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Communications Advisor | Kaitohutohu Whakawhitiwhiti
Communications Advisor | Kaitohutohu WhakawhitiwhitiPorirua City Council • Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
Communications Advisor | Kaitohutohu Whakawhitiwhiti

Communications Advisor | Kaitohutohu Whakawhitiwhiti

Porirua City Council • Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
9 hours ago
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Communications Advisor | Kaitohutohu Whakawhitiwhiti

Working for Porirua City is an opportunity to use your communications skills to make a real impact. Council’s services make people’s lives better every single day, which we think is pretty cool.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Communications team, where one day is never like the next. Porirua is a fast-growing city, with lots of opportunities and challenges, so great communication plays a key supporting role.

All about the job :

We are a creative, innovative and supportive team that work together to do the best for our residents, our environment and the future generations that will live, work and play in Porirua.

We take our jobs seriously, but not ourselves, which creates a fun and collaborative team culture.

In this role you will :

  • tell stories in a simple, authentic and interesting way
  • create high-quality written material, including news releases, newsletters, speeches, signs, website content and other media, for a variety of channels including social media, our websites, intranet and more
  • be an active and involved member of our engaged Communications team
  • be a communications generalist, but with a focus on internal communications, helping the organisation stay connected.

All about you :

We are looking for an experienced Communications Advisor to join our team.

You’ll need to show us that you have :

  • several years’ experience working in a communications advisor role
  • strong writing, editing and oral communication skills
  • experience producing content for a variety of channels and platforms
  • experience communicating with a diverse range of audiences
  • digital skills and experience.
  • Ideally you will have a background in internal communications.

    What you need to do now

    Come and join our team and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment. Please contact Sarah Brazil on , or for more information.

    Porirua City embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications by people from all backgrounds and are a member of DiversityWorks. If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

    Applications need to be received via our Careers Portal by Monday 24 November 2025.

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