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Recreation Lead

Posted on March 24, 2025

  • Part Time

Recreation Lead

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He angitūtanga: The opportunity

West Wave Pool & Leisure Centre has a great opportunity for you to further develop your skills in customer interaction, leadership, and facilitation. We are looking for a Recreation Lead, who supports the Recreation Team Leader to help deliver an exciting range of community fitness and school holiday programmes for school students and community groups across the Auckland region based from our leisure centre.


As a Recreation Lead, you will play a key role in coaching, mentoring, and supervising team members, ensuring a fun, inclusive, and engaging environment for both staff and customers. You will also help drive continuous improvement in our programmes, supporting the delivery of high-quality experiences across the Auckland region.


For a copy of the position description, please click on the link.


He kōrero mōu: About you

With your passion for your community, the health or fitness environment, you have a proven track record in developing & maintaining relationships with a diverse range of internal and external customers.


To be successful in this position, you will have:

  • experience with OSCAR programmes
  • a First Aid Certificate; however, we will help you attain this if you do not have one already.
  • preferably, a full New Zealand driver's licence is, as it may be needed within your day-to-day duties
  • Strong technology skills, including familiarity with Microsoft products
  • The ability to lead and mentor a team while delivering high-quality programmes

This is a permanent part-time position.

You will be working 30 hours per week, rostered over 7 days. So the ability to work early and late shifts, as well as weekends, is crucial in this role.


Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer

You’ll be joining an enthusiastic and high-performing team who are dedicated to helping get "More Aucklanders, more active, more often!"


If you are someone who loves being a Recreational Assistant, but also interested in the opportunity to upskill and progress your career, the Recreation Lead role is perfect for you.


There are opportunities for advancement into senior and leadership roles, and we are fortunate to have a wide range of opportunities across the Auckland Council.


As an employee, you will gain access to many benefits and discounts subject to your employment agreement. Click HERE to find out more about our employee benefits package and as a Leisure Centre employee, you will enjoy free use of the facilities.


Starting Rate: $29.01+/h

Applications close: Tuesday 1 April 2025 at 23:59 so don’t delay if you are interested in this role, apply today!

As we head into the holiday period, this means you may not be contacted until mid-January 2024 regarding interviews. The successful applicant will ideally be able to start with us in late January or early February.


Auckland Council is committed to the protection and wellbeing of children. This role is classified as a Children's Worker role under the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 and is deemed a safety-sensitive position. As such applicants will be required to undergo police vetting and a drug test prior to commencing employment.



Auckland Council is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.


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