As part of the annual board appointment cycle, we are seeking one Appointed Board member and two Elected members to join the board.
All expressions of interest must come via Appoint Better Boards (registration required)
Purpose and context
We love BBNZ’s vision of ‘a hoop in the heart of every neighbourhood and its focus on expanding community basketball for all New Zealanders to participate in.
This focus is currently being driven through the Strengthen and Adapt Project. This initiative emanates from Government funding to assist sports organisations to deal with the impacts of COVID-19. BBNZ was chosen partly because of the potential of basketball to reach targeted participation groups and a significant mass of individuals. Specific funding for BBNZ from Sport NZ will be confirmed over the next month.
Alongside community participation, the board is tasked with improving NZ’s basketball infrastructure and to reshape representative and drive high performance basketball. Sport NZ wants to see innovation and for the sport to deliver to more people from all walks of life. Expectations have been set high for this whole transformation project.
As part of the annual board appointment cycle, we are seeking one Appointed Board member and two Elected members to join the established board and to help deliver this vision. Only one incumbent board member is planning to restand. By way of note, the BBNZ recruitment process you may have seen in late 2020 saw us successfully appoint Belinda Edwards to the board to fill a casual vacancy.
Basketball is a sport with momentum, that’s financially sound and has Government supported resources to make a big impact on young people and their communities.
Person Specification
Sport NZ requires Basketball NZ to have a minimum of 40% self-identified females and 40% self-identified males on their board by December 2021. This will be a formal condition for Sport NZ’s continued investment in the organisation. Achieving this gender balance will therefore be a key focus of the Appointment Panel, ideally requiring two out of the three appointees to be female.
The background we are seeking between the new appointees is:
- Transformation and strategic change management experience
- Well connected within the Māori or Pasifika communities
- Stakeholder engagement, management, and communication experience
Personal traits of our successful board members will include collegiality, pragmatism, and a strong affinity with sport/community/not-for-profit environments.
While the roles are open to individuals living throughout Aotearoa, the board is seeking to address under-representation from the South Island and the upper North Island.
For the Elected roles, recent knowledge of, and experience in, basketball is required.
For the Appointed role, an interest in, and understanding of, the sport of basketball in New Zealand is required.
Section 20 of the BBNZ Constitution also outlines ineligibility if you have been very closely associated with the sport.
Time commitment and term
Half-day board meetings are held bi-monthly (although the frequency may increase) in Wellington or online. There may also be some sub-committee work.
We anticipate the role starting after the AGM on 6 May 2021 for an initial term of four years.
Remuneration
These roles are not remunerated. Expenses, including travel, is reimbursed.
To Apply
For further information on the role please contact the organisation’s adviser, Simon Telfer, via simon@stimulusnz.com or on +64 21 321 901.
To express interest in the role please visit www.appointbetterboards.co.nz/APT16760 (brief registration required)
The closing date for applications is 19 March 2020 at 5pm.
Interviews will be held on the morning of 1 April via Zoom.
