About Auckland Rugby
Auckland Rugby is the largest Regional Sports Organisation in NZ. We are committed to creating a better Auckland, built by rugby. The Auckland Rugby Way is focused on achieving within four key areas:
Innovate and grow the community game
Win and be better supported in high performance
Be more inclusive and grow the strongest rugby whanau
Ensure we are around another 100+ years
How we operate to drive achievement across the key focus areas is important and our behaviour is guided by a set of values connected to the four elements within the Auckland Rugby crest:
Strive to advance
Put in the hard mahi
Work as a team
Lead by example
This is an exciting opportunity to begin or develop your career in sports administration and contribute to the delivery of community rugby across Auckland.
About the role
Reporting to the Competitions Manager, the Operations Administrator provides essential administrative and operational support for Auckland Rugby’s community competitions and the wider Operations & Facilities Team.
Approximately 80% of the role is focused on competition operations, including supporting draws and scheduling, recording results, processing registrations and eligibility information, coordinating field bookings and maintaining accurate competition data. The remaining 20% supports wider operational activities, including judicial administration, player transfers and clearances, facility requirements and Health & Safety processes.
You will work across an exciting and fast-paced community rugby environment supporting more than 22,000 participants, over 50 competitions and approximately 5,000 games each season.
This is an ideal graduate or early-career opportunity for someone who is highly organised, comfortable working with systems and data, and keen to build practical experience in sports operations. You will work closely with clubs, schools, Auckland Council, referees and internal teams, making this a varied role with plenty of opportunities to learn and develop.
The role will include, but is not limited to:
Competition administration: Create and maintain competition draws, record and publish results, communicate fixture changes and support the scheduling of regular-season games and finals.
Entries and registrations: Administer team entries, player registrations, squad declarations, transfers and clearances, while helping ensure eligibility information is accurate and complete.
Data and systems: Maintain accurate competition, registration and compliance information, conduct quality checks and support improvements to NZ Rugby systems.
Stakeholder support: Respond to operational enquiries and provide clear, consistent information to clubs, schools, referees, sub-unions, governing committees and other stakeholders.
Judicial and technical administration: Assist with documentation, scheduling, communication and record-keeping for judicial and disciplinary processes.
Grounds and facilities: Coordinate community and performance field bookings, communicate council updates and help support facility compliance requirements.
Operational support: Assist with Health & Safety administration, reporting, trailer bookings and general office and facility requirements.
Continuous improvement: Provide operational information and reports and contribute ideas to improve systems, processes and the delivery of competitions
The Benefits
All the tools required to get the job done including a laptop and phone as well as tickets to matches, plenty of on-site car parking, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and being based at Eden Park, the home of NZ's best sporting venue.
You will also gain valuable hands-on experience across competition administration, stakeholder communication, data and systems, facilities and wider sports operations.
Skills and experience
Auckland Rugby welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make rugby a great sport experience.
This role could suit a recent graduate or someone at the beginning of their career who is looking to develop practical experience within the sports industry.
Ideally, you will have:
A tertiary qualification in Sport Management, Sport Development, Operations, Logistics or a related field
Some previous administration, database or customer service experience, with experience in a sports environment being advantageous
Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
Confidence working with data, databases and Microsoft Office applications
Good written and verbal communication skills
The ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a busy environment
The initiative to identify and resolve straightforward issues
A willingness to learn new systems, processes and competition requirements
An understanding of club, school or community sport, with knowledge of rugby being advantageous
The ability to build positive working relationships with a wide range of people
A collaborative attitude and a willingness to support the wider team.
If you are ready to roll your sleeves up, put in the hard mahi and begin building your career in sports operations, we would love to hear from you.