About us

Joining the Hawthorn Football Club represents a unique opportunity to work in a fast paced, elite sporting environment where you can be yourself and thrive.

Our Club’s values and One Club philosophy across our men’s and women’s football programs ensures that inclusion and diversity are at the core of all we do. You will work and thrive in an environment that is committed to excellence and supported by a culture of wellbeing and work/family balance.

Our strategic priorities guide the Club to deliver long term objectives to continually grow, innovate and achieve on-field success. We are excited that our new state of the art home Kennedy Community Centre in Dingley will be completed in 2025.

We are committed to creating a supportive environment in which people feel connected to our football club and to each other.  Importantly we want to have fun!

About the role
Reporting to the High-Performance Manager, the AFLW Head Physiotherapist is responsible for the delivery of best practice sports physio to the AFLW squad.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive, manage and deliver best practice sports physio services to the Hawthorn AFLW playing group, including training, match and post-match services.  
• Ensure all physio and rehabilitation team members are performing at optimal level. Day to day management of the team and involvement in weekly meetings
• Oversight and delivery of musculoskeletal protocols of playing group, including up to date research in injury prevention and management
• Work closely with AFLW High Performance Manager and Club Doctor to ensure players receive the highest care and treatment. Liaise with AFLW Senior Coach and GM Football Operations in relation to player injury management. Liaise with AFL Men’s Head Physiotherapist as required for optimal player management.
• Development and delivery of rehabilitation programs, education programs for players and pre-habilitation programs

Qualifications and Experience 

The successful candidate will have 7+ years of experience as a physiotherapist, have led others in a team and have prior experience working in an elite sporting team environment.

This is a part-time opportunity for the 2025 AFLW season, commencing no sooner than 23rd of April and going through until the end of the year.

Our offer to you 

As a Hawthorn Football Club employee, you will work in a supportive, values driven and harmonious team. You will be challenged and provided with opportunities to learn new things, grow, and develop. Our initiatives which drive wellbeing, connection and performance include:

• Access to gym facilities
• Special offers and discounts through our Corporate Partners
• Professional development opportunities – inhouse and external
• One Club memberships to enjoy games with your family and friends

Please submit your application including your resume and cover letter by 3rd April, 2025 

The Hawthorn Football Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and diverse candidates. We welcome applicants who reflect the diversity of the Australian community and encourages applicants from the following backgrounds to apply:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Culturally and linguistically diverse
• LGBTIQ+
• People with a disability

We provide a welcoming, safe, and flexible approach to work and provide an environment that benefits from and enables the best from everyone.

As an organisation we are committed to protecting children and young people from harm. It is essential that anyone involved with the Hawthorn Football Club understands their responsibility in relation to child safety. Our organisation requires all applicants to obtain a ‘Working with Children Check’ prior to appointment.