The Performance Pathways Science team fulfills a unique role within the Singapore sport eco-system, providing holistic support to youth athletes and creating sustainable athletic talent development environments to facilitate long-term success. As a Performance Pathways Scientist (Injury Management), you will be required to have a breadth of understanding regarding areas pertaining to youth athlete development and deep knowledge in the areas of injury prevention, human movement and physical maturation. Your role will be to analyse injury data to create profiles based on athlete sport/sex/age and to develop and deliver injury mitigation programming based on these profiles. You will be required to work with Sports Physiotherapists to deliver rehabilitation support for youth athletes and travel overseas with teams to provide sport trainer coverage. You will work as part of a trans-disciplinary team to support key stakeholders within the eco-system, including National Sport Associations, schools, coaches and parents. You will also be provided with opportunities to conduct, present and publish scientific research in the area of injury management and youth athlete development.
Requirements
· A degree in Physiotherapy, Sport Science, Athletic Training or related fields
· A postgraduate qualification in Physiotherapy or Sport Science related fields is an advantage
· Experience developing and delivering injury mitigation programmes, especially for musculoskeletal injuries
· Exposure to working in a talent development environment catering to a youth population
· Breadth of knowledge and/or certification in other Sport Science disciplines
· Understanding of data analysis, visualisation and statistics packages (e.g. SPSS, Power BI, R, Python etc.)
· Have a passion for sport with active involvement either as an athlete, coach or volunteer
