Student & Programme Advisor

Location: Auckland, New Zealand; full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 12-month fixed-term position.

Salary: NZ$73,400–NZ$90,700 per annum, pro rata, depending on skills and experience.

Company

Join the hirify.global Business School, New Zealand's largest business school, supporting postgraduate professional programmes within a nationally leading university recognised for teaching and research excellence.

What you will do

• Support the delivery and administration of postgraduate professional programmes across the student lifecycle.
• Provide advice and operational support to prospective and current students from admission through graduation.
• Coordinate student engagement, recruitment activities and progression monitoring.
• Build relationships with students, academic staff and internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to service, process and programme improvements.

Requirements

• Experience in a customer-focused advisory, administration or programme support role.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Confidence building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Sound judgement and problem-solving capability.
• Experience working with systems, processes and data.
• A continuous improvement mindset, including proactively identifying opportunities to improve services, processes and ways of working.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a collaborative, high-performing Professional Programmes team committed to student success and service excellence.
• Join a diverse environment that values innovation, inclusion and continuous improvement.
• Receive competitive employment benefits and support for professional growth and development.
• Work on a 12-month fixed-term contract with full-time hours.

Hiring process

• Submit an online application by 17 November 2026.
• Include a cover letter and CV highlighting how the required skills and experience are met.
• Questions may be sent to Milly Kukutai by email; applications are not accepted by email.