Community Adviser

Victoria University of Wellington; Wellington; In loco; NZD 30.000 - 47.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Victoria University of Wellington is seeking a Community Adviser to join the Accommodation Independent Living team in a permanent, part-time role commencing November 2026. The role focuses on creating a safe, inclusive living environment for students and coordinating hall events.

You will work with diverse student cohorts, manage event calendars, assist with budgets and administration, respond to emergencies, and promote positive behaviour across residences while upholding pastoral care

Competenze

• Proven ability to coordinate events and manage a hall events calendar.
• Experience delivering events and maintaining budgets.
• Ability to work across cultures with Maori, Pasifika, and international students.
• Strong communication via social media and other channels.
• Mature, proactive, and able to think on your feet.
• Valid NZ clean restricted driver’s license.

Mansioni

• Event coordination and administration including establishing your hall events calendar.
• Organising and coordinating events.
• Use existing hall information to plan events for the current cohort and gather feedback.
• Complete event audits and reporting.
• Hall Admin support, Star Rez reporting, answer phone calls and reception.
• Promoting and monitoring appropriate behaviour by residents and role modelling.
• Respond to emergency and evacuation situations and escalating to on call manager.

Conoscenze

Initiative

Event planning

Pastoral care

Computer literacy

Social media

Cross-cultural

Strumenti

Facebook

Instagram

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• Do you have a clean NZ restricted driver licence?


• Can you demonstrate initiative and sound judgement, with the ability to think on your feet?


• Are you passionate about working with students and creating a positive living and learning environment?

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Community Adviser to join the University’s Accommodation Independent Living team in a permanent, part-time role beginning in November 2026.

University Accommodation focuses on connecting students with university services and ensuring their academic success, wellbeing, welfare and health and safety is front of mind. This includes an environment that is safe, fostering a sense of community, inclusion and belonging, and delivering a cohesive, cross-university integrated student experience that protects and enhances the University’s reputation nationally and internationally.

Key responsibilities:

• Event coordination and administration including establishing your hall events calendar.


• Organising and coordinating events.


• Use existing hall information to plan events specifically targeted to the current cohort and gauge interest and feedback from Hall residents about events they’ve enjoyed or would like to have.


• Complete event audits and reporting.


• Hall Admin support, Star Rez reporting, answer phone calls and reception.


• Promoting and monitoring appropriate behaviour by residents and role modelling appropriate communal living behaviour.


• Respond to emergency and evacuation situations and escalating to on call manager.

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who is passionate about working with students and creating a positive living and learning environment, is a team player, well-organised, proactive, quick to learn, and adaptable. You do not need to be a current student to apply.

You will be a mature, fun, flexible adviser who can balance support for the students and meet the University’s obligations for pastoral care in compliance with the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021.

Key requirements:

• Proven knowledge of what it takes to live successfully in communal living.


• Experience organising and delivering events and maintaining budgets.


• Experience living or working across cultures; with a particular understanding of Maori, Pasifika, and international students.


• Computer literacy and knowledge, ability to use social media (Facebook, Instagram etc.).


• Able to facilitate eventsprogrammesas required during the academic year.


• Mature and responsible; maintains professional and appropriate relationships.


• Demonstrates previous success at being a positive role model.


• Demonstrates initiative and sound judgement, with an ability to think on your feet.


• At least an NZ clean restricted driver’s license.

Close date for vacancy: 19 November 2026.

Contact details for vacancy: If you have any questions regarding this role, please get in touch with Katrina Rogers ([e-mail]).

We can only consider applicants who are citizens or residents of New Zealand or Australia or on a current working visa.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. Applications from recruitment agencies are not accepted.

About Us

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is renowned for its high-quality research and exceptional teaching. We attract people from around the world. Our university campus spans Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington - the creative, scientific and political centre of Aotearoa New Zealand - and our students thrive on the connections we have made here.