Field Officer (Te Whanganui-a-tara | Wellington)

Field Officer | Kaitakawaenga
Te Whanganui-a-tara | Wellington

Permanent full-time (37.5 hours a week)

Purpose-driven work | Work vehicle supplied
Matching Kiwisaver up to 6.5% | Health reimbursement scheme
26 days annual leave

From $96,671

About the role
NZEI Te Riu Roa is looking for a Trade Union Field Officer to join our team. You will report to the Lead Organiser and your role will include:
• Planning for regular contact and visibility for your assigned worksites/member groups
• Implement campaign and sector strategies to achieve union goals in your region
• Identifying, development and coaching of member leaders

Skills and experience
• Strong relational skills to manage worksite, group and member leader relationships
• Has experience working in union or social-impact organisation working to give people the tools to advocate for their cause
• A current driver’s licence
• An interest in publicly-funded education, commitment to Te Tiriti, unionism and social justice
• Demonstrated ability to work flexibly in a team situation

NZEI Te Riu Roa is committed to honouring and giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience in te reo and tikanga Māori.

A full job description is available on here.

Who are we?
NZEI Te Riu Roa is a Te Tiriti based organising and campaigning 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 online at this link.

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 Wednesday 30 April 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 Rāapa 30 o Paenga-whāwhā 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.