Recreation Assistant Tawa Recreation Centre

Kia mahi ngātahi mō Pōneke mō tōna āpōpō | Working together for Wellington's future

The Customer and Community Group is focused on creating a well-connected, engaged, and thriving community by delivering a variety of essential services in a way that enhances social, cultural, and recreational aspects of Pōneke.  Our team at the Tawa Recreation Centre are supporting this vision by providing affordable, accessible recreation and leisure opportunities that encourage participation of Pōneke’s communities.

Āu ake mahi | What you'll do

As the Tawa Recreation Centre continues to expand the programmes they deliver, we have an exciting opportunity for someone to join the team as a Recreation Assistant, focusing on officiating our men’s basketball league. This includes refereeing the adult basketball and netball leagues. This role will also support other operational needs such as developing and delivering other programmes, activities, and services to a high standard which meet the needs of the local community.

This role will be 15 hours per week and the specific roster pattern will be confirmed by the hiring manager at offer stage.

Ngā tohu me ngā wheako | Qualifications and experience

To enable success in this role, we’re looking for someone who:

• Is a qualified basketball referee

• Has customer service experience

• Is passionate about the sport and recreation industry

• Possesses a customer-focused and 'can do' attitude

• Has great communication and people skills

• Can work in a team and have fun

The hourly rate for this role is $28.95 per hour.

Nōu te rourou | What's in it for you

Working for the Council offers you a range of benefits including 5 weeks' annual leave, health and wellbeing support, Council staff discounts and a range of learning and development programmes and opportunities.

View our Employee Value Proposition Video to see what our employees say about working at WCC.

Pre-employment Checks

All employees must be prepared to obtain and maintain a Police Vetting check.

Please note this role is safety sensitive and will require you to undergo pre-employment drug and alcohol, and health testing.

The Council uses the AS/NZ drug standard to determine the cut-off levels for drug testing.  Some prescription drugs may be included within this standard.

Accessibility Support:

We want to make sure any accessibility requirements you may have, are well supported so the selection process is equitable for everyone. Please let us know if there are any adjustments or support, we can offer to make our process more accessible to you by emailing: recruitment@wcc.govt.nz

Closing Details:

Applications close 15 February 2026. All applications must be submitted online - we will not accept emailed applications.

If you have questions, please contact Arana Kenny, Team Leader Tawa Community Recreation Centre, Arana.Kenny@wcc.govt.nz

Added 4 February 2026