Programme Coordinator and Facilitator

Recreate NZ is a youth-based organisation looking for a Programme Coordinator to join our small but energetic Bay of Plenty team based in The Kollective building in Tauranga Central.

Interviewing for this role will commence from 12th January 2026, with a start date from late January into February.

Overview of Recreate NZ:

Recreate NZ provides a wide range of services and programmes for youth with intellectual disabilities or neurodiversity. Recreate NZ in the Bay of Plenty was launched in 2017, due to a need for more disability services in this region. With a great community already established, we are needing to replace a team member.

The successful applicant would align closely with Recreate NZ values (as below) and work well within our passionate team.

The ideal applicant will have:

• Relevant qualifications (or working towards), such as a Sport and Recreation or Recreation Therapy Degree, Psychology/Health or Social Science degrees or similar, 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 role is comprised of 25 hours of office-based administration and coordination, plus an average of 10-13 hours of regular programme delivery/facilitation each week, totaling 35-38 hours per week. This role typically suits a recent graduate and as a not-for-profit, the remuneration reflects this.

Programme delivery for this role will range from delivering occasional multi-day adventure/weekend programmes (including overnights), holiday programmes, and social events on Friday or Saturday evenings. All our programmes are for groups of youth with a variety of mild to moderate intellectual disabilities (for a full range of our programme offerings check out our website - )

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 base 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.