Communications and Engagement Advisor

• Dynamic role to display and grow your communications talent
• Work with a small, collaborative, high-performing team
• Permanent position based close to the beach and shops in our Petone office

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week plus an on-call roster.

The remuneration range for this role is $80,369 to $113,464 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity

We take pride in making Tiaki Wai a great place to work. We're looking for people who are passionate about being part of a team that delivers essential services to our communities.

You will be delivering effective communications, marketing, and social media campaigns and activities that raise awareness, educate, and drive public behaviour change. This includes effective brand management, delivering social marketing campaign activities and supporting the management of our digital and social media platforms.

• Apply a strategic approach to creating and sustaining Tiaki Wai’s brand value and reputation
• Develop and deliver communications and engagement advice for key projects
• Develop and deliver social marketing campaigns that lead to positive behaviour change
• Build and maintain strong working relationships both internal and external
• Support our skilled and technical experts, communications and leadership teams
• Create engaging content for a range of initiatives across the organisation
• Build your professional capabilities under the guidance of your team colleagues.

About You

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Experience or knowledge of effective brand management
• Experience delivering multi-channel communications, social media and web content
• A background of working in a fast-paced environment with competing demands
• A curious mind, a willingness to roll up your sleeves and the flexibility to pivot
• The ability to identify opportunities to enhance our reputation and social licence to operate.

Benefits

At Tiaki Wai, 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 2 days working from home
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
• Formal and informal professional development opportunities
• 5 weeks annual leave accrual will be available following 2 years of continual service

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.

Tiaki Wai is a council-owned organisation responsible for managing the delivery of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services across Hutt Valley, Porirua, and Wellington.

We manage public-owned extensive water infrastructure and oversee the delivery of safe and reliable services for our communities. We focus on long-term investment, asset management, maintenance, and delivering major infrastructure projects that support public health, environmental protection, and regional growth.

Water is a precious taonga. At Tiaki Wai, we put care into every drop and are guided by our values of Integrity, Care, and Leadership. We work directly with water consumers and in partnership with councils and mana whenua to deliver better water outcomes for current and future generations.

Applications close: Friday 31 July 2026

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 Tiaki Wai Careers site, if you are a Tiaki Wai employee please apply using your work email.

For further information, email: ***email_hidden***

You must be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand or eligible to obtain a working visa.