Tennis New Zealand is looking to employ a full-time Participation Coordinator to support the delivery of participation programmes and coach development opportunities offered to clubs and coaches throughout New Zealand.
Position overview The Participation Coordinator will be responsible for the key administrative aspects of the Tennis Hot Shots, Cardio Tennis and Tennis Xpress programmes, including managing programme registrations, overseeing ordering and delivery of programme resources and creating programme communications. The Participation Programmes Coordinator will also be the main point of contact for all programme deliverers. Support to the Coaching Department will be in the form of course coordination, communications and coach database management.
The successful candidate will possess the following skills and attributes: - Experience in working with and/or coaching children
- Experience in event/project management
- Competent in using the Microsoft office programme suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Have a keen interest in all aspects of tennis
- Possess a friendly and approachable personality
- Be able to communicate with a wide range of people both verbally and in writing
- Be a team player committed to a 'win-win' way of working with people
- Have a high attention to detail
- Organised and can manage a number of projects at one time
This role provides the right candidate an excellent opportunity to enter the sport industry in a rare full-time permanent role. A full position description can be found on the Tennis New Zealand website http://www.tennis.kiwi/About/Job-Vacancies/tennis-nz-participation-coordinator Should you require any additional information on this role, please contact Jenny Fitzmaurice on +64 9 215 7685.
Application Applications are required to contain a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) and current resume (no more than 6 pages) as one document and be sent via email to Jenny Fitzmaurice - Participation Programmes Manager - jenny@tennis.kiwi. Applications close at 5.00pm on Monday 29th January 2018 and suitable candidates are requested to be available for interview on Friday 2nd February 2018. | 
