NZ Football has advertised the Football Ferns coaching role vacated by controversial Austrian Andreas Heraf in July.
But the job description no longer requires applicants to hold a pro coaching license, as it did previously, fuelling speculation the post could go to a homegrown coach.
Among the skills and experience listed for the role, a pro license or equivalent is now only "highly desirable, but not essential".
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Heraf resigned as head coach and NZF technical director, after accusations of bullying during his brief tenure with the national women's team.
His downfall began when he questioned New Zealand's ability to compete against the world's top football nations, choosing an overly defensive strategy in a 3-1 loss to former world champions Japan in June.
"We will never have that quality to compete with Japan and even be better than Japan," he said afterwards.
Since resigning, the former Austrian international player has questioned the Football Ferns' commitment to a high-performance programme, claiming players were more interested in a "fun" team culture and were part of a "large scale conspiracy" against him.
He even claims local media compared him to another infamous Austrian - World War II dictator Adolf Hitler.
Applications for the Football Ferns job close on September 23.
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