Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
- Be part of an organisation that delivers essential services to our community
- Provide team leadership for a small but mighty marketing communications and engagement team
- Work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
This is a permanent, full-time position based in Petone.
The opportunity
You will be an integral part of the Communications and Engagement Team at Wellington Water, providing leadership, management, and support for three direct reports. You'll enjoy working in a fast-paced and delivery-focused environment and be part of a diverse and high-performing team. Your duties will include being on an Emergency Management on call roster.
You will get to:
- Oversee the development and implementation of region-wide social marketing and behaviour change campaigns
- Oversee the management of our external channels and ensure these are well managed and used effectively to maintain public engagement with Wellington Water and our work
- Support the development and implementation of new processes and frameworks as well as work to maintain existing ones to ensure the wider Communications and Engagement function is well supported
- Recruit, coach, mentor and develop staff, and manage their day-to-day work and provide oversight to ensure the right outcomes and the needs of the business are met
- Lead the development and implementation of communication and engagement strategies for a range of programmes of work
- Support the team to identify key reputational risks and provide strategic communications advice and support to mitigate these
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with key journalists and media to support proactive and reactive media engagement.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Demonstrated experience in leading a team to deliver high quality outcomes
- A tertiary qualification in communications, marketing, or another relevant field
- Nive plus years' experience in providing strategic marketing communications and engagement planning and delivery
- High quality writing and editing skills and experience in translating complex information into simple and clear communications
- Experience in strategic communications channels management
- Strong experience with delivering effective large-scale marketing and communications campaigns to meet organisational outcomes.
Benefits
At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.
Our benefits include:
- Flexible working arrangements including up to two days working from home
- Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
- Formal and informal professional development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave accrual will be available following two years of continual service.
For a full list of our employee benefits: click here.
About us
Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We're a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.
The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.
Applications close: Wednesday, 18 June 2025.
How to apply
To view a copy of the position description: click here.
To apply for the role, click on the 'apply' button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site, please note if you are a Wellington Water employee please apply using your work email.
For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz
Applicants will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.