People Operations Coordinator

At Earth Sciences New Zealand, we're bringing together exceptional science, technology and people to address the environmental, climate and natural hazard challenges facing Aotearoa New Zealand. As a collaborative and purpose-driven organisation, we're committed to delivering science that creates meaningful impact for communities, industry and the environment, while partnering with Māori, supporting Pacific resilience, and shaping a more sustainable future for generations to come.

We are looking for a People Operations Coordinator to join our team and help create a great experience for our people.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate key stages of the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance, remuneration, and offboarding.
• Prepare accurate employee documentation and manage workflows to ensure timely communication with relevant teams and stakeholders.
• Provide responsive, practical support to managers across the organisation on a broad range of people-related matters.
• Support the People and Transformation team with annual people processes, reporting, and the continuous improvement of policies and templates.
• Contribute to HR projects and process improvements as we continue on our transformation journey.

What you’ll bring:

• Previous experience in an HR coordination role; a relevant qualification is desirable.
• Strong attention to detail and maintaining accuracy, even when working at pace.
• An ability to manage multiple priorities and see tasks through to timely completion.
• Great communication skills and a passion for helping people find solutions.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and privacy when handling employee data.
• Some knowledge of an HRIS and / or payroll platform would be desirable.

We know that talented people—especially those from under‑represented or neurodiverse communities—sometimes hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement in a job description. If this role aligns with your strengths, lived experience, or interests, we’d love to hear from you and we’re committed to supporting your growth.

What we offer

• Varied, challenging and important work with talented colleagues in an organisation devoted to earth science.
• A high performing organisation with a focus on employee development and wellbeing.
• Generous leave entitlements and employee benefits.
• Flexible working options. We are happy to discuss potential flexible options for this position at the interview stage.
• A permanent, full time (38 hours per week) position.
• This role can be located at either our Auckland CBD office, or our Avalon (Lower Hutt) campus
• The salary range for this position is between $70,000 to $77,000, depending on the successful candidate’s experience.

View the full position description for this role here - https://www.gns.cri.nz/careers/.  Please contact [email protected] with any questions or queries.

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If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.

Applications close on Tuesday, 8 September 2026