Innovation Director

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Salt Recruitment Full time
Innovation Director - Wellington.

Build digital futures in the education sector.

High passion. High output. Build a legacy.

This is one of those amazing roles you can only dream of.

There is no limit to how innovative this person can be, a win for an out of the box thinker to create a proud legacy.


The Innovation Director is to develop from the ground up the digital innovation curriculum for school age kids to learn about coding, robotics, VR, AI and other emerging tech innovations.

The strategy is built, and the appointment of the Innovation Director will signify the start of the implementation

Funding is already secured, which means no cost involved for children to take part. However greater involvement from the business community will enable reach of this curriculum to more kids, quicker.

Importantly, they will be relentless with passion to drive a growing scale of delivery and participation.

If this gets you excited, we would like to hear from you.

You will need to be able to demonstrate:

  • As an independent selfstarter, comfortable working on your own initially
  • An entrepreneur who is prepared to invest your whole self in seeing a legacy project delivered.
  • As a big picture, out of the box thinker
  • A person who understands what is important and can prioritise.
  • Relationships with local Wellington businesses
  • That you can manage people & are a strong relationship builder.
  • High energy, confidence and have a strong belief in what you are doing.
  • You can deliver a scaffold of the curriculum, with an ability to develop internships.
  • Credibility to school leaders and understand how schools operate.
  • An education background is optimal.

Job Information:

  • Job Reference: JO
  • Salary: Values based working environment
  • Salary per: annum
  • Job Duration:
  • Job Start Date: ASAP
  • Job Location: Wellington
  • Job Industry: Marketing
  • Job Industries: Marketing
  • Job Locations: Wellington


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