Zeal West Auckland is looking for a local leader who can lead the Zeal West team to achieve Zeal’s vision, mission and values and provide a central place of connection and belonging for all West Auckland young people.
Zeal is a New Zealand youth organisation full of passionate staff who believe all young people in Aotearoa deserve to live a full life of meaning and purpose. We dedicate our lives to supporting rangatahi. Our heart is to see young people connected to their identity and self-worth, deeply connected to a healthy community of belonging and purpose.
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Key responsibilities
- Manage staff: Team leadership, supervision, accountability, culture setting
- Partnerships: Establish, maintain and identify new strong and positive relationships with local partners and networks. including Council, local trusts, Police, and other community youth providers
- Facility Management: Oversee the management, maintenance and hiring of the Zeal West facility in a professional manner ensuring that people’s safety and Health and Safety legislation is observed at all times.
- Programmes: oversee delivery of safe, supportive youth development programmes that meet needs and aspirations of young people while also meeting funder requirements.
- Youth Development & Street Youth Work: Oversee all youth development practice, ensuring best practice is delivered by staff, interns and volunteers.
- Finance & funding: manage overall finances of centre with support from Zeal Finance Manager including preparing annual budget and managing expenses.
- Zeal National: contribute to wider Zeal National leadership team, contributing to overall mission, vision and values of Zeal
- Marketing & Communications: In conjunction with the Communications Manager, promote Zeal West’s activities through Zeal’s main communication channels ie. Website, social media and email newsletters and ensure that Zeal is profiled positively in local community groups and spaces including schools and other youth facilities.
- Policies & Procedures: ensure Zeal policies and procedures are adhered to, current and adopted by staff including Health and Safety
- Evaluation, Reporting & Business Systems: Ensure business systems are maintained to a high standard.
Skills and experience
- You know your stuff. You've got a relevant tertiary qualification and 3-5 years' experience in youth or community development, managing a team or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- You've got experience and ability in managing and keeping to budgets.
- You value our Christian whakapapa and are ready to join us on our journey of bi-culturalism and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- You're looking to dive into a mission-oriented, all-encompassing dream.
- You tick the boxes on our values (seriously, read them, they're very important to us
- And finally you've got a current clean driver's license.
Where's the job?
This role is a permanent position based at Zeal West Auckland
20 Alderman Drive, Henderson, Auckland 0612
Who is Zeal?
Zeal is a leading New Zealand youth organisation whose mission is to make transformative spaces and experiences accessible to all young people in Aotearoa.
Our values
Aroha
We are driven by a relentless love for rangatahi.
Whanaungatanga & Manaakitanga
We love through real connection and compassion.
Rangatiratanga
We celebrate and champion young people and each other.
Humarietanga
We bring our best to the mission. We stay open, adaptable and keep learning.
Apply for this role
If you have any questions please contact our team at hi@zeal.nz
Applications close on 3rd of November
