Community Adviser

• Do you have a clean NZ restricted driver licence?
• Can you demonstrate initiative and sound judgement, with the ability to think on your feet? 
• Are you passionate about working with students and creating a positive living and learning environment? 

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Community Adviser to join the University’s Accommodation Independent Living team in a permanent, part-time role beginning in November 2026.

University Accommodation focuses on connecting students with university services and ensuring their academic success, wellbeing, welfare and health and safety is front of mind. This includes an environment that is safe, fostering a sense of community, inclusion and belonging, and delivering a cohesive, cross-university integrated student experience that protects and enhances the University’s reputation nationally and internationally.   

Key responsibilities:

• Event coordination and administration including establishing your hall events calendar.
• Organising and coordinating events.
• Use existing hall information to plan events specifically targeted to the current cohort and gauge interest and feedback from Hall residents about events they’ve enjoyed or would like to have.
• Complete event audits and reporting. 
• Hall Admin support, Star Rez reporting, answer phone calls and reception. 
• Promoting and monitoring appropriate behaviour by residents and role modelling appropriate communal living behaviour. 
• Respond to emergency and evacuation situations and escalating to on call manager. 

Ō pūmanawa - About you

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who is passionate about working with students and creating a positive living and learning environment, is a team player, well-organised, proactive, quick to learn, and adaptable. You do not need to be a current student to apply. 

You will be a mature, fun, flexible adviser who can balance support for the students and meet the University’s obligations for pastoral care in compliance with the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021. 

Key requirements: 

• Proven knowledge of what it takes to live successfully in communal living.   
• Experience organising and delivering events and maintaining budgets.  
• Experience living or working across cultures; with a particular understanding of Maori, Pasifika, and international students.   
• Computer literacy and knowledge, ability to use social media (Facebook, Instagram etc.).
• Able to facilitate events programmes as required during the academic year.   
• Mature and responsible; maintains professional and appropriate relationships. 
• Demonstrates previous success at being a positive role model.   
• Demonstrates initiative and sound judgement, with an ability to think on your feet.   
• At least an NZ clean restricted driver’s license.

Role Description: Click here to see further information, including salary details.

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Close date for vacancy: 19 November 2026.

Contact details for vacancy: If you have any questions regarding this role, please get in touch with Katrina Rogers ([email protected]).

How to apply: To complete your application, please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/vqcQqqt3CF, as well as clicking ‘apply now’ at the bottom of this advertisement. 

Both parts must be completed in order to be considered for this role. There is no need to submit a CV or cover letter as everything we need is requested in the form. If you cannot submit your application without uploading supporting documents, please simply upload a blank document if necessary.

We can only consider applicants who are citizens or residents of New Zealand or Australia or on a current working visa. 

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. Applications from recruitment agencies are not accepted.