About the Opportunity
This is an exciting newly created role with Tennis Auckland, designed to grow grassroots participation across key metrics including club membership, casual play, and conversion into regular participation.
- You’ll play a key role in connecting clubs, schools, councils, community partners, and the wider tennis network to broaden access and strengthen participation pathways.
- The role blends strategic relationship management with hands-on community engagement, requiring someone who can think big while staying close to what is happening on the ground.
- You’ll represent tennis in community settings, including local stakeholder discussions and council relationships, with a strong focus on social outcomes, participation growth, and community advocacy.
- You’ll help clubs and community stakeholders identify opportunities, solve problems, and build stronger, more sustainable participation models.
- There is real scope to shape how this role adds value, with a high level of ownership and visibility across the organisation and wider network.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience in stakeholder engagement, community development, participation, partnerships, or other relationship-led roles, ideally in a community, sporting or membership environment.
- The ability to build trust and credibility with a wide range of stakeholders, including clubs, volunteers, schools, councils, and community organisations, and to work effectively across environments with differing priorities and perspectives.
- Strong relationship-building skills, with the empathy, maturity, and judgement to bring people on the journey and know when to prioritise, escalate, or bring the right people together.
- A strategic mindset and the ability to identify gaps, opportunities, and practical ways to grow participation, support club capability, and strengthen longer-term sustainability.
- Comfort representing an organisation externally, with strong organisation, follow-up, and stakeholder record-keeping skills, plus an interest in understanding what is working and helping shape smarter participation approaches over time.
- A practical, visible, and proactive working style, with previous experience being out in the community building momentum ideally within the sporting industry (tennis experience specifically is not essential).
What’s on Offer
- Discretionary Bonus, car park and Next Gen gym membership.
- Opportunity to play a key role in growing grassroots sport across Auckland.
- A chance to make a genuine community impact through increased participation and stronger local partnerships.
- A broad, visible role with meaningful stakeholder exposure and the scope to shape how the role evolves.
- Join an organisation in a positive period of change and future-focused planning.
- A rewarding opportunity to combine purpose, community impact, and professional challenge.
Next Steps?
To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.
For any questions give Siobhan Chaney a call on +64272062735 and quote Job ID: 17701 for a confidential chat.
To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
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