We’re a passionate and enthusiastic team, committed to living and breathing our vision of cricket being a game for all; a game for life!
NZC’s vision is focused on ensuring cricket is a game without barriers – a game that can be played anywhere, by anyone, connecting people through our spirit of cricket. We strive to have a high performance culture, underpinned by quality people, systems and facilities helping to produce great players and teams that inspire the nation, the next generation of players and represent the best of New Zealand’s values and culture.
Are you passionate about cricket, its people and the stories that have shaped the game in Aotearoa? We’re looking for someone to Lead our Whakapapa Project and join our Marketing & Communications team on a fixed-term, part-time basis, working 16 hours per week until end of July 2027.
This unique role will lead NZC’s Whakapapa project, building a lasting record of the people, stories and moments that have shaped New Zealand cricket. You’ll drive the project forward, establish and grow our historical digital archive, develop future stories and content, and build strong relationships across NZC and the wider cricket community to ensure our history is preserved, shared and celebrated.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and delivery of the Whakapapa project, managing priorities, milestones, stakeholders and ongoing project activity.
- Drive the development of NZC’s historical digital archive, bringing together records, interviews, photographs, video and other important pieces of our cricketing history.
- Identify and develop future Whakapapa stories, interviews and content opportunities that bring the people and moments of New Zealand cricket to life.
- Build strong relationships with former players, administrators, Life Members, the wider cricket network, museums and heritage organisations to collect, validate and preserve our history.
- Help embed Whakapapa throughout NZC, finding opportunities to share and celebrate our history through internal communications, onboarding, campaigns and broader heritage initiatives.
Experience and Skills
- Proven experience leading and delivering projects from planning through to completion.
- A genuine passion for cricket and an interest in the people, stories and history behind the game.
- Strong storytelling skills, with an eye for identifying compelling stories and finding engaging ways to bring them to life.
- Strong digital capability and confidence learning and working across different systems and platforms.
- Experience in archives, heritage, content production or working with museums and historical organisations would be an advantage.
Why you’ll love working with us
- Flexible working options that fit around life.
- Ticket allocation to attend international and domestic cricket matches.
- A range of benefits and exclusive offers through our commercial partners.
- A unique opportunity to help preserve and celebrate the stories that have shaped cricket in Aotearoa New Zealand.