Empowering young women starts with a great team — Hockey Coaches
At Diocesan School for Girls, we are united by a shared purpose: to inspire and support the next generation of young women to be confident, resilient, and ready to thrive in an ever-changing world.
Every role at Dio contributes to this mission. Whether you're coaching, coordinating events, supporting property operations, or providing front-line service — your work plays an essential part in enabling our students to succeed.
We’re seeking Junior Hockey Coaches to join our After-School Junior Hockey Programme in 2026, helping us deliver the high standards and care we’re known for.
Job Description
Mō te tūranga: About the role:
We have several roles available for Junior Hockey Coaches in our After-School Junior Hockey Programme 2026. As a Junior Hockey Coach you will be responsible for a team of junior hockey girls; leading weekly training development sessions and coaching at games. We run around 12x (Years 1-6) teams during the winter season. We may also have opportunities in our intermediate hockey programme. Dates & Times:
Main training day is Tuesday afternoons 3:15pm-5:15pm.
All training sessions are based at the School campus in Epsom
Games are played on Saturday mornings at various turf locations including at our Dio turf
The coach role can potentially span February - December or part of this period
Pre-season training and trials are underway March / April
Winter hockey runs from late April through to early September Job Tasks:
Responsible for the skills & knowledge development of your allocated team including player assessment and tracking progress over the season
Build and maintain a positive team culture
Plan & facilitate training sessions, including weekly reflections and feedback to Head Coach
Plan & facilitate games including sub and position roster, pre-game warm-up, and post-game team debrief Support:
We can provide training content and support
You will be part of our junior hockey community. Teams train together, so you won’t be on your own
Lead Hockey Coach will provide support and mentoring
Team Manager provided (volunteer parent), who will handle all communications re. weekly draw & player availability
Desired Skills and Experience
Ngā pūkenga me whai: We’re looking for someone with:
Some past or current hockey experience
Prior hockey coaching experience preferred but not essential
A positive, responsible, nurturing manner with lots of energy and initiative
Good organisation and great/timely communication
Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer:
Diocesan School for Girls is a private independent school centrally based in Epsom, Auckland. Our Junior School campus is for girls from Years 0-6 (approximately 4 to 11 years of age). We focus on participation, fun and development in our extra curricular sports programme.
We offer support to our coaches through our ‘hub’ programme run by our Lead Hockey Coach and overseen by our Junior School Sports Manager
We provide a fun, positive, respectful, learning environment with a great culture and supportive community. You’ll have fun and it’s immensely rewarding
Teams from each year group train together at the same time so coaches work together
We can pair you with another person to share the load if that helps
Training content is provided to some extent and there is also an opportunity to adapt and deliver specific content as required
Each team/coach is supported by a Team Manager who handles all communications and logistics. All you have to do is coach
Our location is central, making it easy to get to via public transport or by car
If you are a bit rusty about junior hockey rules, skills and techniques we can bring you up to speed so don’t worry about the details too much. A positive attitude will go a long way
Availability:
If you don’t know your availability yet for 2026 but are interested then please go ahead and apply ASAP anyway. We may have other hockey coaching opportunities beyond the dates and times specified here.
Recruitment Timeline:
We’re open for applications through until end of April 2026. Please e-mail Lucinda Batchelor in the first instance.
Me pēhea te tono | How to apply:
Please apply online via our website:www.diocesan.school.nz/employment-opportunities by Friday the 27th of March 2026 and e-mail lbatchelor@diocesan.school.nz.
