Pataka Gallery Assistant / Kaiāwhina Whare Taonga

Pātaka is a vibrant local government museum and art gallery located in Porirua. As well as showcasing the best in Māori, Pacific, & contemporary New Zealand arts, we also aspire to enhance the wellbeing of the people and communities of Porirua through the arts.

All about the job

As a Gallery assistant you are the ‘face and host” of Pātaka providing first class customer service. This is a casual on call role, and you may be called in to work on any day of the week. We are especially looking for people to cover our weekend shifts, so availability on Saturdays and Sundays is an advantage.

Your exceptional customer skills will come into play when you:

• positively interact with the public providing them with information about our retail store, hire facilities and our current Gallery programmes
• provide assistance to the front of house team with setting up events and public programs along with ensuring all staff and the public are kept safe during opening hours
• bring a fabulous customer service approach to the Toi store with merchandising and selling of bespoke New Zealand made jewellery and Art
• complete opening and closing procedures alongside your fellow team members.

Porirua City is a living wage accredited employer and the starting hourly rate is from $29.00.

All about you

You’ll need to show us that you:

• are available to work at short notice, including on the weekends.
• enjoy and have experience working in a customer service environment
• have some sales and retail experience
• are confident interacting with others and have excellent communication skills
• are familiar and confident with applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, along with the ability to learn new systems
• an interest in the Arts would be an advantage, but not essential. 

All about Porirua City

Porirua City Council is rejuvenating and expanding to prepare for its future growth and continue to develop a resilient, liveable city for our future generations.

Porirua City Council is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.  We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

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What you need to do now

Come and join our team and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment. Please contact Natalie Still on 021 313 517 for more information.

You will need to apply via our careers centre: www.poriruacity.govt.nz/careers.

Applications need to be received via our Careers Portal by Thursday 5 March 2026.

We will be working through applications as they are submitted and may progress candidates prior to the closing date, so apply now!