Personal Assistant (Corporate)

Kia ora! 

This is your opportunity to step into a high impact support role at the heart of our Corporate Portfolio. As a Personal Assistant supporting a number of our Senior Leadership team, you will help keep a busy and fast paced portfolios running smoothly, enabling our leaders to focus on delivering exceptional outcomes for our people and customers. 

You will join a collaborative team of Personal Assistants who work together to keep things moving behind the scenes. Based at our Auckland City office, you will build strong relationships across the portfolio and play an important role in creating the clarity, coordination and connection that help our teams thrive. 

With a strong reputation for culture, service and innovation, Air New Zealand is consistently recognised as one of New Zealand's most attractive employers. Behind the scenes, our corporate teams shape strategy, drive performance, and support a future focused business where every role makes a difference. 

About the role 

• Manage complex calendars, inboxes, travel arrangements and expenses, ensuring leaders are organised, prepared and able to focus on strategic priorities 
• Coordinate meetings and events, including agendas, logistics and minutes, ensuring actions are captured and followed through 
• Support onboarding and induction activities, helping new leaders settle in quickly and build strong connections 
• Maintain confidentiality while providing trusted administrative support and clear communication across the portfolio 
• Partner closely with other Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants and administration colleagues, providing backup support and contributing to a collaborative team culture 
• Identify opportunities to improve coordination, processes and ways of working that create better outcomes for leaders and teams. 

What you'll bring 

• Proven experience as a Personal Assistant, ideally supporting multiple senior leaders within a complex, fast paced environment 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to quickly build trusted relationships 
• Strong proficiency across Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint 
• The ability to manage competing priorities while remaining calm, organised and adaptable 
• High attention to detail, producing accurate, well-presented documentation 
• A growth mindset with curiosity and confidence to leverage emerging technologies, AI tools, and new systems to improve productivity, insight, and the overall effectiveness of the PA function 
• A proactive approach,  with the confidence to anticipate needs and take initiative. 

If you bring most of this experience, along with transferable skills and the drive to grow, we'd love to hear from you. 

What's in it for you 

We want our people to live their best lives and access great benefits that support life both inside and outside work. 

• Generous staff travel benefits for you, your family and friends 
• FlexiLeave, giving you the option to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave each year 
• A learning culture with development opportunities that help you grow your career 
• Access to a wide range of work perks and discounts across travel, retail, banking, hotels and more
• Support for your health and wellbeing through wellbeing resources, Employee Assistance Programme, and access to discounted medical cover options. 

Ready for take-off? 

This is an exciting opportunity to broaden your experience while supporting senior leaders who are shaping key business outcomes. If you enjoy variety, thrive on building strong relationships and take pride in helping others succeed, we'd love to hear from you. 

Applications close Monday, 31st August 

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."