Permanent, Proportional (0.5 FTE 18.75 hours per week)
- Celebrate Culture & Identity: Deliver events that honour cultural heritage and foster meaningful connections.
- Support Learner Success: Create experiences that build community, boost wellbeing, and contribute to academic achievement.
- Create Impactful Events: Design and deliver inclusive activities that celebrate diversity and foster student belonging.
Shape campus culture through vibrant events that celebrate diversity, build belonging, and support student success at Ara.
Mō Tēnei Tūranga Mahi - About the Role
The Student Events Coordinator, working 18.75 hours per week, plays a key role in enriching the student experience at Ara Institute of Canterbury by cultivating a dynamic, inclusive, and welcoming campus environment. This position is responsible for designing and delivering events and activities that celebrate the diversity of Ara's ākonga (students), fostering a strong sense of belonging, equity, and cultural identity.
Collaborating with internal stakeholders—including academic faculties, Marketing and Recruitment, and Student Advisory Services—the Coordinator ensures that all learners feel connected and valued. The events and initiatives led by this role will highlight student diversity, encourage engagement, and support student success, all while aligning with Ara's Vision 2030 and its commitment to equity and inclusion.
Ngā Pūkenga Me Ngā Wheako - Skills and Experience
- A tertiary qualification in event management, communications, student engagement, or a related field or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
- Full, clean drivers licence
- Proven experience in event coordination, preferably in a tertiary education or student-focused environment.
- Experience working with diverse communities, including Māori, Pacific, international, and equity-seeking groups.
- Demonstrated ability to create inclusive, culturally responsive events.
- Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities to deliver engaging and innovative student events.
- Competency with digital tools (including social media) for event promotion and management.
- Ability to build a vibrant and welcoming campus culture that reflects the diversity of Ara's learner body.
- Cultural competence, with a strong understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its implications for learner engagement.
- Self-aware and able to adapt style for audience
- Flexibility in hours of work to enable delivery of events that may run outside of a traditional 9am-5pm Monday to Friday work week.
Mō Mātou - About us
Ara Institute of Canterbury a business division of Te Pūkenga (Ara), is a vibrant and progressive tertiary institute providing world-class, tertiary-level education throughout the Canterbury and Waitaki region. Our talented employees, innovative business collaborators and supportive community partners are passionate about the role they play in our learners' success.
As a business division of Te Pūkenga, Ara is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and delivering services in a manner that responds with excellence to the needs of Māori learners and their whānau, as well as the aspirations of iwi and Māori communities throughout our catchment (including Māori employers). To deliver effectively on this commitment, Ara recognises the need for a culturally competent and confident workforce vertically and horizontally across our organisation.
Tono Ināianei - Apply now
We accept applications via our online application system. For any other queries, please email [email protected].
Rā Katinga - Applications close - 5pm 26 August
