Careers

Join us and become part of the Youthtown crew! 

We have job opportunities across Aotearoa

Welcome to Youthtown Careers! ​​​​​​​

At Youthtown, we take pride in how we engage and develop young people across Aotearoa. Our success is driven by our incredible staff, who create fun, safe, and inclusive programs that inspire every young person to reach their full potential.

With a legacy of youth development since 1932, joining Youthtown means becoming part of a close-knit team dedicated to making a positive impact. We offer a fantastic culture, real opportunities for growth, and we’re renowned for looking after our staff. Our core values—Empowering Others, Connectedness, Diversity, Commitment to Our Purpose, and Young People—are at the heart of everything we do. If these values resonate with you, come join us!

We employ over 250 people nationwide in a variety of roles. Our Team Leaders, Programme Leads, and Programme Team Members, who bring our Youthtown programs to life, are supported by exceptional teams behind the scenes.

As an organization focused on youth, we’re also proud to develop young people within our own team. 

Once you’re on board we want you to succeed, so we focus on your development to enable you to be the best you can be. We’re proud of the impact we make on young people and we’re excited to welcome you to the team!

Current Vacancies

Youthtown Board Member

At Youthtown, we remain committed to unlocking the potential of every young person, staying true to our vision: “To empower all young people in New Zealand to be the best they can be." 

Joining the Youthtown Board will give new Board members the opportunity to contribute to the future direction of an iconic New Zealand youth development organisation. Youthtown is a vibrant organisation, with lots of energy, talented staff and enthusiasm to do great things and make a difference in young people’s lives and their futures. 

The Board wishes to appoint up to 2 Board members with an emphasis on the following competencies. We would expect successful candidates to have at least 2-3 of the first four competencies as areas of significant skills and experience, both in breadth & depth: 

Youthtown values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We are keen to have candidates selected by early March 2025, run an induction process through March 2025, and have the new Board members attend their first Board meeting in late March 2025. 

To apply for the role, please click apply now. For more information about the role please read the full role description. 

Applications close on Friday 28th February 2025. 

Programme Team Member

Queenstown.

We are looking for awesome Programme Team Members to join our team delivering a variety of exciting and engaging activities to children on our Youthtown After-school & holiday programmes.

We are not babysitters here… we are a dedicated team, empowering young people to be the best they can be!

This is a permanent part-time role for 17.5 hours per week, 2.30pm to 6.00pm Monday - Friday. The ideal candidate must be available for additional hours during the school holidays

We also have multiple casual shifts available, days and hours of work vary, and shifts are rostered based on availability. If you are keen to work casual hours, please indicate this in your cover letter.

If you don't see a role that's right for you right now, why not send us your details so we can contact you if something suitable comes up! Click here to express your interest.