Closing date: Monday 2 March 2026
The CTU Communications and Campaigns Strategy is to:
- Build and execute communications and campaign plans which grow workers’ power and improve their lives at work
- Build the profile and effectiveness of the CTU as a social partner and peak body of the NZ trade union movement.
- Provide strategic communications advice and leadership to the CTU Affiliates
- Support raising the profile of working people and their unions and the CTU generally
- Educate union members and build campaigns, through providing resources and campaign material
- Build the communications capacity of NZ unions
- Build relationships with external agencies and affiliates to ensure that worker and union voice is included in media coverage of workers’ issues, including social wage and social justice issues
We are looking for a person who:
- Has experience in building and executing strategic campaigns in a union or social justice context
- Has experience in external communications and can proactively identify and act on media opportunities
- Can offer timely and appropriate communications and campaigns advice
- Is a confident communicator and can convey information in a creative, clear and concise way
- Can prepare resource and information material to support union campaigns
- Understands how to use values-based messaging
- Has writing and publishing skills to produce communications
- Adept in using social/digital media
- Can work easily with a range of people
- An understanding and a commitment to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Has a proven commitment to unionism and social justice issues
- Has experience of coordinating and resourcing campaigns
- Can adapt and prioritise efficiently and effectively – the role involves juggling multiple balls at once and ability to judge what’s important is needed.
Please see full JD as attached.
Applications close 2nd March 2026
Interviews are set for 10th March 2026
Contact person: Sue Windsor