About the role:

We're looking for a bright spark who can help us electrify our communication, internally and externally. While assisting with the development and execution of MainPower's communications and engagement initiatives you'll also support our amazing customer engagement team. We do a power of work in the sponsorship area, so you'll be a community-focussed 'people person' who is an organising whiz, to help us with our sponsorship portfolio.  This is an on-site position.

Responsibilities include:

• Plan, edit and write content for various external and internal communications mediums
• Support the coordination and production of corporate and regulatory documents
• Assist with media planning and buying, including creating and coordinating advertising
• Digital content creation and delivery
• Support the Customer & Corporate Relations Team with customer engagement initiatives
• Event planning and delivery
• Responsible for overseeing and coordinating administrative tasks

About you:

You'll be a detail-oriented professional with exceptional written and verbal communication skills and experience working across the full Microsoft Office suite. You should excel in organisation, multi-tasking and solutions-focused problem-solving with a customer-centric approach. You'll be self-motivated with a good sense of humour.

Additionally, you will have:

• Tertiary qualification in a related discipline e.g. communications, journalism, business or marketing and/or demonstrated experience in a related role.
• Valid Driver’s Licence.
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal, and reporting skills.

MainPower requires all successful applicants to complete a pre-employment drug test.

To apply for this position, you must have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.

What’s in it for you:

We value and support all our employees by offering a ‘family feel’ culture and community focused environment.  We work in a purpose-built modern office and offer our staff free parking on site.  In addition to our wellbeing programmes our teams can access:

• Nine-Day Fortnight Option
• Subsidised Health Insurance
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Professional Development
• Recognition Programmes

Why work for us:

Our people are critical in ensuring that we deliver on our vision. At MainPower, we deliver value by providing a safe, secure, and reliable electricity distribution network for our local community. We are committed to developing a strong workplace culture where people are supported, empowered, and provided the tools required to deliver in their roles.  Our values reflect how we interact with each other, our community, and our customers.

How to apply:

We assess applications as they are received so click” Apply” to submit your application today.

To make confidential enquiries please contact Shannon Beynon 027 281 8876.

If applying through Seek please visit our careers site to download a full position description or click here.

MainPower welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our people.