Performance Mindset Coach - Central Stags

Central Districts Cricket; Hastings; Hybrid; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Districts Cricket is seeking a Performance Mindset Coach for the Central Stags, Hastings. The role combines on-site and remote mindset support for players, coaching staff and pathways programs, delivering workshops and evidence-based strategies to boost performance and wellbeing.

Applicants should be Registered Psychologists or equivalent credentials, hold a NZ driver's licence, and demonstrate experience in high-performance sport settings with collaborative, results-driven approaches.

Qualifications

• Be a Registered Psychologist with the NZ Psychologists' Board (general or clinical).
• Full NZ Driver's License.
• Experience working with a sports team, high-performance setting preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues and provide PM inputs to athletes and coaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site and remote performance mindset capabilities for players and staff.
• Deliver workshops and education inputs aligned with campaigns.
• Attend staff planning meetings and support multi-disciplinary integration.
• Offer evidence-based mindset strategies to boost performance and wellbeing.
• Support implementation of safe working practices within the team environment.
• Identify players needing mental health support and coordinate referrals.

Skills

Registered Psychologist

NZ Driver's Licence

Team-based mindset support

Mental skills training

Job description

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Performance Mindset Coach - Central Stags

Central Districts Cricket – Hastings, North Island

The Performance Mindset Coach will provide on-site and remote performance mindset capabilities, drawing on social and personal psychological knowledge and skills to assist the Central Stags' Players, Coaching and Support Staff, and to provide performance mindset inputs to Central Districts Cricket's Provincial A and Pathway programmes.

Key responsibilities

Provide team support aligned with the CD Stags and Provincial A campaign plans

Provide relevant workshops and education inputs as required

Attend CD HP staff planning meetings as and when required

Support multi-disciplinary integration across CD's HP environment

Provide evidence-based performance mindset knowledge and strategies for players to promote performance and psychological well-being both on and off the field

Provide on-site support to players to implement their performance mindset capabilities

Support team leadership to ensure shared development, understanding, application and monitoring of the team's vision, values, standards and protocols

Help create a positive team environment that challenges and motivates players to achieve their full potential

Identify and triage players who might require mental health or crisis support and work with NZC's Lead Psychologist and the NZ Cricket Players' Association to action specialist referrals

Implement and maintain CD Cricket's safe working practices and procedures within the Stags' team environment

About you

Be a Registered Psychologist with the New Zealand Psychologists' Board (with a General or specialised scope such as Clinical), or a Full Member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors, or an Accredited Mental Skills Trainer with Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand

Hold a full New Zealand Driver's License

Be legally entitled to work in New Zealand

Have PMC experience working within a sports team setting, preferably within a high-performance sport environment

Have a verifiable record of integrating and working effectively with colleagues, preferably with other performance-focused staff

Have a proven record of PM input and support to athletes and coaches towards performance improvement

Have a demonstrated commitment to learning and to adapting approaches in response to feedback and changing circumstances

Have a proven record of collaborating with other professional colleagues and providers

Have a 'can-do', team-focused approach with delight in helping others reach their potential

About us

Central Districts Cricket Association (CDCA) is one of six Major Associations within New Zealand. Our region is comprised of eight District Associations: Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua/Kapiti, Manawatu, Marlborough, Nelson, Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wanganui. CDCA is home to our representative men's Cricket Team, the Central Stags, and our representative women's team, the Central Hinds, and several age group representative teams. We achieve our purpose by providing vision, direction and guidance to our DAs who in turn deliver the game of cricket at all levels within their respective District boundaries.

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