Talent Acquisition Specialist

An opportunity to work with New Zealand's award-winning public media company. RNZ aims to strengthen Aotearoa and the Pacific through informative, challenging and entertaining content.

Te Mahi – About the job

We'd love for you to join RNZ and take the lead on our recruitment function, helping us build the incredible teams that bring public media to life. This is your chance to work across a wide variety of roles, from journalists and producers to finance and tech specialists, leaders, and even our on-air presenters.

You'll be part of a supportive and collaborative People team where your ideas matter and your work make a real difference. Together, we're focused on making RNZ a place people aspire to work.

In this role, you'll:

• Own the end-to-end recruitment process at RNZ, supporting hiring managers and kaimahi every step of the way, providing practical and common-sense advice and guidance.
• Champion initiatives that strengthen diversity and representation, making sure RNZ is an inclusive workplace which reflects our community.
• Build talent pipelines and support our employer brand, so people know RNZ is a great place to grow their career.
• Provide insights and recommendations that help shape our longterm workforce planning.
• Craft job descriptions and size roles when needed.
• Create compelling adverts and work with hiring managers to ensure every candidate has a positive experience.

Ōu Pūkenga - About You

This is a part-time role, which will be perfect if you enjoy fast-paced work where no two days are the same. You'll love connecting people with opportunities and bring energy, credibility, and great judgment to everything you do.

We'd love to hear from you if you:

• Have significant internal recruitment experience, including leading diversity initiatives related to recruitment and talent sourcing.
• Are passionate about building talent pipelines and creating great candidate experiences.
• Can partner confidently with hiring managers and kaimahi as a trusted advisor.
• Enjoy working across a wide range of roles and can adapt to changing priorities.
• Like a mix of recruitment and project work (and don't mind picking up process improvements during quieter times).
• Have experience with job evaluation frameworks (Korn Ferry job evaluation training would be an advantage).
• Feel comfortable and confident offering insights, spotting opportunities, and be willing to jump in and support our leaders wherever needed.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. Come and help us shape the future of public media at RNZ.

Ngā Hua: What we offer

At RNZ, you'll be joining a passionate people team who love what they do and are committed to making a difference.

We offer:

• A chance to shape the national conversation and serve the public good
• A friendly, welcoming and inclusive culture.
• Regular development and training opportunities for our people.
• Competitive salary and matched KiwiSaver contributions up to 4%.
• Comprehensive parental leave over and above standard legislation.
• Flexible work options and additional leave provisions for some roles.
• Wellbeing support, including access to a confidential guidance and counselling services.

Te Ahurea – Our Culture

At RNZ we are committed to fostering an inclusive and constructive culture. This means creating a place where our people feel like they belong and can do their best work. We do this through our attitudes; Be Bold, Better Every Day and Extend Manaakitanga.

This role is part time, 24 hours a week. Ideally this would be spread over 5 days but we are open to flexibility with this. We'd love it for the successful person to be based in Auckland, or close enough that you would be able to come into the office regularly, as we believe this face to face time is really important in this role.

Applications close: Sunday 14 December unless filled prior.

To apply for this role please complete your application on our careers site, including your covering letter and a CV. If applying through Seek you will be able to view and download a copy of the job description for this role after clicking Apply.

If you'd like to speak to someone about this role, please get in touch with the recruitment team on

RNZ is committed to the principles and practices of Equal Employment Opportunity and welcomes applicants reflecting New Zealand's cultural and ethnic diversity.

Permanent Part Time

Job no: 976

Location: Auckland

Closing Date: Sunday, 14 December 2025