Director of Sport and Active Recreation - Samuel Marsden Collegiate School

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School is widely regarded as one of Aotearoa’s leading independent schools for girls, from Year 1 to Year 13, with a proud history dating back to 1878. Marsden aspires to lay the foundation for lives of meaning, accomplishment and genuine happiness within our faith-based values-forward environment.

Responsible to the Principal, the Director of Sport & Active Recreation is responsible for the leadership and delivery of Marsden’s sport and active recreation strategy. ‘Every Body Active’. The Director will maintain oversight of all sport and active recreation across the school (Years 1-13), whilst leading and supporting the Sports Administrator with their day to day management of sport and active recreation across Years 1-8.

The successful applicant will have a proven track record of building and maintaining reciprocally respectful relationships and hold credibility and mana within the schools sports sector. They will possess a passion for working with young people and whānau and be attuned with the importance of increasing and enhancing participation whilst maintaining high levels of integrity and professionalism.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established independent school with a strong sense of community, a clear vision for the future, high standards and a hauroa-first ethos.

A detailed position description is available on our website www.marsden.school.nz

Relevant qualifications and experience are required, safety checking is a condition of employment.

You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.

Organisation Roles in the wider sport and recreation sector