Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Looking for Personal Assistant at Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Full Time

• Come work as a Personal Assistant – grow your career with us!
• Permanent opportunities based in the Wellington CBD
• Brand new office located in Bowen Street, short 5 min walk from the train station with state-of-the-art facilities
• Hybrid office/WFH + 5 weeks annual leave + custom development plan to ensure you hit the ground running

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

At Waka Kotahi we are passionate about developing our people along their career journeys. Our Personal Assistant’s make everlasting connections right across the business, with plenty of opportunity for growth and professional development, and because of this, we are always looking for new talent to grow our amazing team!

This is a fast-paced and varied role – you will never be bored! You’ll draw on your skills in efficiency, organisation, professionalism, communication, and confidentiality. If you are an enthusiastic and agile administrator – come join our fun yet professional team and propel your career with us!

Ko koe tēnei | About you

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Bring

• Proven experience in an administration or personal assistance support activities
• Experience in diary and email management
• Collaborative team skills and a natural at fostering and building relationships
• A proven use of initiative and experience in planning, prioritising, and working under pressure.
• Discreet and tactful when dealing with confidential, commercially sensitive, and personal work-related information.
• Set high standards including accuracy, attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience looking for and implementing business process improvement
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office packages.

You will demonstrate knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori and promote tikanga and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector.

Ko wai mātou | About us

Our Corporate Support Group provides key specialist corporate functions that are core to enabling Waka Kotahi to run efficiently and to achieve organisational excellence internally and for the land transport system.

Others Include

Along with our other benefits we also have new Waka Kotahi Life, Income Protection and Critical Illness Insurance scheme available for permanent employees.

• 5 weeks annual leave, 15 days sick leave after 3 years’ service
• Annual flu vaccinations, health checks and eye tests
• A wellbeing initiative supporting activities that make a difference to both physical and mental wellbeing
• Service recognition programme

View the position description.

Don’t delay your application as we are reviewing these and meeting applicants as they come in.

Rā Katinga | Applications close:

24 September 2023

For further information, email: [email protected]

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.