Talent Scout: Cricket New Zealand

Closing Date: 11th October 2013

Cricket is New Zealand’s staple summer sport with more than 100,000 people currently playing the game, making it one of the most widely played sports in the country.

New Zealand Cricket is responsible for the administration of the game in New Zealand, with delivery of grassroots, club, school and representative programmes managed through six regional Major Associations. New Zealand Cricket also administers the New Zealand men’s international team, The BLACKCAPS and the women’s international team, The White Ferns, as well as the New Zealand A, U19 teams and emerging players.

We’re looking for two Talent Scouts, reporting to the GM National Selection. These are part time contract roles from the end of October 2013 until the end of March 2014, involving approximately 80 days of work over this period.

The primary focus of the HP Talent Scout is to identify the talented players in the national men’s pathway who have the potential to become international cricketers for the BLACKCAPS, or representatives at New Zealand A or New Zealand Under-19 levels. This may involve attendance at Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy, HRV Twenty20 or the occasional U19 or secondary school fixtures, prior to making recommendations to the GM National Selection.

The ideal applicant will have:

• Extensive experience of selection/playing/coaching to at least first class level
• A comprehensive understanding of high performance cricket at both domestic and international levels
• Good attention to detail

Role responsibilities of the Talent Scouts can be found here.

Candidates should email a CV and covering letter to Margaret Nimmo, GM Human Resources, at careers@nzcricket.org.nz. Applications close at noon on Friday 11 October 2013.