"People and Culture Coordinator"

Job Description:

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time (37.5 hours per week) or Part-time (min 30 hours per week)
• Fixed term until December 2026
• Join a successful, collaborative & supportive work environment

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Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

An exciting fixed term opportunity has arisen in our People and Culture team due to an internal secondment. Join us and help deliver our vision of exceptional service to UC staff. In this role, you'll apply your HR expertise across a wide range of processes, empowering and enabling UC staff to make a difference. In this busy role you'll be preparing and coordinating employment documentation, answering queries, supporting recruitment and onboarding, and contributing to continuous improvements and projects. This role offers variety, collaboration, and the chance to learn from a highly experienced team.

We welcome applications from candidates seeking either a full-time or part-time role (minimum 30 hrs/week).

Mōu | Who You Are

To thrive in this role, you will be:

• An exceptional, detail-focused administrator with experience in a fast-paced HR environment
• A proactive self-starter with energy, drive, and high levels of self-motivation
• Resilient and willing to apply initiative
• Positive with a 'can-do' attitude
• Experienced in customer service, especially working with diverse groups and handling confidential information

You will also bring:

• Proven accuracy and attention to detail, with the ability to maintain standards under pressure
• Experience in HR functions within medium to large organisations
• Experience in interpretation and application of relevant legislation with a good working knowledge of employment legislation and employment agreements
• Familiarity with Payroll/HR/Recruitment systems, policies, procedures, guidelines, and current best practice

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With

You'll be part of a dynamic, innovative, and highly talented HR team in an organisation that offers a wide range of benefits and professional development opportunities.

For more information about our team, please visit us People and Culture

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 are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. 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/

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 WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency or hold a valid NZ work visa to be considered for this role.

Job Details

Reference #28840Posted on02 Sep 2025Closes on10 Sep 2025 23:55Location(s)ChristchurchExpertiseHuman ResourcesJob level(s)ExperiencedWork type(s)Fixed term full-timeMore details (document)P&C Coordinator PD July 25.pdf