Advocate - Collective Agreement Bargaining

Union Advocate – Collective agreement bargaining
Te Whanganui-a-tara | Wellington

Permanent, full-time

From $113,742 (from 1 Jan 2025)

Purpose-driven work | Matching Kiwisaver up to 6.5%
Health Insurance reimbursement scheme
26 days annual leave | Work time to study Te Reo Māori
Allowance for Te Reo Māori fluency | Supportive internal network

About the role

NZEI Te Riu Roa is looking for a Union Advocate to join our team in the New Year. You will report to a Campaign Lead and your role will include:
• Leading the advocacy, bargaining and coordination of all aspects of collective agreements
• Input into pay equity claims
• Developing bargaining plans prior to bargaining that build member’s collective power, membership and activism
• Working with negotiation teams and member leadership groups involved in advocacy work
• Providing oversight of the implementation of agreements and lead processes (such as working groups) that take place between negotiation rounds
• Establishing and maintaining great working relationships with stakeholder groups

Skills and experience
• You must have experience bargaining a multi-site or national or sector-level collective agreement
• You must have experience leading or being the union staff member working with member-led bargaining teams
• You can demonstrate strong strategic analysis and planning skills
• Understanding organising and campaigning unions – particularly bargaining in the context of a campaign.
• Knowledge, experiences and understanding of collective agreements
• Bargaining or negotiation experience with strong verbal and written communication skills

NZEI Te Riu Roa is committed to honouring and giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience in te reo and tikanga Māori.

A full job description is available here.

Who are we?

NZEI Te Riu Roa is an organising and campaign-based union of members who work together locally and nationally to achieve the best possible education system for tamariki and the people who work in it. Together we take a strategic approach to achieving members’ aims, including the protection and promotion of the industrial and professional interests of members.

How to apply

• We want to hear why you want to work for NZEI Te Riu Roa in a cover letter that accompanies your CV.
• We cannot review applications without a cover letter.
• Applications must be made here
• We will get in touch with you if you are shortlisted for this role.
• If you have any questions, please contact mahi@nzei.org.nz

Applications close at 5pm Monday 10 February, 2025


NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes and supports people of all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, religions, and disabilities/ abilities.  An expectation of this role is to actively support and promote our diversity and inclusion principles.  We want NZEI Te Riu Roa to be a place where you can bring your whole self to work.

He ngakaunui ana a NZEI Te Riu Roa ki te whakahonore me te whakamanahia Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Me mōhio pai ngā kaitono, whakarite he maramatanga rānei o Te Tiriti o Waitangi. He pūtea mō ngā kaitono e matatau ki Te Reo Māori, a, ka tono atu mō tētahi wā mahi hei ako i te Reo Māori.

He whakaaturanga mahi kei tō mātou ipurangi.

Kei kōnei te wāhi pukapuka tono a, me tuhingia he reta hei whakamōhio ki a tātou ko wai koe, nō hea koe, he aha ai e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi mō NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Mehemea he pātai tāu whakapā mai ki mahi@nzei.org.nz

Ka kati ngā tono hei te Rāhina 10 o Hui-tanguru 2025 a te 5 karaka I te ahiahi.


Ka tautoko a NZEI Te Riu Roa i ngā tangata o ngā mātawaka, ngā tangata o tēhea pakeke, o ngā takatāpui, nga hāhi, nga hauatanga/pukenga. Ko te tumanako o te mahi nei, kia kaha ki te tautoko me whakatuarā a tātou kanorau/iahuhua/matahuhua me ngā whanonga pono. Ko te hiahia a NZEI Te Riu Roa, he wāhi hei whakamana i a koe me tōu mahi.