Administration Assistant

Job Description:

Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health
Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Fixed term position until 17 September 2027
• Part-time 15 hours per week (0.4 FTE)
• Three days per week: Including Thursday, Friday and one other day

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Āu Mahi | What You Will Do
The role of Tautāwhi | Admin Assistant in the Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health is to provide high quality administrative support for the Administration Services Manager, Administrators and associated staff by utilising a collaborative team approach, engaging in efficient practices which are observed through the productive completion of daily tasks as may be required. Your work will vary throughout the academic year. On a day-to-day basis, you will help ensure faculty office, meeting spaces, and kitchens are well stocked, organised, and running smoothly. You will be the first point of contact for a range of enquiries, triaging and responding to shared inbox emails while providing customer service to staff, students, and visitors. Support during peak periods, includes results processing, limited-entry programme interviews, assisting with faculty events and meetings helping to ensure everything runs efficiently behind the scenes.

Mōu | Who You Are
This role is perfect for someone looking to build on their foundational skills and grow within a supportive team environment. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills including the ability to cope with competing demands as well as:

• 2-3 years experience in administrative support roles, ideally within a medium to large organisations.
• Experience in a customer service and/or office administration environment
• Demonstrated resilience including ability to set priorities, manage time and plan work to meet deadlines, and escalate when appropriate
• Knowledge of the tertiary education sector is desirable
• Experience using and managing database systems
• An alignment with our organisation's values and culture, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With
Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and research activities that respond to the dynamic nature of the health and sport sectors and their workforce. We offer undergraduate programmes in Sport and Health Sciences as well as postgraduate programmes in Counselling, Social Work, Child and Family Psychology, Nursing, Health Leadership as well as various population health and clinical endorsements within the Postgraduate Diploma and Master of Health Sciences. For more information on our Faculty please visit us at Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC
Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We offer a range of benefits, for more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about-uc/work-at-uc/benefits-working-uc . (For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/ )

The closing date for this position is: 9 August 2026 (midnight, NZ time)
Please note interviews will take place mid-September.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to [email protected]

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand, then you may also be considered.

Please note, this is an onsite position.