Operations Manager

Are you passionate about social change? Looking to contribute your operations skills to people-powered campaigning during election year and beyond?

ActionStation is seeking a permanent experienced Operations Manager to ensure the delivery of key support functions, including finance, HR, and governance support, while managing our Operations team.

The key responsibilities for this role include: 

• Organisational leadership, as well as Operations Team leadership, as part of the Management Team
• Financial management, including budgeting, management and board reporting
• Work with the Director to develop a fundraising strategy, identify new funding sources and support funding applications
• Human Resources support, including payroll, leave management, and recruitment/onboarding
• Ownership of policies, systems and procedures
• Governance support, including acting as secretary to the Board and Finance and Risk Committee
• Management of insurances for the organisation

The skills and strengths we are looking for 

• A passion for social, economic and Te Tiriti justice
• Proven experience working in support functions in the not-for-profit sector
• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience
• Experience in risk management, including Health, Safety, and Wellbeing
• Experience working with Boards, and managing teams
• Comfortable working in fast-moving and dynamic environments

Please email justine@actionstation.org.nz if you would like to see the job description.

Who are we?

ActionStation started in 2014 as a crowd-sourced, independent, community campaigning organisation. We have led, collaborated and supported countless campaigns pushing for Te Tiriti justice, economic justice, social justice, and more.

If you would like to know more about what we stand for, check out our crowd-sourced vision: Te Ira Tāngata: A People’s Agenda for Aotearoa and our 2025 annual report to discover what we have achieved so far. 

Why us? 

Here at ActionStation, our day to day work is about enabling people-powered progressive change. A lot of our funding comes from small donations, so we know that we can’t compete with bigger organisations or private companies when it comes to salaries. Here’s what we can offer instead:

• A values based workplace that is always striving to treat its staff with genuine respect, care and reciprocity
• An equitable pay structure 
• Flexibility of hours during the day which can work with childcare and whānau responsibilities
• Remote working options; you can choose whether to work from home or at the office as it makes sense for you
• A range of additional benefits, including unlimited wellbeing leave and a wellness allowance of $100/month starting on day one

Please send a CV and cover letter to justine@actionstation.org.nz with the subject line “Application: Operations Manager” by 5pm on Tuesday 3 February 2026. Please send these as PDF documents with your first and last names in the file name.