What is the Role?

As part of an energetic and enthusiastic team, work with the Sport department to help to deliver our Secondary School Sports Program for the 2026 AFL season. Coaches will need to be available for midweek training on a Monday and a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon (to be set) as well as competition games onSaturdays commencing in May.

Training

Training after School (3:30pm - 5:30pm) is held in the Centennial/Moore Park precinct. Training will begin mid-March for training, and competition is expected to begin on Saturday 2nd May and conclude in August.

Inspire our students to excel in Australian Rules Football.

Who will the successful applicants be?

• You will be working at football fields in the Centennial Park / Moore Park precinct for training and other fields around Sydney for competition games.
• Bring specialist knowledge and experience as well as a passion and enthusiasm to coach and mentor in a school sport environment.
• Ideally hold a minimum Club Coach accreditation in AFL and/or relevant experience in youth AFL.
• Be a role model for our students.
• Have a current Working with Children Check.
• Have First Aid accreditation or be prepared to obtain it.
• Model the St Andrew’s Cathedral School values and behaviours and uphold the Independent Sporting Association Code of Conduct.

Prior experience in a school setting is an advantage but not essential.

Applications close 20 March 2026

Interviews will commence as applications are received.

How to Apply

Click the apply button, and upload your resume, including some information about you and your previous coaching experience.

Who are we?

St Andrew’s Cathedral School (SACS) is an independent, Kindergarten to Year 12 Anglican school located in two high-rise buildings in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. The school offers students a strong academic program and extensive opportunities to be involved in sport, music, drama and outdoor education. As an authentically Christian school in the Anglican tradition, Christian values are embedded in all aspects of daily life, with honesty, integrity, humility, respect and service being foundational to the richness of relationships at SACS. We seek to develop students who think critically and creatively and have hearts that love, minds that grow and lives that give. 

Reflecting our Christian foundations, we are a strong and hopeful learning community that nurtures the individual strengths of each student in our care. We always seek to care for the whole child - considering their intellectual, physical, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing and development. We are committed to providing a child safe environment by implementing policies, procedures, practices and training which foster the safety, care and wellbeing of our students.

It is a condition of employment that all new Staff at the School must sign a written statement or complete an electronic acknowledgement that they have read and understand our Child Safe Policy and the Child Safe Codes of Conduct prior to commencing at the School.

Prior to employment at the School, this position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

For more information on Working with Children Checks, please visit the NSW Office of the Children's Guardian website

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