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NZEI Te Riu Roa | Student and New Educator Organiser | Tāmaki Makaurau ko Te Whanganui-a-tara Auckland or Wellington based

Closing date: Wednesday 4 December 2024

Student and Early Career Organiser

Tāmaki Makaurau ko Te Whanganui-a-tara | Auckland or Wellington based


Permanent, full-time

From $104,433 (from 1 Jan 2025)

Purpose-driven work | Matching Kiwisaver up to 6.5%
26 days annual leave | Supportive internal network
Health Insurance reimbursement scheme

Are you awesome at:

Using your union organising skills to work with members online and offline
Identifying, coaching and engaging with union members
Understanding the professional and industrial interests of student and new educator members

Tasks are varied and include:


Facilitate a national project group to ensure student and new educators needs are embedded in regional and national union activities
Creating member journeys and identifying resources that are needed for implementation
Working with members to plan and run their annual activist hui
Maintaining relationships with nationwide Initial Teacher Education providers

In this role you will be advocating for the interests of students and new educator members through creation of nationwide organising plans. You will identify leaders within this group and ensure that they receive purposeful development to grow them in their unionism. With responsibility for nationwide engagement you will use online organising strategies in digital spaces to communicate with members.

You will also be responsible for the regional organising of student and new educator members in your base area so some travel is required.

We really value great ideas and enthusiasm and look forward to hearing from you about the skills you can bring to this role.

NZEI Te Riu Roa is committed to honouring and giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Candidates should either have or be committed to developing an understanding of Te Tiriti. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience in te reo and tikanga Māori. We have an allowance for fluent speakers of Te Reo Māori and offer work-time to study Te Reo Māori.

A full job description is available here.

Applications must be made here and include a cover letter that tells us about yourself and why you would like to work for NZEI Te Riu Roa.

If you have any questions, please contact mahi@nzei.org.nz

Applications close at 5pm Wednesday 4 December 2024.

NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes and supports people of all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, religions, and disabilities/ abilities.  An expectation of this role is to actively support and promote our diversity and inclusion principles.  We want NZEI Te Riu Roa to be a place where you can bring your whole self to work.

He ngakaunui ana a NZEI Te Riu Roa ki te whakahonore me te whakamanahia Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Me mōhio pai ngā kaitono, whakarite he maramatanga rānei o Te Tiriti o Waitangi. He pūtea mō ngā kaitono e matatau ki Te Reo Māori, a, ka tono atu mō tētahi wā mahi hei ako i te Reo Māori.

He whakaaturanga mahi kei tō mātou ipurangi.

Kei kōnei te wāhi pukapuka tono a, me tuhingia he reta hei whakamōhio ki a tātou ko wai koe, nō hea koe, he aha ai e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi mō NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Mehemea he pātai tāu whakapā mai ki mahi@nzei.org.nz

Ka kati ngā tono hei te Rāapa 4 o Hakihea 2024 a te 5 karaka I te ahiahi.

Ka tautoko a NZEI Te Riu Roa i ngā tangata o ngā mātawaka, ngā tangata o tēhea pakeke, o ngā takatāpui, nga hāhi, nga hauatanga/pukenga. Ko te tumanako o te mahi nei, kia kaha ki te tautoko me whakatuarā a tātou kanorau/iahuhua/matahuhua me ngā whanonga pono. Ko te hiahia a NZEI Te Riu Roa, he wāhi hei whakamana i a koe me tōu mahi.

Contact person: Emma Rutherford