Kia mahi ngātahi mō Pōneke mō tōna āpōpō | Working together for Wellington's future Do you love basketball? Are you keen to help make people feel great? Join us at Parks, Sport & Recreation! We provide affordable, accessible recreation and leisure opportunities that encourage participation and enhance the health and wellbeing of Wellington's communities.
About the role: This position would be a great if you are from a basketball background, for example coaching basketball or event organising. Karori Recreation Centre is a unique multi-use facility catering to a large number of sport and recreation programmes.
As a Recreation Assistant, you will oversee the basketball at Kaori Recreation Centre. This includes planning and running leagues and facilitating our basketball clinics on Wednesdays and Thursdays. There will be a mixture of specialised and operational needs, operational in the sense of participating in other programmes to get across the Centre's business.
This role is 12.5 hours per week. The days/shifts for this role are:
Monday: 6.15pm - 9.15pm (3 hours)
Tuesday: 3pm - 6.30pm (3.5hours)
Wednesday: 4.45pm - 6.45pm (2 hours)
Friday: 3pm - 7pm (4 hours)
To be successful in the role you will:
Have a strong interest in basketball
Have customer service experience
Be passionate about the Sport and Recreation industry
Possess a customer focused and 'can do' attitude
Have great communication and people skills
Have the ability to work in a team and have fun
Have experience working with children
Ideally you will have background and expertise in: School aged sports coaching Sports refereeing Preschool programmes Recreation programme planning.
For more information contact Cheyenne Green, phone 04 476-8090 or email cheyenne.green@wcc.govt.nz Apply online, applications close 5 March 2025.
Applications will be assessed and shortlisted as they are received, so please submit your application as soon as you can as we may close applications early Applicants must be prepared to undergo a pre-employment medical and drug screening if shortlisted.
You must be eligible to work in New Zealand to apply for this role.
Working for Wellington Wellington City Council's team provides more than 400 services every day for Wellingtonians - everything from parks and pools to consents and cemeteries - playing our part in making Pōneke an inclusive, sustainable and creative capital for people to live, work and play.
