Job Description

He angitūtanga: The opportunity

Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s cultural, events and destination agency. We work to make Auckland a vibrant place to live, work and visit through events, experiences, culture, economic development and destination activity.

Screen Auckland, part of Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, supports productions of all scales while advocating for the industry, and plays a key role in enabling Auckland to remain a film friendly city.

We’re seeking an experienced professional to join our team as a Film Facilitator, supporting a broad range of filming activity across Auckland’s public spaces. In this role, you’ll coordinate filming activity across Auckland’s public spaces, working alongside production companies, council stakeholders, agencies and communities to help deliver safe and successful filming outcomes.

Operating in a fast-paced and highly visible environment, you’ll work closely with production companies, council departments, CCOs, Mana Whenua and community stakeholders to facilitate successful screen production while balancing operational, regulatory and community considerations.

This role is central to maintaining Auckland’s reputation as a leading screen destination.

You’ll use sound judgement, strong relationship management skills and a collaborative approach to coordinate complex or time-sensitive filming activity across a diverse stakeholder environment. Balancing industry needs, public safety, community impact and regulatory requirements will be key to success in the role.

He kōrero mōu: About you

You’ll be an experienced and adaptable professional with a strong background in stakeholder management, operational coordination or project delivery within a complex environment.

You may bring experience from the screen industry, events, infrastructure, local government, production, operations or a similarly fast-paced sector where collaboration, sound judgement, relationship management and customer focus are critical.

An understanding of filming activity, permitting processes or local government operations would be advantageous.

To guide you further we also require:

• Approx five years’ experience or more, in the screen industry, project management, events management, or a related field

• A tertiary qualification or equivalent relevant industry experience

• A current New Zealand driver licence

For the full position description please click here: Film Facilitator

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to Auckland’s creative economy and help shape the way screen production is supported across the region. You will be part of a passionate, collaborative team that works closely with the industry to enable high-quality filming outcomes while protecting public spaces, communities, and organisational interests.

You’ll have the opportunity to work across a diverse range of productions, locations, partners, and public spaces, while contributing to Auckland’s reputation as a globally recognised screen destination.

We also have an ever changing and growing range of council and partnership benefits, as snapshot of which you can find here: Benefits

Salary Band: F

Salary is based on skillset and experience with a budgeted range of $76,000 - $85,000k per annum.

Tono mo te mahi/To Apply

• Please provide a bespoke cover letter

• No need to add your roles in the non-mandatory fields if your CV is up to date

• You need to have the right to work in NZ already. We are unable to support visa applications for this role

• Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 31 May 2026

• If you have specific questions regarding this role, please contact gina.seward@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that welcomes people of all backgrounds, identities and ways of thinking. We encourage applications from diverse communities, including Māori, Pacific peoples, the rainbow community, and people with disabilities or neurodiverse experiences.

Any offer of employment is conditional upon satisfactory pre-employment checks, which will be determined based on the requirements of the role and may include (but are not limited to) reference checks, police vetting, and verification of qualifications, licences, and work eligibility.

In addition, this position is deemed a safety sensitive position and will require pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.

Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.

Employees in receipt of salary protection and/or on the predecessor Tātaki Auckland Unlimited terms and conditions of employment, please note that the salary protection and/or predecessor Tātaki Auckland Unlimited terms and conditions, including relocation, apply to your current position. Should you change to a new position (other than any secondment) you will be issued with a new employment letter of offer with current Auckland Unlimited terms and conditions.