THE OPPORTUNITY:

Join the team behind New Zealand’s leading newspaper brands, including The New Zealand Herald. You’ll thrive on accuracy, proof-reading and cross-checking, and take pride in finding and fixing errors. In this crucial, process-driven role, you’ll help ensure our publications reach the right places at the right times, every day. Daily deadlines are the norm, so a calm, methodical approach under pressure is essential. This is a fixed-term maternity cover role, offering you the chance to make a real impact during a key period.

HOW YOU’LL DO IT:

• Generate daily distribution and delivery documentation for all NZME publications within agreed timeframes.

• Run daily critical processing to print-site and franchisee deadlines, administering system processes and monitoring automations.

• Perform detailed, complex checks of delivery documentation, ensuring delivery website data is accurate and logging errors for manager follow-up.

• Post distribution documentation smoothly to franchisee internet sites, including the appropriate text messages.

• Follow the publication processing standard operating procedures meticulously, step by step.

• Work collaboratively in a rotating team of three and maintain the team rota to keep everything running on schedule.

ABOUT YOU:

• A true administration guru with strong computer skills, confidently using Excel and related systems.

• Laser-focused attention to detail, with reliability and accuracy at the heart of your work.

• Punctual, self-organised, and calm under pressure—especially when information flow is delayed or systems misbehave.

• Clear, professional communicator who keeps colleagues and managers updated throughout your shift.

• Proactive problem-solver: you report issues promptly, learn quickly, and adapt as processes evolve.

• Team player who welcomes input, respects diverse views, and contributes positively across NZME.

• Background: NCEA Level 1 (or equivalent) preferred; tertiary study/qualification advantageous. Experience in administration and system use where detail and reliability are prerequisites; night or shift work experience is a plus.

• Committed to ongoing learning, adaptable to change, and aligned to NZME’s values, Code of Conduct, and Health & Safety requirements.

WHAT’S ON OFFER:

• Based at our Ellerslie office with free parking.

• Fixed-term, part-time parental cover for 8 months. 28 hours per week, four 7 hour days per week.

• A supportive environment with a marvellous team and fantastic managers—your meticulous work keeps the nation informed.

• The chance to make a real operational impact within a values-driven organisation.

All applicants will be asked about their working rights in New Zealand. E.g., Citizen, resident, visa, no visa etc.