Kaihautu Takawaenga | Lead (Union)Organiser
Te Whanganui-a-tara region
From $121,786
Purpose-driven work | Matching Kiwisaver up to 6.5%
Health Insurance reimbursement scheme
26 days annual leave | Supportive internal network
About the role:
We are looking for a Lead Organiser to join our team. You will report to the Directors of Organising and your role will include:
• Empowering members and colleagues and supporting them to influence change
• Leading your team to deliver on campaign and organising plans
• Coordinating and communicating with groups
• Understanding the professional and industrial interests of educators
• Managing your own patch or sector
• Deploying resources in your region to meet member’s aims
Skills and experience
• You must have experience in a trade union organising workers
• Leading and coordinating recruitment and organising plans across the region
• Coaching, developing and leading people to success
• Use data to review recruitment trends and adapt strategies as required
Who are we?
NZEI Te Riu Roa is an organising and campaign-based union of members who work together locally and nationally to achieve the best possible education system for tamariki and the people who work in it. Together we take a strategic approach to achieving members’ aims, including the protection and promotion of the industrial and professional interests of members.
How to apply
• We want to hear why you want to work for NZEI Te Riu Roa in a cover letter that accompanies your CV.
• We cannot review applications without a cover letter.
• Applications must be made here and this is the job description
• We will get in touch with you if you are shortlisted for this role.
• If you have any questions, please contact mahi@nzei.org.nz
Applications close at 5pm Friday 21 March 2025
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 Rāmere 21 Poutū-te-rangi 2025 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.
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