Kasey Paradis
Bexley
Summary
Experienced coordinator with strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Skilled in project management, communication, and problem-solving. Known for flexibility with changing needs and reliability in delivering outcomes. Prepared to make significant impact in dynamic environment.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Participation Coordinator
Australian Football League NSW/ACT
05.2021 - Current
- Responsible for overseeing AFL participation amongst junior club competitions, school programs and competitions, and umpiring.
- Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking documents.
- Assisted in recruitment by coordinating interviews and managing onboarding activities for new staff.
- Manage AFL NSW/ACT Rams team at AFL Open/Inclusion Carnival. Responsibilities including organising group flight bookings, accommodation, matchday paperwork, daily schedule, equipment, catering and laundry.
- Coordinate AFL/AFLW player appearances with GWS GIANTS and Sydney Swans.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including club presidents and coaches, school sports coordinators, volunteers, parents.
- Increased AFL primary school competition participation from 13 teams in 2022 to 45 teams in 2024.
- Implemented multiple AFL Inclusion gala days for children living with disability. Organised transport, match scheduling, run sheets, umpires, trophies.
- Developed the first AFL Inclusion Grand Final featuring players from junior clubs living with disability, which was run alongside mainstream junior grand finals.
- Implemented an AFL Inclusion Gala Day at Hurstville Public School, featuring over 100 support unit students from the Georges River network.
Development Officer
Australian Football League
02.2015 - 05.2021
- Responsible for growing AFL participation amongst children aged 4-12 years old at junior clubs, schools, and events.
- Ground manage school competitions. Duties include field set up, collating official paperwork, conducting risk assessments, ensuring games ran to a tight schedule
- Leading AFL programs run on school grounds whilst liaising with teachers, sports coordinators and school principals.
- Create, plan and manage events and competitions to attract a new audience to AFL including events for children living with disability.
- Promote AFL through in-school programs, ensuring all games and activities are engaging, safe, inclusive and enjoyable for all participants, irrespective of ability
or prior experience. - Train staff to implement the laws of the game of Australian Rules Football when officiating competition matches. Ensuring each match is played in a fair and safe
manner. - Running fan activations at AFL matches.
Research Assistant
University of Sydney
03.2018 - 11.2019
- Train staff to implement the laws of the game of Australian Rules Football when officiating competition matches
- Ensuring each match is played in a fair and safe manner
- Running fan activations at AFL matches
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks while remaining adaptable and flexible
- Prepared presentations on research findings for conferences and seminars
- Created reports to summarise research results in easy-to-understand format
- Interacted with participants during fieldwork visits to collect data
- Conducted surveys and administered questionnaires to collect data from participants in research studies
- Managed multiple research projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
- Conducted data analysis and interpretation of research results utilising statistical software
- Published a peer-reviewed journal article in the Journal of Sports Sciences
- Presented research findings at the World Congress of Science and Football (Copenhagen 2015, Melbourne 2019)
Education
Master of Education -
University of Sydney
Camperdown/Darlinghurst, Sydney04.2015
Bachelor of Sports Coaching and Administration -
Australian College of Physical Education
Olympic Park, Sydney04.2013
Skills
- Customer Service
- Relationship Building
- Effective Communication
- Adaptability
- Time Management
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Compliance
Timeline
Participation Coordinator
Australian Football League NSW/ACT
05.2021 - Current
Research Assistant
University of Sydney
03.2018 - 11.2019
Development Officer
Australian Football League
02.2015 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Sports Coaching and Administration -
Australian College of Physical Education
Master of Education -
University of Sydney
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