Community Partnerships Coach & Event Catalyst

Selwyn District Council; Rolleston; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career coaching and development

Wellbeing and volunteer leave

Three additional paid leave days each年

Job summary

Selwyn District Council is seeking a dedicated Community Development professional to help volunteers, community groups and local businesses lead their own events and projects. This 13-month fixed-term role will coach, mentor and connect people, enabling sustainable community-led delivery across Selwyn’s townships, schools and business networks.

You will help activate townships, Dark Sky activities, and local tourism campaigns while building capacity for groups to sustain initiatives after your

Qualifications

• Strong experience in community development, volunteer support, event delivery, or stakeholder engagement.
• Confident facilitation, training and mentoring skills with patience to build capability.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical training, mentoring and support to volunteers, communities and local businesses leading projects and events.
• Coach local event organisers to shape purpose, audience, budget and delivery plans.
• Help groups prepare business cases, project plans, budgets and sponsorship proposals.
• Guide event organisers through council processes, permissions and use of reserves, parks and spaces.
• Connect community organisations, schools, mana whenua and partners around shared activities.
• Support transition of council-supported events to community- or partner-led delivery.
• Build reusable templates and tools for future community use.
• Gather and share stories of local leadership and collaboration across the district.
• Support delivery of local business events, campaigns and visitor-focused activities.

Skills

Community development

Volunteer management

Event delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Training and mentoring

Project coordination

Communication

Job description

Selwyn District Council is seeking a dedicated Community Development professional to help volunteers, community groups and local businesses lead their own events and projects. This 13-month fixed-term role will coach, mentor and connect people, enabling sustainable community-led delivery across Selwyn’s townships, schools and business networks.

You will help activate townships, Dark Sky activities, and local tourism campaigns while building capacity for groups to sustain initiatives after your