Work for Aviva

Aviva employs a range of people including qualified social workers or those with other relevant qualifications (Family Support Workers); people with lived experience of family violence (Peer Support Specialists); rostered after-hours phone support staff; and other specialist staff in our administrative, HR, budgeting and loans, marketing, finance, funding and management teams.

All positions require you to have a clean Police check and driver's license, right to work in New Zealand, along with requested qualifications and skills as per our advertisement.

See our current vacancies below:

Family Violence Kaimahi - Adults

We are looking for a Family Violence Support Worker to join our dynamic team. 

In this role you will provide professional individual and group-based services to support adults, youth and children experiencing family violence, or at risk of using family violence.

This will include liaising with the other agencies that also work with our clients to ensure that support is gained in a timely, co-ordinated, and consistent manner.

This is a fixed term maternity leave cover for 12 months. The hours for this role are between Monday and Friday. We can be flexible on how many hours you want to work. There is also an optional after hours roster you can be a part of if you wish. 

To be successful in this role you will be a natural problem solver, you will be resilient and calm under pressure. You will also have:

  • Relevant Social Work Qualification and/or experience
  • Current professional membership of an approved professional body e.g., ANZASW, NZAC, NAPSS
  • Experience working with people experiencing family violence.
  • Current full driver’s license

Make a real difference to people’s lives every day.

Enjoy the special culture and benefits of being part of the Aviva team in Canterbury. 

Apply online today, or for a confidential chat, call Katie on 021 844 444.

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Family Violence Kaimahi – Reach Out

We are looking for a Social Worker or someone with similar qualifications to join our Family Violence ReachOut team.

In this role you will provide professional individual and group-based services to support adults, youth and children who use family violence, or at risk of using family violence. 

To be successful in obtaining this role, you will need to have had minimum of 2-3 years professional experience with people who have used or may use violence. 

The mahi will include liaising with the other agencies that also work with our clients to ensure that support is gained in a timely, co-ordinated, and consistent manner.

The role is full time 40 hours per week including paid lunch breaks Monday and Friday. However, for the right candidate we can be flexible on how many hours you want to work. 

To be successful in this role you will be a natural problem solver, you will be resilient and calm under pressure. You will also have:

  • Relevant Social Work Qualification and/or experience
  • Current professional membership of an approved professional body e.g., ANZASW, NZAC, NAPSS
  • Minimum 2-3 years professional experience working with people using family violence
  • Experience working with people using family violence.
  • Current full driver’s license


Make a real difference to people’s lives every day.

Enjoy the special culture and benefits of being part of the Aviva team in Canterbury. 

Apply through SEEK, or for a confidential chat, call Katie on 021 844 444.

 

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Sexual Violence Administrator

We are looking for an Administrator to join our Sexual Violence team. In this role you will collect, input, and analyse client information for our database. You will review and identify anomalies with this information along with assisting in 

the preparation of internal and external audits. This role will also see you collating Family Court referrals. You will provide administrative support to Managers, order office supplies, photocopy, file, and scan along with some Health & Safety duties. 

The 20 hours for this role are between Monday and Friday.

To be successful in this role you will be a self-motivated natural problem solver, you will be process driven and calm under pressure. You will also have:

  • Data entry experience
  • Telephone answering experience and a friendly phone manner
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint, internet, and social media
  • Experience building good working relationships
  • Current full driver’s license

Make a real difference to people’s lives every day.

Enjoy the special culture and benefits of being part of the Aviva team in Canterbury. 

Applications will be screened as they are received, so apply online today. 

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Treasurer

NZ has the highest level of family violence in the English speaking world. In Canterbury, the police respond to a family violence incident every 56 minutes. The hurt and harm that family and sexual violence cause for individuals and our society as a whole cannot be overstated.

Aviva believes that everyone deserves to live free from violence. We are an organisation of longstanding who support people of any age, gender, sexuality or experience of violence to not only become safe, but to begin a journey towards a fulfilling, violence-free life.

We are seeking expressions of interest from those with governance experience who are aligned with our purpose and our vision.

Ideally, applicants will have the following experience and/or skills:

  • Governance experience
  • Professional experience in finance, assets/investment management
  • Knowledge of te Ao Māori and commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
  • Strong networks with business, government and/or community influence
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Savvy diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and persuading, convening, facilitating and building consensus among diverse individuals

KEY COMPETENCIES

  • Taking responsibility: Results focussed and committed to making a difference
  • Decision Making: Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, consultation and judgment.
  • Leadership: Able to articulate a clear vision of Aviva’s future direction and positively influence action towards this vision. Is able to lead change and inspire others to achieve results.

Contact Nicki to find out more: nicki@aviva.org.nz 

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