The Taxpayers’ Union is hiring!
With the sea of red in the pre-Christmas HYFEU, and local government continuing to be in crisis, it’ll be a big year ahead for the Taxpayers’ Union. And thanks to our, errr, friends in Parliament (NZ First, Labour, National, and ACT) shoulder tapping so many of our staff over the last 12 months, we’ve got a few roles that we need to fill in order to effectively hold the Government to account and continue to advocate for taxpayers.
The jobs we are currently recruiting for are:
- Communications Manager (Full time, Wellington)
- Graduate Researcher (Full time, Wellington)
- Graphic Designer (Part time, Wellington)
- Executive Assistant (Part time, Auckland)
We also have our ears and eyes open for new potential volunteers as Board Members or Local Government Advocates.
My approach to recruitment
I’m a great believer in identifying exceptional talent (or potential) and building the right job around the person rather than trying to search for the ideal person to fit a pre-defined bureaucratic job description/role. Being a small team, we thrive with generalists, and a can-do culture.
For example, when we onboard student interns or graduate researchers, I ensure they are all given initial tasks in both the research and comms/advocacy side of the organisation. As a result, they tend to work towards the areas that they’ll excel at – whether it’s sniffing out the next big wasteful scoop, or making social media / policy explainer videos (which were a great series, and a young staffer’s initiative).
So if you don’t quite fit perfectly into any of the roles above, please don’t let that dissuade you from sending us your CV/cover letter to applications@taxpayers.org.nz
We look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Jordan Williams
Executive Director
New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union
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