PERFORMANCE & PATHWAYS MANAGER – Epsom, Auckland
Looking for a career in sports administration in the fastest growing major sport?
Enjoy implementing systems and processes for greater effectiveness?
Want to play a key role in helping us transform our business?
Auckland Basketball Services Limited is a registered charity set up to deliver basketball services to Basketball Auckland, Counties Manukau Basketball and Waitakere West Auckland Basketball. Basketball is one of the fastest growing sports in the country and is on the verge of becoming the largest sport in New Zealand secondary schools. Auckland is at the epicentre of that growth in basketball, and we are reinforcing our management team to cope with that growth. ABSL provides a strong, united voice for our basketball communities. We aspire to be the leading regional basketball organisation in New Zealand, delivering outstanding basketball experiences for athletes, officials, coaches, and managers while inspiring a vibrant and inclusive basketball community across greater Auckland.
We embrace diversity and respectfully work together to nurture families and build strong communities through basketball. We conduct ourselves openly and transparently in a professional manner with honesty and integrity. We strive to achieve excellence in everything we do, and we celebrate and protect the high principles of sporting endeavour and fair play.
We are seeking a full-time permanent Manager to design and implement programmes for Players, Coaches and Officials that results in the identification and development of basketball talent. We want to create a positive experience in our sport, improve technical skill and tactical knowledge, encourage personal development and provide pathways for future opportunities.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
This role reports to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and is responsible for providing strategic leadership in the areas of player and coach development and the representative selection programme.
Your key areas of responsibility and accountability will be:
● Developing and supporting a performance and pathways strategy.
● Contributing to operational planning and budgets to ensure commercial viability of programmes.
● The creation of a database to track people and progress.
● Developing and implementing systems for talent identification and the development of players, coaches and officials in the performance space.
● Overseeing the delivery of training, education and support to ensure high quality, high impact people to deliver ABSL programmes.
● Leading association representative committees for the selection of representative team coaches and managers and the planning related to trial selections, payments and logistics.
TO SUCCEED YOU WILL NEED:
● A degree in sports management plus 3 to 5 years management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
● A high-level basketball coaching accreditation and/or a demonstrated ability to educate and develop high performers in a sport environment.
● Demonstrated management skills including leadership, planning, and budgeting.
● Exceptional interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage with key stakeholders and a commitment to open and honest communication.
● A high level of motivation and ability to engage and motivate others to achieve outcomes.
IN RETURN, WE PROVIDE:
– Parking and eateries on site or close by; and
– The opportunity to build a world class system for developing talent.
If you have an interest in learning more about this role, then don’t delay. Please click on the “apply for this job” button and upload your CV and Cover letter. Cover letters can be addressed to Sharon Searle, SmS Consulting (2018) Limited. All applications will be acknowledged by email but only applications received online through Seek will be considered. Applications close Monday morning, 28 June 2021.
No recruitment agencies please.
The Trust was established in 2016 to support basketball associations across the Greater Wellington region and to assist in utilising basketball as a medium and pathway for youth development, for youth at risk.
The focus of the Trust is encouraging participation in basketball both as a sport and as a community benefit. It employs a General Manager and four Community Development Officers delivering programmes, camps and events from Kapiti through to Wellington and across all Wairarapa.
The trust is governed by a Board of Trustees that has been incorporated as a Trust Board under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957.
Trustees are elected for a 3-year term and a maximum of 3 terms under a rotation policy.
The Board now invites interest from those prepared to help grow basketball in the region. Having a basketball interest or involvement is a preference and it would be an advantage if applicants had either board experience or a background in sports administration.
For more information, contact Bill Wallace on 0274731233 or bill.wallace@xtra.co.nz
