Job Description
Digital channels all-rounder
Be creative to connect with all types of New Zealanders
Fun, agile and innovative team culture
Apply your social media and web skills to help address the environmental challenges New Zealand faces.
About the Role
We need a Digital Channels all-rounder to join our join our busy and dynamic team.
You will be helping to run the Ministry's social media channels, working as a team with the Senior Digital Advisor and social media coordinator. You will need a broad range of skills like digital content writing, graphics design and video editing to make content that pushes the boundaries for Government Social Media. We need to connect with people on an emotional level, and create campaigns that change individual and collective behaviour.
You will also work across our other Digital Channels: mfe.govt.nz, the intranet and digital tools for consultation and customer relationship management. You'll need to be a can-do person, who is tech-savvy and loves learning new digital tools. You'll get satisfaction out of advising MfE staff how to use digital to connect with New Zealanders and each other.
Understanding our audiences through analytics and user research is a core part of the Digital and Insights team's work. You will employ your web and social analytics, and user testing to develop insights to share with the team. We'll use these insights to understand our audiences, measure our progress, and work out how we can make things better.
We need to be digitally inclusive, build te ao Maori into our work, and keep people's information safe. And if you can write digital content in te reo Maori, you will help take our digital channels to the next level.
If you are:
keen to further develop your social media and web skills
tech savvy with a broad range of digital skills
a team player who enjoys working with diverse internal and external stakeholders
then this could be the role you've been looking for.
Skills and Experience
Our ideal candidate will offer:
Experience running social media campaigns for organisations
Experience in creating and writing digital content
Excellent technical knowledge of social media channels for organisations including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn
Excellent technical knowledge in using web content management systems
Experience analysing social media and web metrics to capture and share audience insights
Understand how to create accessible content
Excellent customer service to all our internal clients
Experience making recommendations and influencing on issues relating to digital channels.
Experience with user research and testing
A genuine team player, with experience applying Agile values and principles,
Positive can-do attitude, helping to enable a diverse and inclusive culture
About the Team
The Digital and Insights team manage social media, web, intranet and our consultations tool. We work closely together in an Agile way, to connect our work and better support the Ministry. Our culture is collaborative, creative and fun.
About MfE
The Ministry's purpose - he whenua mana kura mo te tangata - is to make New Zealand the most liveable place in the world.Our people tell us the ‘top five' things they love about MfE are:
how friendly and supportive the people are
the shared passion for the environment
the variety of challenging, meaningful work
working with smart talented colleagues they can learn from, and
our flexible approach to work.
We support flexible approaches to work to ensure that we have the best person for the role. This is a great time to be part of an agency delivering on its commitment to flexible working as well as diversity and inclusion.
How to Apply
Apply directly by completing the online application form and submit your CV and cover letter outlining how your experience relates to this role.
If you require further information about the role please contact Bene Anderson by email at ********** or by telephone at 0277300774.
Salary range for this role is $66,521 – $86,086. Appointment within these ranges will be based on skills and experience.
Applications close: Tuesday 21 January
We embrace diversity and inclusion and are committed to equal opportunities. What's important to us is ‘he rau kotahi tangata' – embracing our multiple talents – by harnessing our diversity and being inclusive. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.
