Social & Digital Content Advisor

Stats NZ; Wellington; On-site; NZD 77,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

37.5 hour work week

15 days sick leave allowance

3 extra leave days at year end

Flu vaccines and EAP health benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Stats NZ is seeking an Advisor - Content and Channels to lead social media and digital storytelling from our Wellington base. You will manage day-to-day social activity, create short-form video and contribute to broad communications projects in our centralised team.

You’ll work across channels, tailor messages for different audiences, and apply analytics to improve content while growing engagement and reach. This role supports decision-making and public-facing storytelling.

Qualifications

• Experience creating, publishing and evaluating social media and digital content for an organisation.
• Strong writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex information clear and engaging.
• Practical experience creating short-form video and simple visual content.
• Understanding social media analytics, audience insights and how to use them to improve content.
• Ability to tailor communications for different channels and audiences.
• Strong relationship-building, organisation and time-management skills.
• Creativity, sound judgement and a willingness to learn and adapt.
• A tertiary qualification in communications, marketing, public relations, journalism or a related field, or equivalent knowledge.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and applying cultural capability in their practice.

Skills

Social media experience

Strong writing

Video content creation

Analytics

Channel tailoring

Organization

Creativity

Cultural capability

Willingness to learn

Education

Tertiary qualification in communications/marketing/public relations/journalism

Job description

Stats NZ is seeking an Advisor - Content and Channels to lead social media and digital storytelling from our Wellington base. You will manage day-to-day social activity, create short-form video and contribute to broad communications projects in our centralised team.

You’ll work across channels, tailor messages for different audiences, and apply analytics to improve content while growing engagement and reach. This role supports decision-making and public-facing storytelling.