Assets and Facilities Coordinator

About the role
As our Facilities, Assets and Sustainability Coordinator you’ll be responsible for
managing the day-to-day building maintenance and operational equipment
maintenance work across 5 iconic Wellington venues (i.e. The Michael Fowler Centre, Opera House, TSB Arena, Shed 6 and St James Theatre).

Supporting a small, but highly experienced Facilities and Assets team you’ll work closely with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders (including Wellington City Council, our current Facilities Management provider, contractors and suppliers).

You’ll also support sustainability focussed initiatives across the organisation to help minimise our environmental footprint.

This is a full-time permanent position with hours to be worked approximately between 7AM – 4PM, Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing scheduled maintenance, and reactive repairs across our venues portfolio and operational equipment.
• Ensuring all systems, documentation and bookings are up to date and accurate.
• Oversight of contractors’ schedules, access, knowledge, and health and safety.
• Fostering positive, collaborative relationships with our team, clients, contractors and all stakeholders.

About you
You’re ambitious and looking for an opportunity where you can continuously learn and develop your skills.

Your organisational skills and facilities management skills are your super powers. You don’t let things slip through the cracks even when things get busy!

You enjoy building relationships and find it easy to engage with a wide range of
stakeholders, including relating well to busy tradespeople.

You’ll also bring:

• Previous experience working within facilities management or logistics and have a sound knowledge of health and safety requirements.
• Can-do attitude, with the ability to adapt to urgent and changing priorities.
• Confidence fostering relationships with internal and external stakeholders, communicating effectively through tricky situations and challenges.
• You care about what you do, and the quality of your work. You pride yourself on your organisation skills and attention to detail.
• Strong writing and report preparation skills.
• A focus on continuous improvement.
• A thorough understanding of building systems, maintenance practices, and regulatory requirements would be a significant benefit.
• Experience using EBMS (Event Business Management System) would also be a benefit!

About us
Venues Wellington is a division of WellingtonNZ who are shamelessly passionate about driving the prosperity and vibrancy of the Wellington region. Venues Wellington manages some of Wellington City Councils venues on their behalf.

WellingtonNZ is the agency tasked with ‘Creating a thriving Wellington Region for all’. Our organisation loves this wonderful region we call home and want to make it famous as the most creative place in New Zealand to live, work, visit and play.

We welcome and value Te Ao Māori, Te Tiriti and Tikanga.

Why people love it here
WellingtonNZ and Venues Wellington truly values its people and is committed to
building an inclusive and collaborative culture where everyone can thrive, have fun and make a difference for the Wellington region.

We have all the things you would expect from a great employer – flexible working options that can be tailor made for you, wellbeing programmes, relaxed working environments, quiet spaces, and encouragement to bring your best self to work, and a real coffee machine (saving you money every day).

Apply today
If you think this job is for you, and you are ready to be part of a diverse organisation all about making the Wellington region thrive, then apply today!

Please apply with your CV and a cover letter telling us why our team is the right one for you.

Want to know more before applying?
We are partnering with Kin to help us recruit this important role. For a confidential conversation please get in touch with Nikki at
[email protected]

*Please note to be eligible for this opportunity, you will hold a valid Work Visa that allows you to be employed in New Zealand. We are not accredited with ImmigrationNZ and cannot support your visa application process or sponsor you.

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