• Be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact for volunteers
• Wellington based Fixed term position until June 2025
• Salary range $81,524 - $90,583 (pro rata), actual salary dependent on skills and experience

Use your experience in coordination to contribute to the Volunteerism team’s 2 priority projects, focused on supporting our volunteers across NZ.

Mō tēnei tūranga - About the role:

The Coordinator, Volunteerism Projects is responsible for supporting the team through maintaining records, project documentation and reporting, monitoring and tracking of project milestones, and working with a wide range of stakeholders. You will support the smooth running of the Volunteerism team’s 2 key projects:

Volunteer Engagement Model – The project seeks to strengthen the relationship between Fire and Emergency NZ and volunteers, and bring a greater level of consistency to the agreements, constitutions, and rules that govern volunteer brigades, so together we can best serve our communities.

Volunteer Voice - This project will make steps towards a more meaningful and consistent representation of the volunteer voice in organisational projects and decision-making processes.

This is a fixed term position until 30th June 2025. There will likely be some travel involved to assist with workshop delivery, and engaging volunteers across the motu.

Ko tāu nā i tēnei tūranga - What you’ll bring to the role:

Jump into this fixed term position using your understanding of the project environment and excellent coordination experience. You will have excellent relationship building skills and will be comfortable engaging with stakeholders. It would be an advantage to have experience working with volunteers, or a strong understanding of volunteerism.

To be successful in this role, we’d expect you will have:

• Proven experience providing high quality coordination support in a project environment
• Strong Computer literacy within the Microsoft suite, using MS project or similar tools
• Experience with financial administration and reporting
• The ability to create collaborative working relationships with a wide range of people

The salary range for this role is $81,524 - $90,583 (pro rata), dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

Ko wai mātou - Who are we?

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a Crown Entity responsible for reducing unwanted fires, responding to structural and vegetation fires and other emergencies including motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, hazardous substance related incidents, natural disasters, and supporting increased community resilience.

Our vision is to build stronger communities and protect what matters most to the people within them. We are proud to be recognised as New Zealand’s most trusted public sector agency. Our values reflect what our people believe is core to who we are and the organisation we aspire to be.

• We Do the Right Thing – Kia Tika
• We Serve and Support – Manaakitanga
• We Are Better Together – Whanaungatanga
• We Strive to Improve – Auahatanga

Ko te tono mai - How to apply:

Come join us - we are excited about the future of Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and we’d love you to be part of it! We value diversity as a strength and welcome applicants that can help bring a difference to our organisation.

If this sounds like you, apply now. To download a copy of our position description please visit our vacancy page on our Fire Jobs website.

If you have any specific questions about this role please email nhqjobs@fireandemergency.nz

However please note, applications sent via email will not be accepted.

Applications close Sunday 15th September.

Please note: Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory for this role.