Rebecca Herft Email & Phone Number

St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Additional: AFL National Pride and Allies Committee Chair (2021 - 2022)· Managing key internal relationships with AFL Victoria, Auskick Coordinators, Junior Club Committee’s, and Community Leagues across the South East Region of Victoria. · Managing key external relationships with local government authorities, language school principals, cultural diversity, and community leaders, and LGBTQIA+ in sport experts.· Build and adapt alternate AFL offerings to create more opportunities for people in diverse communities across the City of Casey and Cardinia Shire Council.· Co-coordinated AFL Victoria’s first Multicultural Auskick Centre in one of the highest multicultural regions in Australia – City of Casey. · Managing and coordinating all LGBTQIA+ projects and initiatives across AFL and AFL Victoria, including Wear It Purple Day, IDAHOBIT Day.· Leading AFL in their first LGBTQI+ 101 education training sessions in 2021 and 2022.· Supporting the Head of AFLW in delivering and creating the concept of the AFLW Pride Round for Season 7/2022.· Delivering LGBTQIA+ education for the AFLW clubs leading into the Season 7/2022 Pride Round, with 12 clubs sourcing additional education for their players internally.

Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia

· Creating the Fitness Industry Transformation Program (FITP), which allowed us to exceed target sales for each race across Australia, to create further gym specific programs, and to create a community in the fitness industry that was more than just ‘weight loss’ and more about being proactive and adventurous.· Coordinating training facility community engagement programs for all Spartan Affiliated gyms & teams· Coordinating fitness industry and volunteer management campaigns and social media content· Solely managing the Volunteers Program across Australia and New Zealand· Successfully revamping the Volunteer Strategy, far exceeding KPIs· Liaised with the CEO and Marketing Manager on all communication, correspondence, and activation strategies· Contributed to strategies and sourced new ways to drive leads in all departments including Marketing and Commercial

Victoria, Australia

Rookie Me (RM) Combine Events:- AFL combine testing lead- AFL talent ID partner- Work alongside the RM team and AFL Victoria staff to ensure an efficient, highly organised combine for all athletes- Coordinate RM volunteers to ensure they are learning new skills and gaining as much as possible from their volunteer experience Rookie Me Academy: - Work with Rookie Me's Development Programs for the Junior, Pro and Elite Academies, assisting with high performance sport- Run the warm up and cool down sessions, as well as assist in the football skills work shops- Work with the medical team to ensure the injured players return to play safely- Ensuring the players are using proper recovery techniques such as RICER, and providing taping and massage when needed- Assisting in a sport trainer role during testing games

Caufield

- Implementing, conducting and monitoring the rehabilitation programs for the Under 16's TAC Cup Team- Implementing appropriate injury prevention protocols to assist players with returning to play and having a better strength and conditioning base- Incorporate injury prevention and movement activation into the programs- Conducting the mobility and activation phase, the movement phase, and the upper and lower limb exercises- Assist the Under 18's rehab coordinator in two training sessions per week- Working along side the medical team, the high performance team, and external medical professionals in regards to individual athlete programs and injury assessments

Caulfield

- Implementing, conducting, and monitoring strength and conditioning programs for the Under 18 TAC Cup Team- Incorporating injury prevention and rehabilitation into the program- Conducting the mobility and activation phase, the movement phase, and upper and lower body plyometric movements- Assist with coordinating testing protocols to evaluate progress- Working along side the head of performance, and medical team regarding individual athletes- Maintaining weight room facilities and equipment

Caulfield

- Working along side the Head Physiotherapist to manage sporting injuries - Implement appropriate injury prevention protocols- Prepare players for competition- Providing massage before, during and after the match- Providing massage during training sessions 2 - 3 days a week- Taping (ankles, thumbs, knees, lower backs and shoulders)- Referring injuries to more qualified health professionals- Working in conjunction with health professionals, head trainers and coaches to ensure safety of players- Help conduct warm up/cool down drills- Assist the rehabilitation coordinator with running sessions for the injured players