Work Broker - Wellington Region

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Date: 16 Oct 2025

Location: Wellington, NZ

Company: Ministry of Social Development

 

Location:         Wellington Region, New Zealand
Position Type: Full time (40 hours/week), Permanent
Salary Range:  $79,200 – $95,873 per annum pro-rata, dependent on skills and experience

 

  • Passionate about connecting people with sustainable employment.
  • Knowledge of business and financial planning with skills to evaluate self-employment options for our clients who are looking to launch a business.
  • Working with Job Seekers across Wellington who are considering self-employment as a sustainable employment option.

 

About Us


The Employment Services within Ministry of Social Development is focused on people and supporting New Zealanders into work. We are committed to strengthening the wellbeing, independence, and capability of individuals, whānau, families and communities across New Zealand. 

The purpose of this work is to assist a job seeker in such a way as to improve the job seekers outcome (employment and social) and to move them closer to independence, with a focus on those at risk of long-term benefit, by offering an option of sustainable self-employment.

 

As a Work Broker, you will:

 

  • Identify and find the right employment opportunities / vacancies for our Candidates – and one option might be supporting a job seeker into self-employment.
  • Have experience in matching candidates to jobs through skills-based matching, experience alignment, or broader life knowledge that might match to open and current vacancies.
  • Complete candidate management engagement by having great communication skills while using assessment tools / techniques to identify the right jobs for our candidates across Wellington.
  • Bring a solid understanding of what self-employment will require with a focus on supporting clients who are looking to establish a business that meets well-defined criteria. This would require support with developing viable business plans including financial modelling.
  • You will work with clients who come from diverse sectors/industry backgrounds and support them towards sustainable employment.
  • Understand the wider labour market with insights to inform you on employment options which may include a self-employment option.
  • Work collaboratively with our Employment teams to ensure support can be provided with any self-employment recruitment.

 

What We are Looking For

 

  • A positive, proactive, and results driven person who enjoys engaging with Job Seekers who are looking to be self-employed.
  • This is a very busy role and requires someone who comes from an employment focused background along with financial astute, business minded, well organised and comfortable with evaluating business plans.
  • You will need to be comfortable analysing budgets, forecasts, and cashflow projections to assess business viability for self-employment options.
  • Demonstrated ability to build genuine connections to promote job seekers into sustainable employment.
  • Proactive and creative mindset bringing innovative ideas on how to identify employment opportunities that promote better labour market outcomes.
  • Excellent communicator—strong verbal and written skills with attention to detail.
  • Able to engage effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.

 

What We Offer

 

  • Great team environment where we work together to get great outcomes.
  • An opportunity to support New Zealanders into work – where you will make a real difference in community outcomes and individual lives.
  • Career development pathways, internal secondment options, and mentorship.
  • A collaborative and inclusive “whānau” culture with strong values around manaakitanga and integrity. 

Position Description

 

A copy of the position description can be found here: Work Broker position description

 

Applications close: Thursday, 30th October 2025

 

How To Apply

 

Apply online via the MSD careers portal and upload a resume/cv. We do not require a cover letter. As part of our assessment please develop a resume summary that reflects the following:

 

  • Why this role looks like a great match for you? Your motivation.
  • Details of the skills, experience and knowledge from previous roles that align well to this role.
  • An example of your success in building business plans and self-employment.

 

If online application is not feasible or if you need assistance, please contact: jobs@msd.govt.nz

 

MSD employees should apply via the internal myHR portal.

 

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so we can assist you through the recruitment process.

 

Joining us

 

Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents.  We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive, and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. We are a Treaty partner committed to strengthening relationships with Māori, Hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.