Marketing Specialist

Whānau are at the heart of everything we do. To ensure we can continue to support whānau to raise healthy and confident tamariki, our fundraising team play a crucial role securing the funding vital to keep our frontline services going. If supporting little lives to thrive sounds like a cause you can get behind, it is time to join us.

We are seeking a collaborative and energetic Marketing Specialist. This is a full-time permanent position based in Wellington, with some flexibility available, we tend to commit to being in office Tuesday and Thursdays.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

You will spearhead and execute the activity required to acquire and expand our reach to generous individuals who share in our vision.

Your focus will be on managing and optimising both regular giving and major appeal messaging through EDMs, Meta and Google campaigns, as well as face to face and tele-fundraising campaigns. You’ll be comfortable planning, leading and monitoring these campaigns both in-house and through the management of agency relationships.

You’ll be able to flex in line with the project management requirements of our various campaigns including our annual peer to peer Dunk it for Plunket campaign, or our Wills Month campaign.

Please note, the salary for this role is $82,008

He kōrero mōu | About you

You will have a deep connection to the mahi we do and be able to demonstrate your not-for-profit experience maximising ROI by delivering high quality mahi with a conservative marketing spend.

You’ll be a people person able to work internally and externally to mobilise our kaimahi to advocate for our fundraising endeavours, work alongside our partners to maximise opportunities all while ensuring our existing donors have a spectacular experience. 

Given you will maintain the accuracy of both our internal intranet and public facing website’s content related to fundraising, such as creating campaign specific landing pages, your ability to produce high quality content is vital. 

Additionally, you will approach each situation with a continuous improvement mindset and use your creativity and knowledge of current marketing trends to ensure we are staying ahead of the game.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer

If you’re seeking to work for an organisation that values improving society, join us at Whānau Āwhina Plunket. In line with our values, we believe in caring for our people, we offer a number of staff benefits, including:

• A 'Well Health Day' - the ability to use sick leave for a proactive planned health day
• Flexible working arrangements to support a health work-life balance
• A generous parental leave scheme to support growing whānau

   

   

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

All applications must be received through our careers website by 28th of August 2025

To view the position description, click here. For specific queries, you can contact HR@plunket.org.nz