Extension Coordinator

Supporting every great extension event is an amazing organiser, excellent communicator, herder of cats and administrator extraordinaire. You’re the backbone for success and you provide improvement and innovation ideas that mean our events just keep getting better and better.

We are looking for an Extension Coordinator working from our Christchurch office and supporting our upper South Island region (South Canterbury / Canterbury / West Coast / Tasman/Marlborough).

You’ll be joining a team of professional Extension Coordinators, Extension Managers and Regional Extension Managers based across New Zealand, collaborating and helping to deliver quality events. With a focus on devising and enacting consistent pre- and post-event processes, supporting events on the day and keeping our information accurate and up to date, this role is critical in our quest to support farmers to make positive changes in and for their businesses. These are exciting, challenging, changing, innovation-worthy times for our farmers and our extension team is up for the job. 

To be a great Extension Coordinator we already know you will come with event coordination, administration and business support experience, you’ll be committed to continuous improvement, and you’ll have an eye for detail.  So much the better if you’re also familiar with New Zealand’s rural sector and have worked in a rural-facing environment before.

You’ll also know that a good event or programme of events doesn’t stop when the event is done. You’ll be a finisher who’s up for the post-event data collection, analysis, dissection and identification of next steps. You’ll be comfortable on the phone, will like to get the details ‘nailed down’ and won’t be shy with follow-up and follow-through. Most of all, you’ll be that magic combination of relatable, organised and professional.

The role is full time (37.5 hours per week) and more details are in the position description found here.

If you’re looking for a role where your ‘behind the scenes’ skills will be truly valued, where there is scope and opportunity for you to be ‘front of house’ at events, and where collaboration and making a difference are the flavours of success then please get in touch with us. 

What we offer

This career move builds your expertise in a field that contributes to one of New Zealand’s most important export industries, and the New Zealand economy. We offer a competitive remuneration and excellent employee benefits including additional leave entitlements, a fully-subsidised life insurance policy, and a work culture that values and rewards passion, integrity, professionalism and strong workplace relationships based on respect and whanau.  

We’re investing where farmers told us it matters most, behind the farm gate, with a commitment to ensuring our work adds value to farmers’ bottom lines. This role is a part of delivering our recently refreshed strategy – learn more on B+LNZ’s website here.

Applications close 9am, 11th August 2025

Passion, integrity, and a genuine desire to do our best for farmers is what drives us at Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).  We are 100% farmer-owned and funded and work on behalf of New Zealand’s sheep and beef producers. Our vision is for thriving sheep and beef farmers, now and into the future.  Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s investments play a critical role in underpinning New Zealand’s second biggest export sector.