Office Administrator, Chatham Islands

Tangram; Canterbury; On-site; NZD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Office Administrator for a unique opportunity on the Chatham Islands. This role involves supporting a vibrant team during the peak fishing season, where your organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks will shine. You'll be responsible for general administrative duties, maintaining inventory systems, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. If you thrive in dynamic environments and are eager to contribute to a community-focused seafood business, this is the perfect role for you. Join a close-knit team and enjoy the adventure of a lifetime!

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG, manufacturing, or supply chain is ideal.
• Sound systems and inventory management experience required.

Responsibilities

• Support operations with general administrative tasks.
• Manage inventory systems and procurement processes.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Numerical expertise

Analytical skills

Education

Administrative experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

You must have the legal right to work in NZ and be living in NZ to be eligible for these roles.

Adventure of a lifetime

We are looking for an experienced Office Administrator to join our busy Chatham islands operations in mid to late May, who can commit to minimum of 12 weeks work in the office to support our fish processing site.

The Chatham Islands lie 750 km to the east of New Zealand's South Island. Moana is one of the biggest employers on the island, which is home to a small community of people, surrounded by pristine waters, that are world renowned for their rock lobster (crayfish), paua (abalone) and blue cod, that are sustainably harvested on these islands.

This is a standalone Office Administrator assignment for 3 months to support the Site Manager and team during the peak blue cod season.

• Responsible for general administrative to support operations
• Organisation of the office, meet and greet visitors and manage phone and requests for information from customers, fishers and/or Group Head Office
• Assist the Site Manager and Factory Supervisor with maintaining a centralised inventory system, ensuring the accurate and timely recording, monitoring, and reporting of inventory movements, stock levels and variances.
• Purchasing and procurement
• Coordinate site-based tasks; repairs and maintenance, offshore visitors coming to site, trouble shoot IT issues etc.
• Support Health & safety and compliance requirements i.e. scanning documents, updating SOPs, completing RMP tasks

No day is the same at Moana, so be prepared to be on the go, juggle multiple priorities and collaborate with a wide variety of people. As a doer, no job will be too small or big and you will be comfortable working both autonomously and in a team.

You will join a hard-working team where your support is highly valued, along with your natural ability to remain calm under pressure, troubleshoot issues and be a solution provider. Highly motivated, with excellent verbal and written communication skills, a strong attention to detail and a ‘can do attitude’ are essential.

What You Need:

With a reputation as a professional, who possesses a high level of integrity, and enthusiasm, you will be super organised and have a natural ability to build credible and trusted relationships at all levels.

You will be an accomplished administrator who has sound systems, numerical and analytical expertise and ideally knowledge and experience in quality assurance, compliance and inventory management systems.

You must be able to demonstrate the value you have added in roles and your ability to think on your feet and pick up and apply new skills quickly and effectively.

Ideally you will have a background in FMCG, manufacturing or supply chain. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a high level of expertise using the Microsoft suite; Word, PowerPoint & Excel is essential.

You will enjoy the remoteness and experience of living on the Chatham’s and the opportunity to build long lasting relationships with a close-knit team. With a genuine interest in working for a seafood business and applying your expert administration experience this is a great opportunity to work with a business committed to operational excellence, health and safety and producing premium products.

Please note you must be:

• eligible to work in NZ
• able to pass a pre-employment criminal, medical and drug and alcohol testing
• fit and healthy
• willing to commit to living on the Chatham Islands for the duration of your employment

Please send an expression of interest including resume c/o Moana’s recruitment team to mailto:[e-mail] and in the subject box put the job title. Closing date for applications is 4:00 pm, 18 May 2025.

Apply online for this role or contact Moana NZ Recruitment Team for more information.