Sport Development Advisor – Parafed Taranaki
Job Description
TITLE OF POSITION
Sport Development Advisor - Parafed Taranaki
POSITION TYPE
This position is 40 hours per week and is dependent on funding. This
position operates in accordance to the Sport Taranaki Flexible Working
Hours policy and may require some out of hours work.
OFFICE LOCATION
New Plymouth, however occasional travel to other parts of Taranaki
required
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REPORTS TO
Sport Development Manager
ABOUT SPORT
TARANAKI
Sport Taranaki is a community focused organisation whose role is to identify
and respond to the sport and physical activity needs of people of all ages in
the Taranaki region through the delivery of a variety of programmes.
The organisation and its staff adopt the following vision, mission, values and
principles.
Vision:“An active healthy Taranaki”
Mission: “To lead and support sport and active recreation in Taranaki”
Values:
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Professionalism – ‘Always bring your A game’
Passion – ‘Records are made to be broken’
Teamwork – ‘There is no i in team’
Leadership – ‘Lead by example’
HEALTH & SAFETY
Sport Taranaki Staff members are responsible for:
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ABOUT THE ROLE
SPECIFIC
RESPONSIBILITIES
AND TASKS
Becoming familiar with and abiding by all applicable policies and
guidelines;
Following established procedures to ensure safe performance of a
given task;
Reporting all occupational injury, illness, near miss incidents, fire,
regardless of its severity, to a manager;
Reporting hazards which may result in an injury, illness, fire to a
manager;
Advising colleagues and relevant staff members when unsafe acts
and/or conditions occur;
Correcting unsafe conditions when appropriate, possible and safe to
do so;
Behaving in a manner which does not endanger the health and safety
of themselves, other employees or participants.
To facilitate the development of ParaFed Taranaki, ensuring that the
organisation caters for and supports people with physical disabilities to be
proactive in sport and physical recreation.
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Increase the number of activities/recreation opportunities being
offered in the Taranaki region for ParaFed Taranaki members and then
project manage their implementation with the support of ParaFed
Taranaki.
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Project manage key ParaFed Taranaki events.
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Increase the quality base of coaches and volunteers so that these roles
are well resourced
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Develop and establish strong relationships in the community and the
disabled community. Establish sporting opportunities for athletes with
local sports clubs.
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Ability to investigate and develop opportunities for ParaFed Taranaki
members, increasing and marketing membership.
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Liaise and network with primary and high schools to identify disabled
youth, co-ordinate and deliver the School Inclusivity Project.
Create a yearly schedule of events to develop new sporting initiatives
throughout the year. This will identify required funding / budgets etc
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Increase recreational support to enhance the social status for people
with physical disability
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Co-ordinate monthly activities for the ParaFed Youth Club.
Mentor athletes to develop their personal/professional skills.
Report to ParaFed Taranaki monthly on activities.
KEY
FUNCTIONAL External
RELATIONSHIPS
Paralympics NZ
Halberg Disability Sport Foundation
Disability Support Agencies
Regional and National Sports Organisations
Sport NZ
Sports clubs and Schools
Internal
ParaFed Taranaki (Executive and Members)
Sport Taranaki
AUTHORITY
Programme Budget*
TBC
LEVELS
Authorisation to Hire
No
Authorised to sign Contracts
No
No. of Staff
*Expenditure requires
Programme Manager
0
off
sign
from
KEY
COMPENTENCIES
Relationship Management: Has a passion for working in both sporting and
disability sector. Has strong networks amongst the sporting community and is
able to build strong partners. Able to self manage and deliver under pressure.
Able to build strong relationships with members and their family/whanau.
Strategic planner: Ability to plan and implement strategies to provide
successful sports events in the Taranaki region on behalf of ParaFed Taranaki.
Ability to identify and pursue potential funding opportunities.
Sport expertise: Ability to build capacity in coaches and volunteers able to
develop and implement sports events aligned with the vision of ParaFed
Taranaki.
Communication skills: Has the ability to communicate and deliver to a variety
audiences. Able to work within diverse cultural settings. Able to use a variety of
communication methods to reach members including social media.
EXPERIENCE
AND
QUALIFICATIONS
PERSONAL
ATTRIBUTES
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Tertiary Education in the sports field or many years’ experience
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Holds a current full NZ motor vehicle driver’s licence and comfortable
driving with a trailer (or willing to learn).
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Driven to a high standard of outcome and excellent time management
skills
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Relative skills and knowledge of the sports and recreation industry
Experience in the Disabled sector would be a bonus
Good computer skills (MS Word, MS excel, Email, and Database
applications).
Empathy and understanding towards people with disabilities
High level of initiative and self-management
Results focused and ability to deliver on commitments
Exceptional time management and organisational skills
Is driven to provide a high standard of outcomes and has good time
management skills
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SIGNATURE OF EMPLOYEE
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DATE
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