Orienteering Australia (OA) is calling on orienteers to apply for a series of key contractor positions designed to enhance the organisation’s operations and increase participation in the sport. These roles present fantastic opportunities to make a lasting impact… and you get paid for it!

The positions cover a range of topics (data, controlling, introductory education, LMS) and hours (30 – 350 hours).

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their Expression of Interest by Monday, 17th March. Don’t miss out on the chance to bring your skills to a sport you’re passionate about and work within the supportive OA team.

For full details visit the OA Opportunities webpage or contact Arpad (gm@orienteering.asn.au) or Daniel (participation@orienteering.asn.au). OA thanks for the Australian Sports Commission for the ongoing support to orienteering.

Available Roles:

• OLC Developer (Contractor Position)
  • The role is responsible for developing new certifications, updating existing ones, managing data migration, and implementing system upgrades for the Orienteering Learning Centre (OLC) to ensure its continued growth and effectiveness ($20,880, until the end of 2025. Indicated hours: 348).
• Controller Accreditation Learning Resources Developer/s (Contractor Position)
  • Creating learning resources for the controller curriculum (ready for the future step of turning these into eLearning modules). There are two positions (which could be given to the same person):
    • Orienteering Controller learning resources developer ($11,040. Indicated hours: 172 hours)
    • MTBO Controller learning resources developer ($8,640. Indicated hours: 144 hours)
• Data Coordinator (Contractor Position)
  • OA will be required to report specific participation data to the ASC from 2026. This contractor position will assist in updating orienteering’s data collection process as well as the collection and analysis of the Learn to Orienteer market research ($7,200. Indicated hours: 120 hours)
• Short OLC Courses Learning Resources Developer (Contractor Position)
  • An objective in the Participation Plan is to publish 3 short ‘Intro’ courses on the OLC. This will require a contractor/s to create the learning resources and a contractor to convert these into eLearning modules (can be the same person or 4 different people to account for contractors’ specialties and experience):
    • Create learning materials for ‘Intro to Mapping’ ($1,800. Indicated hours: 30 hours)
    • Create learning materials for ‘Intro to Course Setting’ ($1,800. Indicated hours: 30 hours)
    • Create learning materials for ‘Intro to Condes/PurplePen’ ($1,800. Indicated hours: 30 hours)
    • Create eLearning modules using the Evolve authoring tool for the three intro short courses ($2,520. Indicated hours: 42 hours)

Details on the OA Opportunities webpage