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# Office Manager and Consular Adviser, Vancouver at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

- **Company:** New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
- **Location:** Vancouver, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/newzealandtradeandenterprise/2b36f24a-c167-4650-9b06-80ca5e12e18d

## Job description

This role is based in Vancouver, Canada. NZTE operates a hybrid work environment. This role requires a regular (3-4 days per week) in-office presence to support the team, consular services, and the day-to-day operations of the Vancouver office.

## Who we are

Te Taurapa Tūhono | New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is New Zealand’s international business development agency. We help ambitious New Zealand businesses grow internationally for the good of New Zealand. Our Vancouver office leads NZTE’s work across Canada and is also the New Zealand Consulate in Vancouver. The team works closely with colleagues across North America, New Zealand, and other New Zealand Government agencies.

## What you’ll be doing

As Office Manager and Consular Adviser, you will keep the Vancouver office running smoothly and support the Trade Commissioner and Consul General and wider Canada team. You will oversee day-to-day operations, including facilities, suppliers, health and safety, security, IT team support, and events and visits. You will also manage the office’s financial administration, including payroll, accounts payable, reconciliations, budgeting, reporting, expense management support, and audit requirements. You will work closely with external providers and NZTE’s regional and New Zealand-based Finance and People teams to meet local obligations accurately and on time. As Consular Adviser, you will support New Zealanders travelling or living in Canada, including in difficult or distressing circumstances. You will manage enquiries and cases confidentially, support emergency responses, and contribute to official visits, commemorations and New Zealand election activity in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other government partners.

## What you’ll need to be successful

You’ll have experience in office management, business operations or another varied role where people rely on you to keep things moving. We’re looking for someone who brings: Confidence with finance: You’re comfortable managing payroll, accounts payable, reconciliations, budgets, reporting and audit requirements. You’re careful with the details and take deadlines seriously, but you also enjoy the wider scope of a role that is about much more than the numbers. Initiative and a feel for team culture: You spot what needs doing, take ownership and follow through. You enjoy bringing people together and helping create a great team environment, both in the Vancouver office and with colleagues working from Toronto & across the wider North American region. You’re also curious about AI and keen to try practical ways it can make work easier. Good judgement and genuine care for people: You can be trusted with sensitive information and know how to handle situations thoughtfully. You bring empathy and compassion when supporting people in distress and stay calm and clear-headed when things are stressful. An easy, adaptable working style: You build strong relationships and are comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and work across locations and time zones. You know when to act independently, when to check in, and how to keep your leader appropriately informed.

## Why you’ll love working here

You will join a small, connected Canada team with a broad view of NZTE’s work and direct links across our North American and global network. The role offers unique variety: you will be trusted to run the operational backbone of the office, contribute to a strong team culture and provide meaningful support to New Zealanders in Canada. Our environment encourages experimentation and constant learning, intellectual challenge, and absolute honesty. We keep promises and honour commitments and we celebrate the mana (strength and dignity) of each other as being equal to or greater than our own. If this opportunity sounds like you, we'd like to hear from you.

What’s next If this opportunity is of interest to you, please apply online by 11:59pm Pacific Sunday 25 October. Please check out the position description here. Include a cover letter describing why you are interested and why think you are suited for this role. The compensation package range for this role is CAD $95,000 - $105,000. Applicants must have an existing authorisation to work in Canada. Employment visa sponsorship is not available. We are managing this hire internally and are not accepting inquiries from third-party agencies.

We believe New Zealand is good for the world. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is an equal opportunity employer. At NZTE it is all about our people and we seek diversity of thought; we welcome and encourage you to apply regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, neurodiversity or disability. If we need to make specific accommodations for you in any part of the recruitment process, please advise us.

## About New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is the New Zealand Government's international business development agency, helping Kiwi businesses grow internationally through independent export advice, global networks, and tailored solutions.
- **Entity Type**: Government Agency (New Zealand Crown entity) — not publicly traded
- **Headquarters**: Auckland, New Zealand
- **Founded**: 2003 (established by the New Zealand Government; not founder-led)
- **Founders**: N/A — established as a government agency (formed from the merger of Trade New Zealand and Industry New Zealand)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: International trade and economic development; export advisory services
- **Target customers**: B2B — New Zealand businesses at various stages of international growth, ranging from first-time exporters to established global players; also works with the New Zealand Government and international partners
- **Mission / Purpose**: To help New Zealand businesses grow internationally, contributing to New Zealand's economic success — trade adds more than NZ$100 billion in export value to the New Zealand economy annually and supports 1 in 4 Kiwi jobs.

## Products & Services
- **Export Advice & Capability Building**: Free independent advice, workshops, and capability programmes for New Zealand businesses seeking to enter or expand in international markets.
- **Global Networks & Connections**: In-market teams across nearly 50 locations worldwide who connect businesses with local partners, distributors, customers, and mentors.
- **Market Intelligence & Insights**: Expert research, market reports, and sector insights to guide export strategy and decision-making.
- **Trade Missions & Events**: Facilitated in-market visits, trade delegations, and virtual/in-person events that put New Zealand businesses in front of buyers.
- **Government-to-Government Facilitation**: As a government agency, it opens doors through international diplomatic and trade relationships.
- **Māori Business Growth Support**: Dedicated Te Pora Māori network and Māori capability resources to grow Māori exporters.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not applicable (government agency)
- **Key Metric**: Approximately 693 employees; annual revenue estimated at NZ$100M–NZ$500M (LinkedIn estimate, unverified); funded through New Zealand Government appropriation
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: New Zealand Government; Champions for Change; Southern Cross Healthcare (employee benefits); operates 46-country footprint including New Zealand, United States, Australia, China, and India
- **Growth Signals**: Helps over 5,000 New Zealand businesses annually; operates in 37+ locations, 24 time zones, and 40+ languages; distributed workforce across 46 countries; ongoing expansion of in-market teams and digital export tools

## Competitive Advantages
- **Government Mandate & Credibility**: Authority and trust that come with being the official NZ Government trade and development agency.
- **Global Reach on the Ground**: Teams embedded in nearly 50 locations worldwide, offering on-the-ground market knowledge that competitors can't easily replicate.
- **Data & Relationship Depth**: Decades of accumulated export success/lessons and connections across 100+ markets.
- **Māori Cultural Framework**: Deep commitment to tikanga and te reo Māori, with dedicated full-time Māori Capability Lead and Te Pora Māori network — a unique differentiator in the global trade space.
- **No-Cost Services to Customers**: Independent export advice is free to New Zealand businesses, creating broad reach and a mission-driven brand.

## Strategic Focus
- Growing New Zealand's international export earnings through high-value, high-growth sectors (including food & beverage, agritech, manufacturing, digital/tech services).
- Accelerating Māori economic development and export capability.
- Driving sustainability: carbon reduction targets, waste audits across major offices, and a full-time Sustainability Lead.
- Strengthening digital tools and self-serve export resources (e.g., MyNZTE).
- Connecting businesses across 24 time zones as a "One Global Team" to support more than 100 markets.

## Why Work Here
- **Flexible by default**: Remote work, flexible hours, flexible return-to-work options after parental leave — arrangements that work for the individual, team, and NZTE.
- **Leave & wellbeing**: For NZ-based employees: 5 weeks' annual leave, 10 days' sick/wellbeing leave (rollover up to 20 days), 10 days' domestic violence leave, and free annual flu vaccinations. Access to a dedicated mental health hub and Employee Assistance Programme with up to 6 confidential counselling sessions per year (extends to immediate whānau).
- **Development culture**: Extensive in-house training (leadership, coaching, business acumen), a highly rated internal coaching programme, support for external study fees, and international/local secondment opportunities.
- **Inclusive workplace**: Winner of the Leadership Award (Medium-Large Organisation) at the Diversity Awards NZ; first in the Champions for Change group to reach gender balance at all levels of leadership (40% women / 40% men / 20% any gender).
- **Cultural grounding**: Kia Kaha — an overnight marae-based induction for new joiners — and a strong commitment to tikanga and te reo Māori.
- **Practical perks**: KiwiSaver employer matching (3% per Life at NZTE page; "up to 3.5%" per the Careers page — conflicting reports, both cited below), Microsoft Surface laptop, iPhone where needed, corporate gym discounts, and Southern Cross medical discount scheme.
- **Global mobility**: Nearly 50 locations mean real international career opportunities; annual 'Pounamu Awards' celebrate employee achievements.
- **Mission-driven work**: Directly contributes to New Zealand's economic prosperity, with a strong sustainability agenda and an active employee community leading green initiatives.

## Sources
1. [nzte.govt.nz — Careers at NZTE](https://www.nzte.govt.nz/page/careers-at-nzte)
2. [nzte.govt.nz — About NZTE](https://www.nzte.govt.nz/page/about-nzte)
3. [linkedin.com — New Zealand Trade and Enterprise](https://linkedin.com/company/new-zealand-trade-and-enterprise)
4. [nzte.govt.nz — Life at NZTE](https://www.nzte.govt.nz/page/life-at-nzte)
5. [jobs.lever.co — NZTE Jobs](https://jobs.lever.co/newzealandtradeandenterprise)

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