Academic Staff Member - Sport and Health
Position Title: Academic Staff Member Sport & Health
Location: Bay of Plenty
Team: Academic Delivery & Development
Position Type: permanent, full time
Remuneration: $65,286 - $87,211 (Fixed remuneration excluding Kiwisaver)
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About the Role
Join our passionate and supportive Sport & Health team as an Academic Staff Member (Sport), where you’ll play a key role in preparing ākonga for careers across sport, exercise, and physical activity contexts in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This is a full-time teaching-focused role with a primary emphasis on sport and exercise, supported by strong foundations in human anatomy, and applied exercise prescription. You’ll contribute mainly to our Sport Diploma programmes and selected university pathway papers, with scope to support wider programme areas aligned to your expertise and departmental needs.
Your teaching will be applied, learner-centred, and industry-informed—bringing theory to life in ways that reflect the realities of sport, coaching, exercise, and community physical activity settings. You’ll also contribute to programme quality through assessment design and marking, resource development, moderation processes, and continuous improvement. Some travel between campuses within our rohe may be required.
Ngā mahi | Key Responsibilities
· Develop and present effective learning resources using sound pedagogy and instructional design.
· Update course documents using Toi Ohomai templates, ensuring alignment with programme and qualification outcomes.
· Apply subject and teaching expertise to continuously review and improve courses, programmes, and learning materials.
· Engage with industry, learners, moderators, and subject experts to gather feedback and keep course content current.
· Create contextualised teaching resources with embedded literacy and numeracy to meet learner and course needs.
· Stay up to date with all Toi Ohomai, NZQA, and TEC requirements relating to programme delivery.
He kōrero mōu | About You
You bring:
· Relevant postgraduate qualification(s) in Sport and/Health
· Relevant industry experience
· A high level of professional and ethical conduct
· Ability to be self-motivating and able to work effectively both individually and within a team
Mō Mātou | About us
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is the largest vocational education provider in the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato. Home to over 9000 ākonga (students), at Toi Ohomai we put ākonga and kaimahi at the centre of all we do. Through educational excellence, Māori Success, strong partnerships and sustainable practices we enable our ākonga, institution and communities to thrive.
Toiohomaitanga describes our way of doing and being. It reflects how we care for each other, work together, and uphold our shared purpose. Ā mātou uara | our values are an important part of this, our Toi Ohomai values are:
· Toitūtanga – Courageous and humble in our pursuit of excellence
· Manaakitanga – Strengthening the mana of others and our communities
· Whanaungatanga – Building and nurturing relationships
· Kotahitanga – United in our shared purpose
Me pēhea te tono | How to apply
At Toi Ohomai, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome people from all backgrounds, and the unique perspectives and skills they bring. We strive to ensure a recruitment process that is accessible and welcoming and encourage applications from our diverse communities. If you need support during the application process, reach out, we’re here to help.
All applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand. Toi Ohomai is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable persons and will undertake relevant vetting and pre-employment checks.
If this role sounds like your next career move, then we encourage you to apply. We review applications as they arrive and may contact shortlisted candidates before the closing date.
To apply please submit your CV and Cover Letter with your online application.
Applications for this role will take you to the advertisers site.
