Business Development Manager – Postgraduate Māori and Pacific

Location: Auckland City Campus, Auckland, New Zealand; full-time role with hybrid/remote working patterns and flexible hours.

Salary: NZ$98,700–NZ$133,500 per annum, depending on skills and experience. Typical target range: NZ$93,201–NZ$107,500 per annum.

Company

Waipapa Taumata Rau | The hirify.global is New Zealand’s leading university, with more than 47,000 students and over 6,000 staff, focused on education, research, community engagement and equity.

What you will do

• Build and grow trusted relationships with iwi, Māori and Pacific organisations, employers, community groups, professional bodies, and public sector and workforce development organisations.
• Identify business development, lead-generation, partnership and postgraduate recruitment opportunities.
• Develop and manage a Māori and Pacific postgraduate recruitment pipeline and turn engagement opportunities into measurable outcomes.
• Promote postgraduate programmes and pathways in ways that reflect Māori and Pacific aspirations and workforce capability needs.
• Lead and coordinate targeted engagement, outreach, recruitment initiatives and partnership opportunities.
• Collaborate with faculties, postgraduate programme teams, Marketing and Recruitment, Māori and Pacific offices, and Strategic Engagement teams.

Requirements

• Strong relationship-building, networking, influencing and partnership development skills.
• Experience identifying and developing business opportunities or stakeholder partnerships.
• Experience working towards targets and managing a pipeline.
• Strong communication, presentation and proposal-writing skills.
• Confidence working across different stakeholder groups and organisational environments.
• Cultural awareness and an inclusive, relationship-centred approach to engagement.
• Experience working with Māori and/or Pacific communities, organisations or stakeholders.
• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating across a complex organisation.

Nice to have

• Experience in higher education, workforce development, the public sector or another large organisation.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time permanent employment at 37.5 hours per week with flexible hours and hybrid/remote working patterns.
• Up to 6.75% superannuation, annual salary increase with performance-based multiplier, and five weeks’ annual leave.
• Annual leave buy/sell scheme, subsidised on-site childcare, parental leave and parenting and feeding spaces.
• Employee wellbeing support including EAP services, mental health counselling, financial guidance, neurodiversity coaching, rongoā services, fitness facilities and discounted health insurance.
• Professional, leadership and cultural development, including digital capability coaching and Te Ao and Te Reo Māori learning programmes.
• Inclusive staff networks, cultural communities, social clubs, volunteering opportunities, wellbeing initiatives and campus events.

Hiring process

• Submit an online application by 15 November 2026.
• Include a cover letter and CV highlighting interest, capabilities and relevant experience.
• Interview candidates may be accompanied by a support person or whānau member.