This is a full-time, permanent position. 

You will be based in the Lower Hutt Office and will be part of a large Wellington Regional Team supporting the Manager Business Support to manage and coordinate the business support services in the Wellington region. 

We welcome applications from candidates with a demonstrated focus in criminology and/or criminal justice. The successful candidate will teach within the Criminology curriculum and contribute to the wider programme.

Full time Wellington based fixed term opportunity through to 31 July 2026. 

The Principal Advisor – Investment Management leads the development, implementation, and application of the Ministry’s Investment Management Framework. 

This is a full-time, fixed-term opportunity until 31 July 2026. 

The role is responsible for providing day to day financial, operational and administrative support to deliver to a consistently high standard the key financial activities within the Finance Hub - Capital Investments team. 

Full time, fixed term opportunity through to 31 July 2026.

The Finance Analyst plays a key role by supporting the Capital Investments team by providing accurate, timely, and reliable financial information to support the delivery of the School Property Capital Programme.  

We have one permanent, part-time Special Education Advisor position (0.6 FTE) based in our Lower Hutt regional office. The positions will work within their local area with flexibility to work across the Greater Wellington region as the business needs requires.

This is a Permanent Full Time Psychologist role in our Maungawhau | Mount Eden office 

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. 

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Mata Ahupae - Postgraduate Administrator to join Te Kura Hoahoa - School of Design Innovation’s administration team on a 10-month fixed-term, part-time (0.6 FTE) contract. 

This is a Fixed Term Full Time Psychologist role in our Maungawhau | Mount Eden office 

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. 

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.