About us:

Student Job Search is a charity dedicated to connecting students with employment that supports their studies and daily lives. By opening access to job opportunities, we help break down financial barriers, promote equitable access to education, and ease hardship, one job at a time.

About the role:

We are looking for a team of candidates to join SJS as Chase Specialists in our Wellington office, just at the top of Lambton Quay. This role is designed to speak to a range of employers and rangatahi via call, text or email to find out whether they were successful in find a job or candidate through our website. This information is important as part of spreading our mission and highlighting the impact we have on students and employers.

Hours required:

Ideally four candidates will work full time hours (40 hours) Monday-Saturday between 8.30-5pm. We’re also open to job sharing/part-time arrangements (e.g. 20-30 hours per week), if this is you, please comment on your availability.

Availability: You must be available 2x full days of training 5th & 6th November.

This is a fixed term role until the 5th December. There will be opportunities to continue working for the team and learning new skills on a casual basis during the Christmas period and beyond.

What you’ll be doing:

• Aiding in our ‘chase’ process which is contacting employers and students to find out if they were hired for a job through our website.
• Outbound calling, texting, and emailing to both employers and students.
• Recording accurate data from communications via our website
• Ensuring all data is up to date and verified.
• Other administrative data that can ensure clean and verified data.

Who you are

• Confident communicating with people on the phone and in writing
• A team player who enjoys working with others to achieve a common goal
• Comfortable chatting with a wide range of people by phone and email
• Familiar with using online databases, Excel, Word, and SharePoint
• Organised, with good time management and the ability to meet deadlines
• Careful with detail and accuracy
• Experienced in providing great customer service

What we offer:

• Work in a supportive, close-knit team
• The chance to grow your network and develop professionally
• Flexible work arrangements

If you want to work for Aotearoa’s largest student platform and make a difference to students and employers, then this is the role for you.

At SJS we value inclusivity and provide equality of opportunity in employment regardless of a person's gender, gender identity, marital status, religious belief, ethical belief, colour, race, ethnic or national origins, disability, age, political opinion, employment status, family status or sexual orientation.

We do require all candidates to have full working rights already obtained in New Zealand.