"Adviser, MarComms Student Engagement"

Job Description:

• Have you got a good knowledge of social media and content creation?
• Are you a motivated individual with experience in preparing communications and marketing plans?
• Can you effectively support successful campaign delivery and ensure they reflect portfolio specific priorities?

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting an Adviser, MarComms Student Engagement to join the newly formed Takitoru - Communications, Marketing and Digital Engagement Group on a permanent, full-time basis.

The Takitoru - Communications, Marketing and Digital Engagement Group will play a pivotal role in enhancing the University's reputation and supporting its strategic goals through targeted, innovative, and effective communications and marketing. The Group will foster greater collaboration, unified messaging, and enhanced creativity to engage our many audiences.

The Adviser, MarComms Student Engagement role is focused on delivering high-quality, audience-focused marketing communications that strengthens and enhance the experience of our current, future, and international students. Alongside four other advisers, and part of a supportive team, this role contributes to campaigns and initiatives that inform, inspire, attract, and retain students, ensuring alignment with university brand, tone, and strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities:

• Support successful campaign delivery through planning and executing marketing communications across digital, print, and event channels.
• Develop high-quality, engaging content for a variety of channels that is audience-led, brand-aligned, and measurable.
• Develop and implement marketing communications plans in conjunction with key stakeholders that support portfolio objectives and the University’s recruitment and retention goals.
• Maintain tools and resources that support accurate, timely, and audience-focused communications.
• Work closely with all Senior Portfolio Advisers to translate portfolio strategies into actionable marketing outputs that enhance current, future, and international student engagement and experience.
• Ensure campaigns reflect portfolio-specific priorities while maintaining consistency with university brand.
• Develop and implement marketing communications plans, in conjunction with key stakeholders across the University, that support portfolio objectives and promotes and enhances the University’s engagement and retention goals.

Ō Pūmanawa - About you

You will be a motivated people person who loves to help and great at building relationships that lead others to trust your integrity and your support of their work. You will enjoy figuring out the core message and finding exactly the right way to share it.

The ideal candidate will be organised and proactive, student-focused, and willing to make innovative suggestions. You will also be comfortable working with people at all different levels of an organisation while knowing how to prioritise and ask good questions which will be important to your success.

It’s important you have the ability and enthusiasm to pick up new skills, but it would be a great bonus if you had some experience with automation, design and editing software.

Key requirements:

• Experience preparing communications and marketing plans and campaign coordination.
• Experience in producing high-quality content, documents and reports using word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Knowledge of social media and content creation.
• Proven ability to prioritise and manage conflicting work priorities.
• Demonstrated experience of developing and maintaining effective relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate or participate in project work within set deadlines.

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Close date for vacancy: 30 January 2026.

Contact details for vacancy: If you have any questions regarding this role, please get in touch with Kristina Keogh Associate Director, Communications (kristina.keogh@vuw.ac.nz).

How to apply: Please ensure you are applying for this role directly on our careers page and not via email. Candidates must submit supporting documents along with their resume, such as a cover letter.

Applicants who do not have residency or citizenship and require a visa to work at the University must clearly indicate their visa status in their application and understand that if they do not have a current, relevant visa, they will need to secure this independently.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. Applications from recruitment agencies are not accepted.