Senior Support Officers work closely with learning support and education teams, providing high quality administrative support across key portfolios. The role covers a broad range of corporate services and operational tasks that help keep our services running smoothly. 

As a Speech Language Therapist, you will play a critical role in our region’s Learning Support team by: 

Working to understand the impact of children and young people’s communication needs in the context of their home, education setting and community.

Join our Evidence, Synthesis and Reporting team in Wellington, and help shape the story behind New Zealand’s education data. As an Analyst, you will support the Ministry of Education with data analysis and reporting.

Education Support Workers form an important part of the Early lntervention Team supporting the education of young children with special educational needs. They are employed by the Early Intervention Service to work in Early Childhood Care & Education Centres.

The Senior Desktop Support Engineer’s role (Wellington Office) is responsible for the Ministry’s SOE Desktop services including deployment of applications and services, packaging applications, desktop security patches, building / updating the standard images for the Ministry’s End User device fleet, together with support for Microsoft 365 suite. 

The Senior Education Advisor, Early Learning take a lead role in the licensing and certification of early childhood education (ECE) services and early learning participation initiatives.

We have an opportunity for an exceptional web writer to join our web team as a Senior Advisor Online Content. 

As a Senior Advisor Online Content, you will work with business units across the Ministry to provide specialist website advice and services.

As a Curriculum Advisor you’ll be at the forefront of educational change, working directly with schools, kura and early learning services in your region to implement curriculum and assessment and aromatawai changes. 

This is a fixed term, maternity leave cover based in our Palmerston North office from March 16th 2026 to March 13th 2027. 

Are you passionate about making a difference for learners with the most complex needs? We are seeking an Educational Psychologist to join our dynamic team. 

The Manager Pathways and Transitions is a permanent, full-time role.

Reporting to the GM Qualifications and Pathways, the Manager Pathways and Transitions will develop and implement functional strategies, priorities and work programmes to support the achievement of outcomes that are aligned to the Ministry’s purpose and agreed strategies.

As a Kaitakawaenga you will play a critical role in our region’s Learning Support team by:  

Working proactively with Māori tamariki, mokopuna and their whānau, hāpu and iwi, educators, and Learning Support colleagues to identify and eliminate barriers to access to learning support services for Māori students with learning support needs.

As a Speech Language Therapist, you will play a critical role in our region’s Learning Support team by: 

Working to understand the impact of children and young people’s communication needs in the context of their home, education setting and community

We are looking for experienced legal professionals to lead one of our Public Law teams as Legal Team Manager Public Law 3, playing a key integrating role in our wider group to deliver a collaborative service.

In this role, you’ll bring your expertise in curriculum design and development to create knowledge-rich learning frameworks grounded in the science of learning. You’ll influence how tamariki and rangatahi engage with learning, ensuring our curriculum empowers every learner to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

 Are you ready to bring your leadership skills to shape the future of learning in Aotearoa? As Principal Adviser, Curriculum Design, you’ll play a pivotal role within the New Zealand Curriculum & Te Whāriki team in Te Poutāhū (Curriculum Centre).  

The role of the Psychologist is to provide effective, efficient and equitable psychological services for the benefit of children and young people with additional learning needs in accordance with the goals, objectives and policies of the Ministry of Education.

We're offering two permanent positions, one based in Rotorua and the other in Taupō.  

As a Speech Language Therapist, you will play a critical role in our region’s Learning Support team.

Our role is to work with the education sector to implement these and other priorities – including through proactive, consistent supports and services from our regional teams. 

This role reports to the Team Leader - Data/Development, and you will be working within a cross-functional team of Data Warehouse Engineers and Data Analysts. You will be providing senior-level leadership across the team for all aspects of what we do, from designing and developing data pipelines, to ensuring continuous improvement by optimising existing workloads.

As Principal Advisor Literacy & Numeracy, you will be the go-to expert driving TEC's work to strengthen adult literacy and numeracy across the tertiary education sector. This is a senior role where you will influence policy, lead strategic initiatives, and provide thought leadership to improve learner success.