Elections Campaigner

What is the mahi?

Do you have experience in campaigning? Are you ready to see a change in government?

ActionStation is looking for an Elections Campaigner to support our people-powered campaigning in the upcoming general election. 

This is a fixed term role from June 2026 - November 2026, for 30-40 hours per week (negotiable).

What are the core responsibilities?

• Work with the Elections Manager and our wider team to drive our elections campaign across 2026. 

• Focus on the details of the campaign including project planning, timelines, communications and budgets.

The key skills and strengths we are looking for: 

• Proven hands-on experience with political organising / campaigning. Election experience is preferred but not essential

• Clear understanding of what it means to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tino rangatiratanga

• Confident in detail-oriented tasks such as project planning, managing budgets and timelines

• Confident in analysing and communicating data

• Excellent at building and maintaining high trust relationships

About ActionStation

ActionStation is an independent community campaigning organisation. We have a proven model that shifts public thinking, drives the media agenda and influences political decisions so they are better for people and the planet.  

We are strong believers in the power of collaboration to amplify impact and achieve progressive change. We work with a wide range of values and mission-aligned NGOs, community groups, institutions and individuals. 

We are part of OPEN, a global sisterhood of 19+ progressive organisations that are independent of one another but share tools and lessons.

Our work is guided by our crowdsourced vision for the future of Aotearoa in 2040.

We welcome and value the contributions that individuals who identify as members of marginalised communities bring to our organisation, and encourage Māori, young people, women, people of colour, parents, people identifying as LGBTQIA+ or takatāpui, and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise that this list is neither exhaustive nor representative of the intersectionality present within each person and community. 

Please send a CV and a cover letter to Claire at recruitment@actionstation.org.nz with the subject line: “Application: Elections Campaigner” by 11.59pm on Monday 25 May. Please email us if you would like a copy of the job description.  

Please note: starting step within the listed pay range is dependent on experience.