Field Officer Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Come and join the country’s largest education union and work as a field officer working with NZEI Te Riu Roa members, including primary teachers, early childhood teachers, school support staff and special education staff.
NZEI Te Riu Roa is the organisation representing 47,000 primary and early childhood teachers, specialist education and advisory staff, early childhood, and school support staff. It is committed to high quality public education and to the application of the Treaty of Waitangi.
We need someone who can play an important role in the work and campaigns of NZEI. This role involves organising and supporting NZEI Te Riu Roa members in the Waitaha/Canterbury area.
Your duties would include:
- Encouraging, supporting, and organising members to be active in NZEI campaigns
- Recruiting new members and supporting recruitment programmes
- Providing industrial and professional advice and support
- Assisting with membership education
- Maintaining regular contact with members
- Organising and running meetings
You need to have:
- High level communication skills
- Proven organising ability
- An interest and knowledge of the education sector and industrial relations
- An ability to work as part of a team
- Good time management skills
- An ability to develop and maintain networks and relationships
- Sound IT skills
- A willingness to learn
- A full NZ Driver’s Licence
This position is based in the NZEI Te Riu Roa Christchurch Office.
An understanding of, and commitment to upholding the principles of, Te Tiriti o Waitangi is essential, and experience/skill in te reo and tikanga Māori are desirable.
Applications in confidence should be addressed to vacancies@nzei.org.nz with “Field” in the subject line.
Please also fill in the Application form at https://forms.office.com/r/Z31... or email for a link
Applications close at 5pm Monday 19th December 2022
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.