Administration Officer at Education Review Office, Christchurch

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga | Education Review Office (ERO) are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role

This role is (fixed term) based in Christchurch reporting to the Business Support Manager.  You'll be working on a variety of key tasks, i.e. booking travel, formatting review reports, respond to customer queries, providing office support and maintaining fleetcars. The key focus for the next 6-12 months is understanding/learning your role and building strong relationships with the team and with other business groups.

Mōhou ake | About you

• Well organised and staying one step ahead
• Has excellent communication skills
• Confident using and learning new technology and business systems
• Has strong attention to detail
• Can juggle multiple tasks and open to new ideas
• Must have a full driver's licences to support the maintenance of our fleetcars
• Maintain and update systems, records, and documentation
• Work collaboratively with the wider team to ensure smooth office operations

We want to hear about any of the following in your cover letter and CV:

About your knowledge and experience, or willingness to learn about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori.

• What experience do you bring that relates to this role
• Examples of key relationships you've built and how and why relationships are important.
• Where you've demonstrated problem solving, owned a project or piece of work, spoken up for yourself or others.
• Where you've shown curiosity and tried new things, taken on other perspectives, challenged the norm, learned, and applied or shared your learnings.
• Where you've demonstrated customer centricity, everyone is a customer mentality, collaborated with others and invited feedback, spent time with diverse people and communities to broaden your views.

Ko mātou | About Us

Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga | Education Review Office (ERO) is the government's education evaluation agency - we inform and facilitate improvement in early learning services, schools and kura. We promote a stronger, more equitable education system. We believe equity and excellence in outcomes is possible for all learners when the mahi centres on the child, the heart of the matter – Ko te tamaiti te pūtake o te kaupapa.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

If this role interests you, click on the “Apply” button to be re-directed to our site where you will be able to apply and view the Position Description. We encourage you to be your authentic self in your application. We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in these areas; we are looking for people who are willing to learn. 

If you would like further information about the role or have any questions about the recruitment process, you can contact us at recruitment@ero.govt.nz

Note: We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes (depending on application numbers this date may change). You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if you require any assistance from us during the process.

Check out our careers site to learn more about working at ERO.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted, do not contact the Hiring Manager directly, instead reach out to Human.Resources@ero.govt.nz

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.