Understanding the Victorian Sport Workforce: Recruiting and Retaining Women in Sport

Name: Understanding the Victorian Sport Workforce: Recruiting and Retaining Women in Sport
Start: 2025-07-22T22:00:00-0400
End: 2025-07-22T23:00:00-0400

Tue, 22 Jul, 10pm - 11pm EDT

Online Event

Vicsport

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Event description

Webinar Overview

This session will present findings from a research project identifying Victorian sport sector workforce and recruitment trends since 2016, using LinkedIn data.

Recommendations for ensuring high-quality and equitable recruitment practices as well as strategies to identify gaps and ensure retention of staff will be provided in an interactive and engaging online webinar.

Speakers

Professor Emma Sherry (she/her)
Dean, School of Management
School of Management | College of Business and Law
RMIT University

Emma specialises in the area of sport for development and her research interests include community development through sport activities, undertaking a broad range of research projects with national and regional sport organisations in Australia and globally. Other recent research has included access and equity in sport participation, social impact of sport, sport's contribution to the sustainable development agenda, and sport and recreation for at-risk and marginalised communities.

Dr Carleigh Yeomans (she/her)
Director, Sport Innovation Research Group
Department of Management and Marketing
Swinburne University of Technology

Carleigh specialises in research focused on customer behaviour, engagement and community wellbeing in sport and leisure contexts, with particular emphasis on data analytics and innovation. She has engaged in a range of research and consulting activities across sport and leisure organisations including facility management, local councils, governing bodies and professional sport teams in Australia.