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Applications for Te Oraka Operations lead
2025-2026 now open
Te Oraka Operations Lead
Up to 8 hours each week | Remainder of 2025 + Full Year 2026
This hands-on student leadership role puts you at the heart of change. In this role you will be running the front-facing operations of Te Oraka, supporting sustainable student initiatives, and engaging the campus community through events, campaigns, and creative projects.
You’ll coordinate volunteers, manage store logistics, and help amplify our impact through marketing and engagement—all while contributing to the University’s Sustainability Strategic Framework and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This is more than a job—it’s a chance to shape a more sustainable future on campus, connect with changemakers, and leave a lasting legacy.
Join a passionate team that challenges the status quo, collaborates widely, and genuinely cares for Papatūānuku.
Essential aspects of this role include:
You are available to work up to 8 hours each week across Semester Two and the full year of 2026
You are available to work at least two shifts at Te Oraka which is open 11am-1pm, Monday to Friday
You are in Dunedin early November to oversee Drop For Good event
No CV is required, we prefer to get to know our potential Tētēkura using a video application. If you don’t have access to a webcam, please let us know alongside the above information so we can help you out!
If link doesnt work - please email jesikah.triscott@otago.ac.nz referencing the role.
The Role
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As a Student Lead, Tētēkura, you will be a working as part of the Sustainability Office team to support and improve the University’s culture of sustainability.
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The role requires a level of challenging the norm and thinking outside the box, alongside working collaboratively with the team.
Roles will complete 4-8 hours each week (as lectures run) - this is paid mahi.
The Work
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As a Student Lead, tētēkura, you will support the planning, coordination, and promote sustainable progress across campus.
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You can also expect to implement and facilitate engagement activities that support and nurture a University-wide culture of sustainability among staff and students.
The Scope
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You will get to collaborate with key individuals and groups across campus and in the wider community.
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Mahi you might get involved in includes:
Social Media | Te Oraka | Events | Podcast | Gardens & Neighbourhood | Ideas & Collabs
The team
The Sustainability Office is made up of a small team that are driven to create positive changes on campus and being courageous enough to do so. We work across departments, with other courageous leaders to deliver sustainable progress and encourage others to consider how sustainability connects to their work and/or study.
We give a damn about papatūānuku (mother earth) and will continue to challenge the norm, support great ideas, work with others and create awareness around all things sustainability.
