Employment Coordinator | Auckland Central & East Region

Ministry of Social Development; Auckland; On-site; NZD 79,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is seeking an Employment Coordinator for Auckland Central & East Region. This role focuses on building relationships with employers to secure vacancies and place clients into work, while representing MSD in the employment sector and coordinating with internal teams.

You will provide recruitment and workforce planning advice, promote services to potential employers, and support clients post-placement.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in health and disability sector or recruitment.
• Knowledge of labour market trends and employment challenges.
• Ability to interpret and analyse data to identify trends in health or disability services and employment.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and networking skills.
• Able to manage time to meet deadlines and targets.
• Must hold a Full Driver Licence and be able to travel across Auckland Central & East region.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with employers to secure vacancies and place clients into work.
• Represent MSD in the employment sector and liaise between employers and clients to create opportunities.
• Provide advice to businesses on recruitment, workforce planning and training pathways and provide post-placement support.
• Promote MSD employment services to employers to highlight benefits and value.
• Collaborate with internal teams to leverage labour market insights for outreach to employers.
• Share insights to help employers make informed hiring decisions and strengthen relationships.

Skills

Communication

Relationship-building

Networking

Time management

Data interpretation

Job description

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Employment Coordinator | Auckland Central & East Region

What you'll be doing | He aha tāu e mahi ana

• The primary purpose of this role is to build and maintain strong relationships with employers to secure vacancies and place clients into work.
• You represent MSD in the employment sector and act as a key liaison between employers and clients to create and facilitate employment opportunities.
• This includes providing advice to businesses on recruitment, workforce planning and training pathways and providing post-placement support to clients and employers.
• By actively promoting our employment services to potential and existing employers, you highlight the benefits and value MSD can offer.
• You work collaboratively with internal teams to leverage labour market insights, supporting your outreach to employers.
• By sharing these insights, you help employers make informed hiring decisions, further strengthening your relationships with them.

• Relevant experience or knowledge of working within the health and disability sector or recruitment industry
• Knowledge of current developments and trends in the labour market, including employment challenges and issues faced by people with health or disabilities.
• The ability to interpret and analyse data to identify trends in health condition, injury and disability services and employment.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and networking skills.
• Effectively managing time to meet deadlines and targets.

You must hold a Full Driver License and be able to travel across the Auckland Central & East region as required.

Salary | Utu-ā-tau: $79,200.00 - $95,873.00

Salary is aligned to your skills, knowledge and relevant work experience.

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is a people-centred organisation. We’re in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.

We provide social policy advice to government, and assistance including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and communities.

As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner, we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori, whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.

Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.

Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents.

We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. You can find out more about our values here.

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