What you'll be doingIn this role you will be responsible for providing administrative support for those working at our Lower South Island Generation assets. Assisting with site induction processes, site visits and other site-based support as required across our Manapōuri and White Hill Generation sites!You will play a key role in a team supporting Meridian’s engagement with local communities, schools, iwi, councils, government and environmental bodies.  You’ll help identify and implement reputation and brand enhancing activities, including our community fund initiatives and sponsorship programmes.This includes accountabilities such as:Support engagement demands from our communities and landowners (organise site visits, support with public relations and community events)Provide site support, inductions, location control, phone, site access/system set upManaging site related requests from internal and external stakeholdersWorking closely with the Site Owners to support projects and maintenance administration on siteAssisting and supporting where required across Generation sites with general administrative work.Coordinate celebrations and work-related eventsSupporting with activities related to administration and distribution of Meridian’s Community Funds, including coordination of funding meetings, meeting records, funding outcomes and payments.What you’ll bringWe’re looking for a real people-person! You’ll be friendly, engaging, and really enjoy what you do. Our ideal candidate will have proven and strong administrative skills & coordination experience, and recent and relevant experience in a coordination/administration, and/or people facing role in a complex environment.You will ideally have experience in working autonomously, in an environment where the work is constantly changing. You’ll have the ability to think for yourself, co-ordinate others, and be a highly proficient user of Microsoft office administration packages.Other key requirements include:Experience contributing to a positive, productive, and professional cultureConstructive and collaborative working styleTeam focussed, with a passion for helping peopleEnthusiasticApproachable and friendlyGood attention to detailAbility to travel if requiredWhy Meridian?At Meridian, we value all people. We embrace different ways of thinking, living, and working, because we believe diversity benefits us all. It makes our capabilities even stronger. We encourage all our people to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work and we’re proud to have a diverse and inclusive workplace. So, no matter who you are, you’ll find it a great place to work.We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’. We work hard and value the importance of connection and fun, whether this be through daily quizzes, morning teas, birthday, and cultural celebrations both in person and virtually!Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA both socially and environmentally. We proudly support KidsCan and the Kākāpō Recovery and work side-by-side with our generation communities to empower and support projects where needed. There are many opportunities to volunteer to any of our partnerships throughout the year.What we can offer you! We value work/life balance so our WFH and flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whānau. We also offer:an attractive and competitive salary package that’s reviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts from a number of partnershipsenhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parental leave and options to buy up to 12 days additional leavelife, trauma and income protection insurance (which we hope you won’t need!)enhanced KiwiSaver contributionsaccess to the Meridian employee share schemeexcellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need itemployee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit countsa one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)All in all, we’re an awesome place to work. If this sounds like you and you want to bring your energy and use your power to make a difference (pun intended), then apply today and tell us why!If you’ve any questions, or would like the full Position Description, please email careers@meridianenergy.co.nz and one of our team will get back to you. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed, please get in touch via email or phone if there are any parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here meridianenergy.co.nz/careers), we’re more than happy to help.  Advertising closes on 30 January 2025 (please note this is subject to change  
