Work Broker - Wellington Region
Wellington, NZ
Location: Wellington Region, New Zealand
Position Type: Full time (40 hours/week), Permanent and/or Fixed Term
Salary Range: NZ$79,200 – NZ$95,873 per annum pro-rata, dependent on skills and experience
- Passionate about connecting people into sustainable employment.
- Confident sales/networker with experience with identifying new job vacancies for our job seeker candidates across the Wellington region.
- Recruitment / employment experience as you will match our job seeker candidates with the employer vacancies.
About our team | Mō te tīma:
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.
Our purpose is to assist our job seekers in such a way as to improve employment outcomes - moving them closer to long-term sustainable employment. We know employment supports stronger whanau, communities and provides real independence and confidence.
About the role | Mō te tūnga:
As a Work Broker, you will:
- Identify and find the right employment opportunities / vacancies for our candidates – this could be across a multitude of industries across the Wellington region.
- 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.
- Deliver candidate management engagement by having great conversations that support our candidates with developing resumes, preparing them for interviews, and building trust and confidence in their journey to work.
- Bring a solid understanding of recruitment / employment – know how to find the right vacancies for the job seeker candidates who are ready to work.
- You will work with Employers from diverse sectors/industry and partner with them to support our job seekers candidates towards sustainable employment.
- Work collaboratively with the Employment teams across the region to ensure our candidates have options to roles available in Wellington, the Hutt or Porirua/Kapiti.
What you bring | Ōu pūmanawatanga:
- A positive, proactive, and results driven person who enjoys engaging with Job Seeker candidates and supporting them into employment.
- This is a very busy role and requires someone who comes from an employment focused background – you will be well organised with great time management skills and comfortable with engaging with employers.
- You will need to be confident with computers as this role requires you to enter data into our systems – updating candidate and employer information for reporting tracking.
- Demonstrated ability to build genuine connections to promote job seekers candidates 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.
- A collaborative and inclusive “whānau” culture with strong values around manaakitanga and integrity.
Position Description | He Whakaahuatanga Tūnga:
Salary | Utu-ā-tau: $79,200.00 - $95,873.00
How to apply
Apply online via the MSD careers portal and upload a resume/cv. We do not require a cover letter as prefer to have you tailor your resume summary to your “why” this would be a great fit for you. Things you might like to include are:
• 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.
Internal MSD Employees – please apply through your myHR portal at work. This will ensure that your myHR employee profile is visible as internal candidate.
Closing date: Monday 27th April 2026
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.
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.
MSD has a COVID-19 vaccination policy that encourages, but does not require, employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and its variants, unless the role is identified as requiring vaccination at the time.
