Advisor Payroll – Fixed Term Or Secondment – Wellington

• Central Wellington location with option to work from home 1-2 days a week
• Fixed term position until March 2027
• Salary range $72,709 - $80,788 (pro rata), dependent on skills and experience

Mō tēnei tūranga - about the role

As part of our payroll team, the Advisor Payroll is responsible for supporting the timely and accurate delivery of end-to-end payroll processes. You will be responsible for processing changes to personnel and payroll data including quality assurance and peer review, and providing advice which complies with varying employment agreements, relevant legislation and organisation policies. You will work with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure we are legally compliant and up to date information is being processed.

This is a Fixed Term or secondment position until 26 March 2027.

Ko tāu nā i tēnei tūranga - What you’ll bring to the role:

Bring your excellent focus and attention to detail to our payroll team. You will work well to deadlines and have a proven proactive approach. Your experience using a payroll software and your excellent attention to detail will be key to this position. You will have excellent relationship management as you will work closely with a wide variety of stakeholders including unions, HR, finance and others.

To be successful in this role, we’d expect you will:

• Working knowledge and understanding of New Zealand employment and payroll related legislation
• Experience providing support to payroll functions
• Familiarity and knowledge of payroll systems and practices
• The ability to accurately interpret terms and conditions in employment agreements and policies
• Intermediate MS Excel skills

Ko wai mātou - who are we?

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a Crown Entity responsible for reducing unwanted fires, responding to structural and vegetation fires and other emergencies including motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, hazardous substance related incidents, natural disasters, and supporting increased community resilience.

Our vision is to build stronger communities and protect what matters most to the people within them. We are proud to be recognised as New Zealand’s most trusted public sector agency. Our values reflect what our people believe is core to who we are and the organisation we aspire to be.

• We Do the Right Thing - Kia Tika
• We Serve and Support - Manaakitanga
• We Are Better Together - Whanaungatanga
• We Strive to Improve - Auahatanga

Ko te tono mai - How to apply:

Come join us - we are excited about the future of Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and we’d love you to be part of it! We value diversity as a strength and welcome applicants that can help bring a difference to our organisation.

If this sounds like you, apply now. To download a copy of our position description please visit our vacancy page on our FireJobs website.

If you have any specific questions about this role, please email: nhqjobs@fireandemergency.nz. Please note, applications sent via email will not be accepted.

We will be reviewing applications as they are received and may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible if you are interested in this position.

Applications close Tuesday 17th February 2026.

Please note: Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory for this role.