Wellington Free Ambulance’s vision is to be a trusted and reliable ambulance service that provides excellence in emergency response and connected services to move our communities to better health.
We’re the only emergency ambulance service for Greater Wellington and Wairarapa and proud of the place we hold in our communities, and the high-quality care that our people deliver every day. As well as providing emergency ambulance services, Wellington Free Ambulance also provides a Patient Transfer Service that transports patients to and from scheduled healthcare appointments, a Clinical Communications Centre answering 111 calls, and Event Medical support to a huge number of community, sporting and festival events. We also teach our communities lifesaving CPR skills through The Lloyd Morrison Foundation Heartbeat Programme.
Wellington Free Ambulance has been described as having a boutique feel due to the specific region we serve. Our region covers an area from Cook Strait in the south to just north of Waikanae around Peka Peka on the Kāpiti Coast. In the Wairarapa, our area goes as far north as Mt Bruce. In total, around 500,000 people call our region home. Thanks to our boutique feel, when you join you become part of our whānau and really do make a huge impact on our communities!
Wellington Free Ambulance is committed to building an inclusive workforce with a focus on equity, diversity and inclusion to provide a stronger internal and external culture and to improve our organisational performance. We value and embrace differences in all people and encourage diverse ways of thinking and being.
Job Description
About the Role
We’re looking for a motivated and community-minded individual to join our Fundraising and Communications team to cover a 7-month Parental leave contract as a Heartbeat Assistant. In this role, you’ll support the Heartbeat Manager to improve community out of hospital cardiac arrest outcomes. Engaging, coordinating and delivering life-saving CPR education and training across the region.
You’ll also help with the sales, maintenance, and promotion of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces, ensuring more communities are prepared in an emergency.
We’re hoping to have someone start in December to begin training. We understand December can be a busy month, so we’re flexible—if you’d like to work fewer hours during training, we can make that work!
We’re flexible with hours and can offer between 32 and 40 hours per week to suit your availability.
This role acts as a key link between Wellington Free Ambulance and the wider community helping to build strong, lasting relationships.
Key tasks
Maintaining database and registrations for all AEDs.
Recording and analysing statistics for Heartbeat courses and AED sales.
Supporting the promotion, sales, and maintenance of public AEDs.
Raising POs, receiving goods and assisting with stock take.
Assisting with the coordination of CPR education and training with the potential to teach.
Engaging with community groups, schools, and businesses to build awareness and participation.
Working collaboratively across the organisation, especially within the Fundraising team.
Representing Wellington Free Ambulance at community events and training sessions.
Desired Skills and Experience
You will bring
To succeed in this role, you will need to be organised. It is essential you have strong written and verbal communication skills, as you’ll be engaging with a variety of community groups, schools, and corporate partners.
You should also be comfortable using Microsoft Office programs such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook to support training materials, communications, and reporting.
While not essential, it would be highly advantageous if you hold a Resuscitation Council Certificate (Level 7) or have prior experience specifically related to CPR training and cardiac health.
