Administrator: Fixed Term to 25 June 2027

Ministry of Social Development; Wellington; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Social Development seeks an Administrator on a fixed-term basis to support the Finance team and wider agency. Based in central Wellington, you will manage day-to-day administration and finance tasks to keep operations efficient and accurate.

Reporting to the CFO, you will coordinate meetings, process invoices, and help improve systems while maintaining confidentiality and a can-do attitude. This role ends 25 June 2027.

Qualifications

• Experience in administration or finance-related roles.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities.
• Ability to manage confidential information professionally and handle competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide general administration across the agency, coordinate meetings, arrange travel and liaise with suppliers.
• Input requisitions and invoices into finance systems; prepare accruals and maintain records.
• Work with colleagues to improve administrative processes and systems.
• Identify opportunities to improve ways of working and efficiency.

Skills

Administration

Finance support

Attention to detail

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Microsoft 365

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

Administrator: Fixed Term to 25 June 2027

• Join a collaborative team supporting the Social Investment Agency.
• Varied administration role supporting the Finance team and wider Agency.
• Based in central Wellington.

It's an exciting time to join us as we lead change across the public service to implement social investment and support Government to achieve better outcomes from social sector spending. This is a fixed term role ending in June 2027.

We're looking for an organised, proactive and adaptable person to join our Finance team within the Corporate and Enabling Services group.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you'll provide day-to-day administration and finance support, helping ensure the Agency and Finance team operate efficiently and deliver quality services.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing general administration across the Social Investment Agency including coordinating meetings, organising travel, and liaising with suppliers.
• Providing transactional finance support including inputting requisitions and invoices into the finance systems, preparing accruals and maintaining records.
• Working with colleagues across the Agency to support effective administrative processes.
• Identifying opportunities to improve systems and ways of working.

This is a varied role where you'll contribute to the smooth running of the Agency and have the opportunity to improve the way we do things.

You’ll be someone who enjoys supporting others, takes pride in delivering accurate work and can manage competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Experience in an administration or finance-related role.
• Excellent planning skills and attention to detail.
• Confidence using Microsoft 365 applications, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Good communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to positively contribute to a team.
• The ability to manage confidential information professionally.
• Curiosity, initiative and a willingness to learn.
• A 'can do' attitude.

The salary range for this role is $59,537 to $84,053. Starting salaries reflect skills and experience relevant to the role with offers generally made between $59,537 to $70,044.

The Social Investment Agency is a central agency, set up to lead the social investment approach to improve people's lives and to support the Government to achieve better outcomes from social service expenditure.

Social investment involves using data to understand people's needs and the best prevention points, implementing evidence-based approaches to improving outcomes, and testing that they've been successful. The Agency has a particular focus on cross-sector work to address the most pervasive social sector challenges.

We are committed to having a safe and inclusive workplace and we value the diversity everyone brings. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender identity, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability or religion.

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so we can assist you through the recruitment process.