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🥝 Senior Executive Assistant

Ministry of Health | wellington, New-Zealand | Posted June 25, 2026

Job Description

Wellington based | Full-time | Permanent 4.4 weeks annual leave | Wellness allowance after 12 months Midpoint of $72,225, dependent on experience.

Ko tōu ake mahi - What you’ll do

  • Provide proactive, high-quality support to senior leaders by managing diaries, communications, and priorities to ensure the smooth running of their day-to-day activities.
  • Coordinate meetings, briefings, and events end-to-end, including logistics, documentation, and follow‑up actions.
  • Anticipate needs and manage competing priorities, identifying risks and ensuring key deadlines and deliverables are met.
  • Enable executive and ministerial processes by triaging requests, coordinating inputs, and maintaining oversight of sensitive matters.
  • Build strong working relationships across the Ministry and with external stakeholders, acting as a key point of coordination and collaboration.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement by enhancing administrative...

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