Welcome to the Hawthorn Football Club Careers page.
Here at the Hawks, our purpose is to inspire the Hawthorn family while in pursuit of premiership success.
Our home
Located at Bunjil Bagora, Waverley Park, Hawthorn’s state-of-the-art facility is not only the home of the club’s elite footballers but also its dedicated and experienced administration staff.
Our driven teams include specialists in finance, membership, commercial operations, digital media and community.
In the coming years, Hawthorn will be based at the transformational Kennedy Community Centre, providing players and staff with one of the leading high-performance sports facilities in the country, whilst including community-accessible spaces.
The Hawks also have an office in Launceston which houses a driven team that runs the operations and corporate sales for the area.
Our values
We live by the values: Love Our Club, Play To Win and One For All.
Love Our Club
- Honour our past, celebrate our present and embrace the future
- Proud, passionate and committed
- Have a club-first mentality
Play To Win
- Relentless in our drive for success
- Demonstrate a commitment to excellence
- Bold, dynamic and innovative in our actions
One For All
- Inclusive and welcoming of all people
- Open, honest and respectful in our approach
- Collaborative with clear communication
Our offer to you
As a Hawthorn Football Club employee, you will work in a supportive, values-driven and harmonious team. Our initiatives that drive wellbeing, connection and performance include:
- Access to gym facilities
- Flexible work arrangements
- Special offers and discounts through our Corporate Partners
- Professional development opportunities – in-house and external
- One Club memberships to enjoy games with your family and friends
Our available positions
If you are interested in joining our family club, current vacancies will be listed below.
Foundation Executive
Apply via Seek link here.
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, work and 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 is scheduled for completion later this year.
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 Head of Foundation you’ll be an integral part in securing the long term future of the Club through innovative fundraising and philanthropic initiatives and activities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Manage, execute and evaluate the Foundation's stewardship program, including all communications and event management.
- Develop and maintain relationships with the donor network with view to extending or increasing donations
- Maintain and process accurate receipting of all Foundation donations and assist in the execution of prospecting events
- Management of the HFC Foundation website and database reporting
- Assist in execution of public fundraising campaigns
- Coordinate Hawks Museum and Always Hawthorn Bequest Club stewardship programs in conjunction with the Hawks Museum curator and Bequest Officer
Please note this role does include attendance at match days across the AFL/W seasons.
Our ideal candidate
Our ideal candidate will have a strong background and experience in fundraising or sales preferably in a sporting setting. They will have a proven track record in fundraising and relationship management and a demonstrated understanding if Foundation governance and tax deductibility.
- An excellent communicator, you can quickly build rapport, engage with diverse groups, and build effective relationships at all levels and with people from different backgrounds.
- Tertiary qualifications in fundraising, management or sales will be highly regarded.
- You are self-motivated and enjoy working in a team environment with the ability to effectively prioritise and manager your time.
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:
- Emerging Leaders Development Program -bespoke inhouse program to develop our future leaders
- Club wide wellness days
- Access to gym facilities
- Summer Hours (Dec/ Jan) with half day Friday’s
- Flexible work arrangements
- Special offers and discounts through our Corporate Partners
- Industry leading Parental Leave Policy
- Professional development opportunities – inhouse and external
- One Club memberships to enjoy games with your family and friends
To apply, please send your cover letter and resume.
Applications Friday 7th March 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
- People who live in rural and regional locations
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.
