Sport & Recreation Lead

4 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Auckland Council Full time

**Join a great team dedicated to making a positive contribution to the community**:

- **Hybrid working arrangements and a range of benefits**:

- **Grow Your Career with Purpose**

**Sport & Recreation Lead**

**He angitūtanga: The opportunity**

Auckland's unique environment, with a diverse and growing population and an expansive sport and recreation facility network (including 2,000+ community sport and recreation groups, 4,000+ parks and 500+ schools), provides many opportunities for Aucklanders to get active.

As a Sport & Recreation Lead, you will be providing quality advice to South and/or West Auckland elected members and community groups on the planning, development, and investment in sports and recreation facilities to grow the network and promote active lifestyles.

Your responsibilities:

- Provide advice and guidance to community sport and recreation organisations with respect to facility planning, development and funding
- Produce reports and memos that provide quality advice to local board elected members and support the administration of the sports and recreation facility grants programme.
- Establish and foster strategic partnerships to achieve more than we can acting alone
- Support the development of relevant local and regional sport and recreation strategies, plans and policies to ensure an aligned approach

Position Description**:Sport & Recreation Lead**

This is a permanent full-time position.

**He kōrero mōu: About you**

We're looking for critical thinkers with experience in building partnerships, facility development, policy implementation, contract management, and/or network planning. On any given day you might be meeting with community volunteers, regional or national sports organisations, schools, Ministry of Education, Sport New Zealand, Regional Sports Trusts, local board elected members and council staff.

In order to be successful for the position, you will have:

- A relevant tertiary qualification
- Exceptional written and verbal communication and report-writing skills
- Excellent relationship-building skills with different stakeholders

Ideally, you will have:

- Good knowledge of the sport and recreation community in South and/or West Auckland
- Experience working in a relevant construction sector role such as planning, legal, engineering, or project management.
- A passion for sport and recreation.

**Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer**

This is a great opportunity to join a fun, highly motivated team with a track record of delivery and collaboration. You will have the change to work on a variety of challenging projects which will keep your work fresh and exciting.

At Auckland Council, we offer more than just a job. You will have access to a range of fantastic Auckland Council Benefits, including a wide variety of partnership discounts. We support health and well-being and encourage conversations about a hybrid working arrangement, with our CBD-based office and work-from-home options available.

Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini My success is not mine alone, but the success of many.

Pay range: $85k - $105k

Application closes: Wednesday 08 Jan 2025 at 23:59



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