• Bring your administrative skills to this role with genuine purpose
• Work in a collaborative and supportive environment
• Attractive salary + life insurance + wellbeing/volunteering day

About the role:

In this role, you will provide essential administrative, monitoring, reporting, and funding support to our Community and Economic Development Team. You will help drive the success of community grants, strategic initiatives, administration and support for civic events including citizenship ceremonies while ensuring the seamless delivery of support to our team.

Key responsibilities:

• Administer and monitor the community grants funding process, ensuring compliance with grant guidelines, maintaining accurate records, and communicating with grant applicants and recipients.
• Manage budgets, accruals, and reconciliations related to community grants.
• Coordinate the monthly collection of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data from team members and compile reports on performance.
• Prepare reports for grant funding and other relevant projects.
• Analyse performance data from grant funding, strategy implementation, project management, and KPI reporting to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Provide insights and recommendations to the team based on data analysis to support continuous improvement.
• Providing administration for key civic events, such as Citizenship Ceremonies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, providing timely and accurate information and fostering positive professional relationships.

About you:

We're looking for someone who is organised, accurate, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple tasks efficiently. Strong communication skills and the ability to analyse data will be crucial in supporting the team's goals. An understanding of grants administration, adherence to deadlines, and the importance of reporting relevant information correctly is essential.

If you're ready to make a positive impact and contribute to the growth of your community, we want to hear from you!

What we can offer:

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses

About us:

Selwyn is New Zealand's fastest growing district. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our office is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!