key feature of using the Sport Director Talent Community is that the advertised role will be promoted through ASC channels, such as LinkedIn and the Clearinghouse for Sport Daily News. All traffic is then directed to a jobs board, specifically designed for board and committee opportunities.
The advertising organisation is then able to promote the role via a link to the jobs board where candidates can learn all about the role.
How does the Sport Director Talent Community benefit Australian Sport?
- A growing and up-to-date database of sports leaders
- A single entry-point for sporting organisations to advertise
- Connecting the right directors to the right opportunities by matching candidate skills, experiences and backgrounds to the needs of the organisation
- More efficient director recruitment processes utilising best practice resources (i.e. advertisements, board skills matrix, and more)
- Opportunity to develop a talent pool for each sporting organisation, supporting better succession planning, preparation and induction
- Ability to provide more targeted and meaningful support to aspiring and current directors through education and training opportunities matched to their preferences
- Supporting diversity on Australian Sporting Boards, including gender diversity as outlined in the National Policy on Gender Equity in Sports Governance.