Closing date: Monday 17 August 2026
The Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has a vacancy for a full-time organiser based in our Auckland office.
This is a busy and important role at the heart of our union so we are looking for someone who can think on their feet, gather and analyse information, demonstrate good judgement, show empathy with the needs of TEU members and the aims of the union movement, be collegial and take initiative.
We are seeking an organiser with a combination of organising, recruiting, negotiating, communication, campaigning and administrative skills. An essential requirement is the capacity to work effectively under pressure.
The person appointed will be responsible for representing members of the union in universities, polytechnics and wānanga from the Auckland office, and will include regular travel.
We are an education union committed to employment equity and Te Tiriti o Waitangi and a similar commitment will be expected from the appointee.
Ideally you will have a tertiary qualification, experience in the employment relations field and knowledge of and competence in te reo Māori me ngā tikanga. However, experienced candidates who don’t meet all these criteria should still apply.
Further information and a job description are available from the Tertiary Education Union, PO Box11-767, Wellington amanda.hickman@teu.ac.nz 04 801 5098.
Applications, including the names of two referees, should reach the above address by 5.00pm Monday 17 August 2026.
E wātea ana tētahi kaihakarite mō te uniana o Te Hautū Kahurangi (TEU) ki tō mātou tari ki Tāmaki-Makaurau.
He tino kawenga tēnei tūranga, ahuwhenua hoki, kei te rito ō tō mātou uniana nā reira e rapu ana i tētahi tangata koi te hinengaro, e tāea te kohikohi me te tātari pārongo, ka tāea mārika te hakatau kaupapa, he ngākau aroha ki ngā hiahia o ngā mema o TEU me ngā whāinga o te uniana, kia aroha nui ki te tangata, ā, ka tāea anō te hakaara ake take.
E rapu ana mātou i tētahi kaihakarite matatau ki ēnei pūkenga, e tāea te hakahaere, te rapu kaimahi, te whiriwhiri kaupapa, te hakapā, hei kaihāpai, whai pūkenga hei kaihakahaere. Ko tētahi tino herenga, kia whai wāhi ki te mahi momoho i te kūiti o te wā.
Ko te tangata ka tohua, ka riro māna te kawenga hei māngai mō ngā mema o te uniana kei ngā whare wānanga, kei ngā kuratini, ā, kei ngā wānanga hoki o te rohe o Tāmaki Makaurau.
He uniana mātauranga mātou e ū ana ki ngā tūranga mahi taurite me Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ko taua ritenga e tūmanakotia ana e mātou mai i te kaiwhiwhi.
Ko tōna tikanga ko whai tohu mātauranga tuatoru, ko mātau ā-wheako ki ngā tikanga me ngā ratonga e pā ana ki ngā hononga tūmahi, ā, me mārama hoki me te matatau ki te reo Māori me ngā tikanga. Hāunga tēnā, me tonoa e ngā kaitono atia kāhore anō kia tutuki katoa ngā kaupapa kei runga ake nei.
Mō ētahi atu pārongo tua atu i ēnei me tono ki Te Hautū Kahurangi, Pouaka Poutāpeta 11-767 Te Whanganui-ā-Tara, amanda.hickman@teu.ac.nz 04 801 5098.
Kia tae atu ngā tono, me ngā ingoa kia rua o ngā kaitautoko, ki te wāhi mahi kei runga ake nei mā te 5.00 i te ahiahi, Mane 17 Ākuhata 2026.
Contact person: Amanda Hickman