Create meaningful work connections. Support people to live their dreams through finding and keeping employment. Build strong trusted relationships in your community.
Kia ora, Tālofa lava, Kia Orana, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni and warm greetings to you.
The role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi
Workwise employment consultants/kairapu tūranga mahi have a really unique job. They work with people/tāngata whai mahi who are facing personal or health challenges and help them to find and keep work. You will work closely with people accessing community mental health and addictions support, social services, government agencies, training providers and employers. So you’ll be working with people and their whānau, who have a range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences.
This is a Permanent, full-time role working Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm with some flexibility, based in Auckland.
What we offer | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou
We will support you by ensuring you have the tools needed to be successful, including access to a laptop, car and mobile phone. We also offer good opportunities for training and development.
About You | Mōu:
You’ll have great people skills and be able to easily interact and engage with anyone. Cultural competence is essential in this role, and we particularly encourage those who are passionate about making a difference for Māori and Pacific people to apply. Lived experience is also valued.
You'll have:
It is preferred that you will hold the New Zealand Level 4 Certificate in Health and Wellbeing or a recognised equivalent. Alternatively, you can commence free study towards this within six months of starting your employment. We offer significant support to complete this study, please feel free to contact us to discuss this further.
About us | Mō mātou
Workwise has been operating for more than 20 years across the country helping people to find and keep work. We are part of the Wise Group, and collectively we are one of the largest providers of mental health and wellbeing services in NZ. We improve lives by creating fresh possibilities. To find out more head to www.wisegroup.co.nz
Closing Date | Rā Katinga: 13 July 2026 Please note, this advert may close sooner if a suitable candidate is found.
| Ngā kōrero mō tēnei tūranga: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Employment-Consultant.pdf
Contact| Whakapā: Tania Nixon, Team Leader - Tania.Nixon@workwise.org.nz if you have any questions.
For further information, visit our website https://www.workwise.org.nz/
Workwise is committed to healthy lifestyles and actively supports a smoke-free environment.
All new appointees require background checking. Note: The Clean Slate Act does not apply to this position. Please declare any offences (even outside seven years) in your application.
At the Wise Group we believe in creating new opportunities for the wellbeing of people, vulnerable populations, organisations, and communities.
We operate in New Zealand's mental health and addictions sector, are one of the largest non government providers in the sector
From humble beginnings over 35 years ago, today we employ over 1,500 staff throughout the country, working in areas from frontline service to software development. We have a parent and subsidiary structure encompassing a family of charitable entities, all linked by a common dream. Our structure nurtures synergy and innovation, and means we’re transparent and accountable.
Our whānau includes:
• Wise Management Services
• Pathways
• Real
• Te Pou
• Le Va
• Workwise
• Wild Bamboo
• LinkPeople
• The People's Project
• Housing First Auckland
Here's what drives us:
Each year our Group works with thousands of New Zealanders and their families. We provide people with a broad range of community-based mental health and wellness services. In doing so we dramatically reduce their need for high-cost hospital and acute services and help people have happier, more fulfilling and more productive lives.
Each year the Group's housing services help people find and live in affordable homes, also helping them appreciate the rights and responsibilities of being tenants and managing homes.
Each year the Group's employment agency helps people who experience a serious mental health condition get off benefits, become financially independent and reclaim their self-esteem by finding and retaining paid jobs.
Each year people throughout the country attend professional development programmes through the Group's NZQA certified training organisation.
Each year thousands of mental health professionals in the public and private sector are supported and developed via the Group's national workforce development organisation.
Together we make a real difference by creating connections to support people to find and live their dreams.
