The 47-year-old has been in United Kingdom and led the London Spirit to glory at Lord’s on the weekend.
They beat the Welsh Fire by four wickets in the women’s final of The Hundred. It was his third consecutive final.
The former Australian all-rounder led the Brisbane Heat to the final of the Women’s Big Bash League in 2023 and earlier this year guided the Queensland Fire into the one-day final.
He will return to Dunedin this weekend and will be straight into preseason training with the Volts on Monday.
Otago is enduring a barren title run.
The province has not won the Plunket Shield since the 1987-88 season.
They last claimed the one-day title in March 2008 when Brendon McCullum went berserk and blasted 170, and the province won the second of their two T20 titles in 2013.
They will be hoping some of Noffke’s magic rubs off on them.
He replaced Dion Ebrahim, who resigned towards the end of last season without offering an explanation for his departure.
The former Zimbabwean still had a year to run on his contract.
The squad Noffke has inherited is largely unchanged. Former Canterbury batted Leo Carter has transferred south, and New Zealand under-19 representative Zac Cumming has been contracted and will join brother Jacob in the side.
But essentially Noffke will have to get more out of the same group of players.
One of his first roles will be to appoint a captain.
Dean Foxcroft stood down from the captaincy during the off-season after just a year in the role. He wants to focus more on his core skills and help Otago win games that way.
Wicketkeeper Max Chu stands out as an option but Noffke has said he wants to wait and get to know people better before he makes a decision on who will lead the team on the field.
