Peer Support Coordinator

• Have you got experience in peer support, telephone counselling or group facilitation?
• Are you looking for a fixed-term, part-time role from 21 January to 13 December 2025?
• Can you maintain confidentiality and personal boundaries?

Mō Te Herenga Waka - About our University

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is a global-civic university with our marae at our heart. This iho draws off our heritage and is further defined by our tūrangawaewae, in particular Wellington, Aotearoa, and the Asia-Pacific, all of which are expressed in our position as Aotearoa New Zealand's globally ranked capital city university.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a fixed-term, part-time Peer Support Coordinator to join the Manawa Ora - Student Wellbeing team. The Peer Support Coordinator ensures the development, delivery and promotion of peer support programmes to enhance student wellbeing through healthy and balanced lifestyles, engagement with study and University life, and social connectedness. This includes recruiting, training, rostering and supervising the Student Wellbeing Facilitators and Storycraft Facilitators. The Peer Support Coordinator also actively promotes peer support programmes through representing the service at events, and University student and staff trainings.

Key responsibilities:

• Recruit and roster student wellbeing leaders in a timely manner, who have suitable skills and experience to provide quality peer support.
• Ensure the pool of leaders have the diversity of skills, background and lived experience to reflect our student community.
• Ensure all student wellbeing leaders are provided with training for their role, including how to confidently boundary inappropriate behaviour, and given quality training material.
• Provide student wellbeing leaders with regular supervision, development and connection opportunities.
• Provide student leaders with feedback, support, and problem solve issues as required.
• Keep records of engagement including evaluation of programmes and events and provide regular reports that assist with continuous improvement.
• Ensure student wellbeing leaders can confidently refer students to student services within the University and external services as needed.
• Support the connection of students with other peer support opportunities both within the University and externally.

Ō pūmanawa - About you

You will:

• Be a current student or recent graduate of Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington in a related discipline (e.g. Psychology, Sociology, Health Science).
• Have a commitment to the application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in an educational context.
• Have experience, knowledge and awareness of the key wellbeing issues for students.
• Be a clear oral communicator with equity groups and young people aged 18-25.
• Have proven relationship management skills.
• Have strong skills in time management and motivation.
• Have knowledge and experience of Te Ao Māori and in working with Māori individuals, whānau and communities.
• Have experience and interest in working with Pasifika, gender diverse, refugee background, disabled people and international communities.

Ētahi kōrero hai āwhina i a koe - Why you should join our team

People enjoy working in our team because we support students to thrive through providing quality support and embedding wellbeing and inclusion into our Te Herenga Waka - Victoria Univertsity of Wellington community.

There are many benefits to working at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, including being part of New Zealand’s top research university.

We offer you:

• The ability to work from home one day a fortnight.
• Consistent working hours.
• Regular supervision and guidance.
• A competitive rate: $32.39 per hour plus 8% holiday pay.
• Professional development.

Role Description - Click here to see further information, including salary.

Close date for vacancy: 07 November 2024. Applications will be reviewed as they are received and we may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. We can only consider applicants who are citizens or residents of New Zealand or Australia or on a current working visa. Applications from recruitment agencies are not accepted.

Contact details for vacancy: After reading the role description, if you have any questions regarding this role please get in touch with Rachel Anderson-Smith for a confidential discussion, (rachel.anderson-smith@vuw.ac.nz). But applicants should follow all steps listed below.

Important - application steps and information

Download and complete the University Application Form, (Peer Support Coordinator, #2164). Then, please combine your cover letter, CV, and the University Application Form into a single file (preferably in pdf format). Click Apply and follow the process to enter your contact details and attach your combined file (CV, cover letter, and the University application form) using the “CV/Resume” button.

If you are unable to combine your documents or have further supporting documents, please email these to erecruit@vuw.ac.nz stating the reference number and position title from the advert in the subject line.