Community Funding Advisor

Kia mahi ngātahi mō Pōneke mō tōna āpōpō | Working together for Wellington's future

Help shape stronger communities across Wellington.

Wellington City Council invests in community-led initiatives that make a real difference across our city. As our new Community Funding Advisor, you'll play a key role in helping community groups, organisations, and stakeholders access funding that supports community wellbeing, resilience, creativity, sustainability, and connection. You'll also help ensure Council's funding processes are transparent, robust, and focused on delivering meaningful outcomes for Wellingtonians.

This is an opportunity to combine your relationship management, analytical, and administrative skills while working closely with community organisations, elected members, Council teams, and funding recipients across the city.

Āu ake mahi | What you'll do

You'll support the delivery of Council's community funding programmes by:

• Providing advice and guidance to community groups on funding opportunities and application processes.
• Assessing funding applications and providing recommendations across a range of grant and funding pools.
• Supporting end-to-end grant administration, including data management, financial tracking, reporting, and reconciliation.
• Delivering funding clinics and helping promote funding opportunities across Wellington communities.
• Building strong relationships with community organisations, philanthropic partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the effectiveness and accessibility of Council's funding processes.

Ngā tohu me ngā wheako | Qualifications and experience

We're looking for someone who enjoys working with people, thrives on organisation, and is passionate about supporting communities to succeed.

You'll ideally bring:

• Experience in grants administration, funding, community development, philanthropy, or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to assess applications and interpret funding information.
• Financial administration experience, including tracking payments, monitoring budgets, and reporting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with diverse audiences.
• Strong relationship management skills and a customer-focused approach.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• A commitment to continuous improvement and finding better ways of working.

We are looking to appoint between $74,141 and $87,224 per annum, for this role, depending on relevant skills and experience.

Nōu te rourou | What's in it for you

Working for the Council offers you a range of benefits including 5 weeks annual leave, flexible working options, health and wellbeing support, Council staff discounts and a range of learning and development programmes and opportunities.

View our Employee Value Proposition Video to see what our employees say about working at WCC.

Diversity:

We want your application to enable you to portray the real you. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just formal employment.  If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the advert through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.

We welcome applications from all people and like our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve.

Accessibility Support:

We want to make sure any accessibility requirements you may have, are well supported so the selection process is equitable for everyone. Please let us know if there are any adjustments or support, we can offer to make our process more accessible to you by emailing: [email protected]

Applications close 26 October 2026.

All applications must be submitted online and must have the right to work in New Zealand – we will not accept emailed applications.

Pre-employment Checks: All employees must undergo a Criminal Conviction Check, the results of which will be held on your employee file if employed.

If you have questions, please contact Siaun Lintern, Community Funding Team Leader, [email protected]