Marketing, Partnerships, & Inclusion Manager

at  Tennis Australia

• Play a key role in growing tennis in a sustainable way across the NT!
• Join a passionate team and become part of a fun and inclusive culture
• Flexible work practices, ensuring a positive work-life balance
  It is an exciting time for Tennis in Australia, and we have ambitious plans to continue to grow the game from grassroots through to high performance. We are transforming how we deliver tennis, with the aim of making it more accessible, to more people, more often. To help us achieve our plan we are looking for a Marketing, Partnerships and Inclusion Manager to join our team at Tennis NT in a permanent, full-time capacity.
  About the role
  Reporting to the Tennis NT CEO, this role will be accountable for the Tennis NT marketing plan and be the primary contact for external stakeholders such as media and marketing agencies. The role will demonstrate tennis’s leadership as an inclusive sport and will grow tennis participation within the NT reaching the diverse communities within the NT with marketing, partnerships, and through programs targeted to lifting tennis participation (across the pathway) within those communities.
  This role will leverage tennis events and the overall facility to grow interest in tennis and convert that interest in tennis into more people playing at clubs; quality partnerships; growing tennis participation that reflects the diversity of the NT community.

In this role you will:

• Collaborate across the Tennis NT team to create a holistic plan across Marketing, Partnerships & Inclusion.
• Network across the NT to uncover opportunities for tennis to link in with activities and partners, to grow the sport in a sustainable way.
• Create and implement an NT marketing and content calendar.
• Champion and develop tennis as an accessible and inclusive sport, and connect this to marketing and partnerships.
• Grow tennis participation within the NT by connecting diverse communities of the NT with tennis – including Indigenous communities, women and girls, LGBTQI+ community, and people with different abilities.
• Be the main point of contact for the NT into the National Marketing team (led by Tennis Australia)

About you

What you will bring to the role:

• Qualifications in Marketing & Communications, Sports Management or a related field.
• Proven ability to maintain and build relationships with external stakeholders from various backgrounds.
• Marketing skills across online and offline channels.
• Proven ability to secure funding through avenues such as grants, commercial partnerships, in-kind partnerships.
• Preparedness to be flexible with regard to working hours in line with when tennis occurs, particularly during event mode.
• Alignment with the Tennis values of Excellence, Humility, Collaboration and Imagination
• You must hold (or be willing to obtain) a current Police Check and Working With Childrens Check (Ochre Card)

What’s to love

• Career development with a range of formal education and on the job training opportunities
• Monthly health & wellbeing activities through our Serving Your Health program
• Flexible working practices
• Salary packaging
• A range of discounts from our sponsorship partners

To Apply
If you think you’re up to the challenge, we’d love to hear from you! A copy of the position description can be found
here
. Please submit your resume and cover letter via our online application system. Please note, only applications submitted through our system will be considered.
Applications close 11th March 2024, however, we will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore this role may close sooner if we find the right candidate.
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In this role you will:

• Collaborate across the Tennis NT team to create a holistic plan across Marketing, Partnerships & Inclusion.
• Network across the NT to uncover opportunities for tennis to link in with activities and partners, to grow the sport in a sustainable way.
• Create and implement an NT marketing and content calendar.
• Champion and develop tennis as an accessible and inclusive sport, and connect this to marketing and partnerships.
• Grow tennis participation within the NT by connecting diverse communities of the NT with tennis – including Indigenous communities, women and girls, LGBTQI+ community, and people with different abilities.
• Be the main point of contact for the NT into the National Marketing team (led by Tennis Australia

What you will bring to the role:

• Qualifications in Marketing & Communications, Sports Management or a related field.
• Proven ability to maintain and build relationships with external stakeholders from various backgrounds.
• Marketing skills across online and offline channels.
• Proven ability to secure funding through avenues such as grants, commercial partnerships, in-kind partnerships.
• Preparedness to be flexible with regard to working hours in line with when tennis occurs, particularly during event mode.
• Alignment with the Tennis values of Excellence, Humility, Collaboration and Imagination
• You must hold (or be willing to obtain) a current Police Check and Working With Childrens Check (Ochre Card