Highlanders general manager Roger Clark said the coaching selection process was one they were always working through with the New Zealand Rugby Union.
Although it was not something that the Highlanders board had talked about specifically, from his own perspective, Clark wanted Joseph to continue in the role.
Joseph is in his fourth year with the side and is in the final year of a two-year contract.
Clark feels Joseph is getting better as a coach.
''I believe we have made some pretty good progress this year. Sure we had a bit of a hiccup last year but when you look back to where we have come from since 2010 when Jamie arrived we have gone forward,'' Clark said.
''I think we want to keep the big fella down here for a few years yet.
''In my view coaches only get better. The experience he has picked up over the past four years can only be good for him. I don't see anyone else out there putting up their hand and saying they want the job.''
Joseph has a record of 23 victories and 31 defeats since starting with the franchise in 2011.
Many saw his time up after a disastrous 2013 season in which a star-studded side, with high expectations, slumped to a 14th place, recording just three wins.
But Joseph stayed, with the full endorsement of the Highlanders board, and the team sits on a 50% winning record, with three wins.
Clark said it was important to remember the reasons why Joseph was first appointed.
''We wanted someone who could understand what playing down here meant. What the place is about and knows how things operate in this part of the world. Jamie has played down here. He played all of his career down here and has a connection with this place.''
Otago coach Tony Brown has come on board this year as an assistant to the Highlanders, many seeing that as a signal he would step into Joseph's shoes at the end of this season.
But Clark poured cold water on that suggestion yesterday.
''Browny has already said, and he has been a really good addition to the coaching team, that it takes a while to go from coaching an ITM Cup team to a Super rugby team. He is not quite ready yet.''
Clark did not want to put a date on when the coaching position for next year would be finalised but said it was a complex situation as the coach was employed by the New Zealand Rugby Union yet was decided upon by the Highlanders board.
Last week, Joseph was linked with a coaching position at Welsh club Cardiff Blues and he declined comment on that issue. Earlier, he said he had not given much thought to his coaching future and was just concentrating on this season.
Clark said every time a coaching position became vacant in the northern hemisphere, New Zealand coaches were linked with the job.
Joseph had plenty of options for his future, Clark said, and not just in rugby coaching.
