Recreate Nz

4 weeks ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Recreate NZ Full time

**Recreate NZ**

**Recreate NZ - Programme Coordinator/Facilitator - Auckland**:
**Auckland, Auckland City, Ellerslie**

$24 - $25 Hourly

Permanent Full time (30+ hours)
- **Lead young people with disabilities on adventure, recreational, social and educational opportunities**:

- **Grow your experience working in the vibrant disability sector**

Recreate NZ is a youth-based organisation looking for an additional** Programme Coordinator/Facilitator** to join our team based in Ellerslie, Auckland.

Recreate NZ provides a wide range of services and programmes for young people with intellectual disabilities and neurodiversity. The successful applicant would align closely with Recreate NZ values (as below) and work well within our small passionate team.

The ideal applicant will have:

- Relevant qualifications such as a Sport and Recreation or Recreation Therapy Degree, Psychology/Health or Social Science degrees or similar (desirable), and
- Demonstrated youth leadership and volunteer management skills, and
- Demonstrated experience working with youth with intellectual disabilities, and
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering adventure, recreation, social, life and horticulture-based work-skills programmes for groups of youth with intellectual disabilities.

This is a full-time role, averaging 36-38 hours per week, comprised of:

- 20 hours per week of office-based coordination, plus
- 8 hours (one full day) of midweek programme delivery/facilitation per week during school term time, plus
- An average of 8-10 hours of weekend delivery/facilitation per week (pre-planned, not every weekend)

We are looking for self-motivated applicants who can help with our regular schedule of programmes to address the demand we are experiencing for our services in this area. This may also include meeting with schools, youth, volunteers and families.

All our Programme Coordinators require excellent administration and communication skills, good spoken and written English, plus solid ''attention to detail'' event planning skills. Additionally, we are looking for great leadership skills, adequate cooking skills, a full driver's license, and an ability to think on their feet when out and about our marvellous country.

We are a strongly values-based organisation and hold the needs of our young people as our highest priority. The person for this role will need a passion for youth and a background in youth or disability care work. Below are some of our key values.

**Key values**
- Young people being supported by young people'' creating an age-appropriate environment and learning from each other which leads towards a more inclusive New Zealand. All our staff are young with energy and enthusiasm for youth work
- Recreate NZ focuses on _experiential_ learning and creating_ meaningful _personal growth opportunities for participants. A young person's progression towards emotional and mental health, physical well-being and progress towards independence is key to what we do.
- Our programmes have a strong focus on personal development where young participants develop confidence, self-esteem, friendships, support networks and life skills all in a supportive and encouraging environment.
- All programmes have a practical educational focus and are intentional about increasing a young person's skill base and readiness for living independently out in the community.
- We agree with the social and rights-based model of disability. We see that disability doesn't lie with the person, but in society's attitude toward them and people with disability have the right to the same opportunities as everyone else.
- We encourage young people to continually work towards a healthy lifestyle, this includes food choices, educating around healthy food, being active and positive healthy relationships.
- Recreate encourages the practice of self-direction on programmes and through this see young people guided to make positive decisions for them and their peers.
- Our programmes are done in groups and see this a way for young people to develop friendships and a sense of teamwork.
- We use a strengths-based, client-centered approach that puts our young people at the heart of everything we do.

**Reference Number**: 1023

**Profession / Role**:

- Non-profit & Charity / Other
- Sport & Recreation / Other

**Employer**: Recreate NZ

**Date Posted**: 05th Dec, 2024

**Date Expires**: 03rd Jan, 2025

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