Administrator Enabling Good Lives Palmerston North

Provide support to the Regional Director and Enabling Good Lives (EGL) team
- Be the first point of contact for Enabling Good Lives Mid Central
- Coordinate administrative processes, manage communications, and improve systems

Join a team that is dedicated to making a shift and strengthening disability supports within the Mid Central community.

**About our team | Mo te tima**:

- The Disability Support Services (DSS) Group is responsible for commissioning, funding, and stewarding high-quality services that support disabled people, their families, and whanau.
- We're building leadership and management capacity across our teams to deliver both change and business-as-usual effectively.
- We work closely with providers, stakeholders, and communities to ensure services are fair, consistent, transparent and sustainable. With a strong focus on performance monitoring, data, and insights, we're committed to continuous improvement and evidence-based decision-making.
- It's an exciting time to join DSS as we strengthen our systems and expand our capabilities.
- We're looking for passionate people to help us achieve our goals and make a meaningful impact.

**About the role | Mo te tunga**:

- This pivotal team are essential to the Enabling Good Lives approach and make a significant positive impact on the lives of disabled people, whanau and communities. The team is diverse and proactively aims to reflect the population we serve. As a team we work as an ally who assists a disabled person and their family to dream big, make a plan for the future and connect with their local community.
- This role makes a significant contribution to the transformation of the disability system and enables disabled people and whanau to have more choice and control over the lives they lead and the supports they use.
- In this role you will look after our team administration, collate reports, develop internal and external communications including updating information online and be the first point of contact for people enquiring about Enabling Good Lives in the Mid Central region.
- You will be required to establish and maintain strong relationships with a variety of people and in particular disabled people, tangata whaikaha and whanau.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Welcoming all people to the site through various channels
- Co-ordinating events, community meetings and activities
- Production of Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and presentation material
- Maintaining electronic filing systems and procedures
- General admin and process support for the team- Please be aware this role is located in Palmerston North. This position requires a hands-on presence in the office, remote work is not possible for this role.
- Please contact us if there is any support that we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is accessible to you.

**What you bring | Ou pumanawatanga**:

- Excellent knowledge of administrative processes, systems and technology
- Strong skills in the Microsoft office suite, specifically Word, Excel and Powerpoint and Data entry skills
- The ability to communicate information in an accessible, clear and concise manner (including written format) appropriate to the target audiences
- Experience in preparing internal and external communications including newsletters, Facebook and website content
- The ability to effectively prioritise and schedule work to meet competing deadlines and maintain the quality of services delivered
- Excellent attention to detail-
**Position Description | He Whakaahuatanga Tunga**:A copy of the postion description can be found here. Administrator EGL postion description.

**Salary | Utu-a-tau**: $60,707.00 - $72,990.00

**Applications close | Ka kati nga tono hei te: Sunday 16 November 2025.**

**About us | Mo matou**:
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is a people-centred organisation. We're in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.

We provide social policy and advice to government and assistance, including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whanau and communities.

Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.

**Note**: Your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key responsibilities listed in the position description.

**Joining us | Ko te hono mai**:
Joining MSD means being part of a whanau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents.

We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. You can find out more about our val