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10 Top New Zealand recruitment agencies
You could look for a job in New Zealand on your own – or you could choose one of the New Zealand recruitment agencies on our list to help you instead.
Recruiters are often the first to know about job openings and already have the contacts you’ll need to land a job.
You’ll find recruiters working across various industries below, plus tips on choosing a recruiter that’s right for you.
10 of New Zealand’s top recruiters
1. Adecco
Adecco has branches in 14 cities across New Zealand. Their recruiters can assist with jobs for various industries, including engineering, construction, and healthcare and medical. You can create an online profile or contact the team to get started, and you can set up alerts for new jobs on Adecco’s website.
2. Advanced Personnel
Advanced Personnel is a recruitment agency that places people across various industries, including engineering and manufacturing, infrastructure and construction, IT, food processing and logistics, and hospitality. The group has offices in Christchurch, Auckland North Shore and Manukau, Hamilton, Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, and Invercargill.
https://advancedpersonnel.co.nz
3. Drake New Zealand
Drake New Zealand can connect you with jobs in several industries, from healthcare and IT to engineering and education. These recruiters have 10 offices across New Zealand. You can also sign up for job alerts on the website and access career advice.
4. Enterprise Recruitment
Enterprise has been going strong for 50 years and has five office locations across New Zealand. Their team covers various industries, including construction, engineering, and trades and services. Enterprise also works alongside The Talen Hive, a Christchurch-based recruitment company specialising in engineering and IT recruitment. You can browse jobs by industry and occupation or region on their website.
5. HQ Recruiting
HQ Recruiting has two offices, one in Auckland and one in Wellington. The company has over 20 years of experience and works with candidates in early childhood education and IT sectors.
6. Superior Personnel
Superior Personnel connects job seekers with opportunities in Auckland, Waikato, Canterbury, and the Bay of Plenty. The team specialises in commercial and industrial recruitment, including manufacturing, logistics, infrastructure, and trades. You’ll find vacancies on their website and a blog with career advice.
7. Tradestaff
Tradestaff has been in business for 25 years and has 11 branches across New Zealand. Their areas of specialisation are the trades and industrial sectors, including construction, plumbing, manufacturing and processing.
8. Accent Health Recruitment
ACCENT Health Recruitment specialises in recruiting medical and healthcare professionals from overseas for jobs in New Zealand. They recruit doctors, nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals. You can read case studies on their website to hear from previous clients and find out how ACCENT helps job seekers.
9. Recruit IT
As the name suggests, Recruit IT assists digital and technology professionals with finding jobs in New Zealand. Established in 2006, Recruit I.T. has offices in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. You can browse jobs on Recruit IT’s website, where you’ll also find a handy salary guide.
10. New Kiwis
New Kiwis is not a job agency but a free employment service to migrant job seekers and Zealand employers. Applicants can upload their CVs and search the job section, while employers use the site to search for candidates and post vacancies. You can thank the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Immigration New Zealand (MBIE) for this initiative.
Here’s how having a recruiter in New Zealand can benefit your job hunt from overseas:
Let’s start with what a recruiter does – recruiters match job seekers with suitable positions available at their clients, i.e., employers.
A recruiter worth their salt will guide and support you throughout the hiring process. In an ideal world, the right recruiter for you will become a consistent source for new opportunities.
This is how having that kind of support can help you when job hunting from abroad:
Saves you time
Planning a move to another country sometimes seems like a neverending to-do list! Working with a recruiter means taking some of those tasks off your plate. You can leave job searching, dealing with employers, and setting and following up on interviews with your recruiter.
Insights into New Zealand’s way of working
A New Zealand recruiter can advise you on how things are done in New Zealand. For example, what’s important to New Zealand employers, how interviews typically work, and how your CV should look.
This type of advice will help you excel in your job search!
Strong cheerleader on your side
Employers often hesitate to hire candidates from overseas, but a recruiter passionate about placing you can make a strong case for why you’re worth the ‘risk’. You can further strengthen your case by ensuring you qualify for a work visa.
Insider knowledge
Recruiters often find out about job openings or get access to exclusive roles early. Recruiters will also know about shifts in the industry. For example, employers could start expecting candidates to have experience in new software. You won’t know this when job hunting from across the globe.
How do you choose a recruiter?
Here are tips for choosing a recruiter that’s right for you:
- Choose a recruiter who specialises in your industry: Recruiters who focus on one area will better understand roles, job requirements, and hiring trends. Even better? That’s a recruiter that’s worked in your industry themselves.
- Listen to what they say when you first talk: Great recruiters will give you specific advice based on the information you shared. They’ll also ask specific questions to better understand your needs and where you’re coming from.
- Learn more about the recruiter’s process: Ask how the recruiter finds jobs, approaches employers, and markets your CV.
- Ask for references and check them: Talk to clients about their experience with the recruiter and ask if they’d use the person again.
It’s also important to consider how the recruiter comes across. Does it feel like they will care about your career? Is their dealings with you professional, and do you think you’ll get along with them?
If the answer to each question is a resounding ‘yes’, give the recruiter the green light to start finding you the perfect job.
Please note: Intergate Emigration is not affiliated or associated with any of these recruiters, and cannot guarantee service levels.
- Published in Latest posts, Tips for Your Move to New Zealand, Working in New Zealand
Partner Work Visa changes coming in April 2023
In December 2022, Immigration New Zealand was set to implement partner work visa changes.
However, on 5 December 2022, Immigration Minister Michael Wood announced that New Zealand had deferred the changes to April 2023.
This amended implementation date is now fast approaching.
What changes is Immigration New Zealand implementing?
Currently, the partners of migrants with Accredited Employer Work Visas can apply for a visa based on their relationship to the visa holder. Successful applicants have open work rights in New Zealand. That means the visa holders is able to work in New Zealand for any employer.
However, once the changes to the partner work visas come into effect:
- partners will only be eligible for Visitor Visas, and
- must qualify independently for an AEWV to be able to work in New Zealand.
Why this big shift?
The main reason for the change to the partner work visas is that Immigration New Zealand (INZ) wants to focus on bringing critical skills into the country.
“A key feature of the rebalance is a focus on building the skills that New Zealand needs, as opposed to the old system, which had a focus on large volumes of low wage labour in some sectors. This is a shift, but it will be better for the New Zealand economy, and it will reduce the unacceptable levels of migrant exploitation that the old settings facilitated”, Minister Woods explained in his press release.
Minister Woods added, “The number of partners of temporary migrant workers coming to New Zealand grew significantly in the years prior to COVID-19, as did temporary migrant worker numbers. While partners of temporary migrant workers work in a variety of roles across New Zealand, they tend to be concentrated in lower-paying sectors.”
In conclusion, Minister Woods said, “Given the aim of the rebalance, it is important that we ensure the integrity of the system by recruiting for genuine skill shortages for both the primary applicants and their partners.”
What should you do?
Migrant couples where one partner wishes to apply for an Accredited Employer Work Visa must do so as soon as possible.
Once the changes come into effect, INZ will apply the legislation changes to any new visa applications it receives.
Get started today!
If you have a job offer from an accredited New Zealand employer, book a consultation call with us today.
Our team will work with you to compile your visa application and submit it as quickly as possible.
You’ll be in good hands!
Our advisors, Katrin Maja O’Flynn and Maike Versfeld, are registered and licensed with New Zealand’s Immigration Adviser Authority (IAA).
Don’t just take our word for it. Read what our clients have had to say about working with us on Google.
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Green List and Employer Accreditation changes announced
On 12 December 2022, New Zealand announced changes to the Green List and Employer Accreditation.
The Green List is getting more occupations under the Straight to Residence pathway and more professions in general. Eligible accredited employers are getting an extension on their accreditation.
Expansion of the Green List
From 15 December 2022, New Zealand is moving registered nurses, midwives, and all medical doctors from the Work to Residence to the Straight to Residence Green List pathway.
Under Work to Residence, professionals need 24 months of work experience in New Zealand, while it’s not necessary under Straight to Residence.
In March 2023, more changes are coming:
- New Zealand will add auditors to the Straight to Residence Green List pathway.
- New Zealand will add the following professions to the Work to Residence Green List pathway:
- Civil construction supervisors
- Gasfitters
- Drainlayers
- Skilled crane operators
- Skilled civil machine operators
- Halal slaughterers
- Skilled motor mechanics
- Skilled telecommunications technicians
- All secondary school teachers (in addition to the specialisations already on the Green List)
- Primary school teachers
What are the Green List pathways?
The Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) has three residence pathways:
- Work to Residence
- Straight to Residence
- Highly Paid Residence
Visa applicants must have an occupation on the Green List to qualify for either of the first two pathways.
Accredited Employer Work Visa employer accreditation extension
Employers with accreditation who made their first application by 4 July 2023 will get an automatic extension of their accreditation by 12 months.
This extension will be a once-off, but Immigration New Zealand hopes it provides employers with certainty that they’ll continue to have access to skilled labour with the additional cost and administrative burden of reapplying for accreditation.
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The Parent Resident Visa is open again!
As of 12 October 2022, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is accepting new Expressions of Interest for the Parent Resident Visa.
New Zealanders and their parents have welcomed this news, especially since INZ has reduced the sponsor requirements and increased the number of visas.
When do applications open?
Migrants who want to apply for a Parent Resident Visa must first submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to Immigration New Zealand (INZ).
INZ started accepting EOIs on Wednesday, 12 October. Any EOIs that INZ receives from this date go into a ballot, from where INZ will make a random selection. The first selection happens in August 2023 and every three months after that.
Migrants whose EOIs get selected and get invitations to apply can submit applications for the Parent Resident Visa.
What about Expressions of Interest submitted before the Parent Resident Visa closed?
The Parent Resident Visa temporarily closed in 2019, with plans to reopen it in 2020. Unfortunately, COVID hit, which meant it didn’t happen.
At the time of the closure, many migrants already had EOIs in the system for the Parent Resident Visa.
Immigration New Zealand is keeping those EOIs and will select EOIs from the pool in the date order they were received. These selections will start on 14 November 2022 and happen every three months after that.
At this time, INZ can’t tell how long it’ll take them to select all existing EOIs. However, INZ has said they’ll publish accurate timeframes as soon as possible.
Migrants who no longer want to apply for a Parent Resident Visa can withdraw their EOI. Migrants will also get the opportunity to update their EOI if necessary.
What are the changes for sponsors?
Immigration New Zealand has lowered the income requirements for sponsors, i.e., the adult children of applicants.
INZ also allows two adult children, rather than just an adult child and their partner, to combine their income to sponsor parents.
Furthermore, a sponsor only needs to earn 1.5 times the New Zealand median wage instead of twice the median wage. This limit increased by half the median wage for each joint sponsor or additional parent.
These reduced requirements apply to EOIs already in the queue and EOIs submitted from 12 October 2022.
How many visas are available?
Immigration New Zealand has increased the number of Parent Resident Visas available each year from 1,000 to 2,500.
There’s no hurry to submit an EOI right away!
Immigration New Zealand has advised that migrants wait until closer to August 2023 to submit their Expressions of Interest. EOIs stay in the queue for two years, so submitting an EOI closer to August will mean it’s in the queue longer if it’s not selected the first time.
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We’re excited to announce that we’re working with a New Zealand recruitment firm to find candidates for five job openings at a leading New Zealand engineering consultancy in the power industry.
These candidates must meet the job requirements and New Zealand’s work visa requirements.
The openings are for the following jobs:
- Principal/Senior Communications & Control Engineer
- Principal/Senior Primary Design Engineer
- Senior Protection and Secondary Design Engineer
- Power System Analysis (PSA) Engineer
- Senior Power System Analysis (PSA) Engineer
Keep on reading for the description and requirements of each role.
If you’re interested in a position, please book a consultation call with our licensed advisor Katrin Maja O’Flynn. Katrin will talk you through the immigration assessment process and explain the way forward.
1. Principal/Senior Communications & Control Engineer
The Principal/Senior Communications & Control Engineer uses their specialist knowledge to design and deliver solutions and provide technical guidance to others.
Commercial responsibilities involve quoting, planning, and managing projects, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget and to the agreed standards of quality.
Required Experience:
Ten years of industry experience, preferably with engineering consultancy experience.
Responsibilities:
The technical activities carried out by the Communications & Control Engineer are likely to include:
- Project evaluation, scoping, specification and quoting
- Research, design, solutions development, feasibility study and assessment
- Research, strategy development and creation of technology roadmaps, as they apply to the power industry
- Engineering of solutions for telecommunication and IT aspects within the power industry, including:
- Fiber optic networks
- Radio network design for point-to-point and multipoint applications
- Mobile radio and telemetry solutions
- AC reticulation and DC system design
- Earthing and lightning protection
- Cabling networks
- CCTV and security system
- Synchronisation and timing techniques
- SCADA systems, processes, architecture and protocols
- LAN, WAN, internetworking and development of IP topology and architectures, substation hardened networking and industrial networking solutions
- Digital power line carrier
- Communication solutions for protection signalling service requirements
- Definition and design of architecture for multi-layered service-oriented networked solutions, applicable to critical infrastructure
- Awareness and familiarity with cyber security methodologies, architectures, standards and industry best practices applicable to the power industry
- Familiarity with products and FCAPS techniques, applied to NMS and OSS infrastructure requirements
- An awareness and knowledge of IoT, data analytics and their application to the power industry
The project management and commercial aspects of the work involve:
- Managing projects and attending regular meetings, to discuss the best way to move projects forward
- Participating in conference calls and meetings, to discuss products, action plans and team performance
- Attending briefings on new networks and new products
- Managing resources, including budgets, physical resources and project members
- Preparing high-quality written reports and presentations, for management and customer review
- Identifying business development opportunities and assisting in tendering, quoting and customer development
- Ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed standards of quality
Key Result Areas:
- Technical quality of design deliverables
- Project performance: Time and budget
- Engineering design and judgement
- Project performance: Client expectations
Key Skills and Personal Qualities:
- Technical ability and knowledge
- A very good understanding of protection and secondary design
- Organisational skills
- Adaptability and the ability to learn new skills quickly
- Good presentation and communication skills
- Skilled technical authoring and a good aptitude for report writing
- The ability to work efficiently and effectively with minimal supervision
- The capability to concentrate under pressure, to meet tight deadlines
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Business/commercial awareness
- The ability to work well within a team and individually
- The ability to innovate and identify both business and technical opportunities, while carrying out day-to-day duties
- Excellent project and people management skills
2. Principal/Senior Primary Design Engineer
The Primary Design Engineer shall demonstrate experience and sound judgement in both commercial and technical responsibilities.
The technical aspect of the role includes using specialist knowledge to design and deliver solutions, as well as providing technical guidance to other markets and teams.
Commercial responsibilities involve quoting, planning and managing projects, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget and to the agreed standards of quality.
Required Experience:
Candidates shall either have at least ten years of experience (Principal) or at least six years of experience (Senior) working in primary design, preferably in New Zealand or Australia.
Alternatively, candidates may demonstrate suitable experience from an equivalent utility sector overseas.
Previous experience in a design consultancy is also an advantage.
Responsibilities:
The technical activities carried out by the Primary Design Engineer are likely to include:
- Acting as the lead designer for primary aspects of a huge variety of projects
- Liaising with civil/structural resources, suppliers and subcontractors, to deliver the design required for our extensive range of clients
- Travelling to meet suppliers, customers and colleagues
- Negotiating project scope, product and technical solution requirements with customers
- Providing technical guidance to colleagues, junior engineers and other teams
- Attending conferences and seminars, to network and keep up to date with the latest developments in the sector
- Liaising with internal and external customers
- Working to tight timescales, as part of a high-performing team
- Arranging process meetings
- Rewriting or modifying processes, to ensure that all aspects of the service run smoothly and to schedule
- Technical writing and authoring of comprehensive reports for a variety of audiences and topics, including technical solutions, strategic papers, concept/detailed design reports, technical roadmaps, asset plans and briefing papers
The commercial aspects of the work involve:
- Managing projects and attending regular meetings, to discuss the best way to move projects forward
- Taking financial and commercial ownership of all project aspects allocated to you
- Participating in conference calls and meetings, to discuss products, action plans and team performance
- Attending briefings on new networks and new products
- Managing resources, including budgets, physical resources and project members
- Preparing high-quality written reports and presentations, for management and customer review
- Identifying business development opportunities and assisting in tendering, quoting and customer development
- Ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed standards of quality
Key Skills and Personal Qualities:
You will need to show:
- Technical ability and knowledge
- An excellent understanding of primary electrical design
- Organisational skills
- Adaptability and the ability to learn new skills quickly
- Good presentation and communication skills
- Skilled technical authoring and a good aptitude for report writing
- The ability to work efficiently and effectively with minimal supervision
- The capability to concentrate under pressure, to meet tight deadlines
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Business/commercial awareness
- The ability to work well within a team and individually
- The ability to innovate and identify both business and technical opportunities, while carrying out day-to-day duties
- Excellent project and people management skills.
3. Senior Protection and Secondary Design Engineer
The Senior Protection and Secondary Design Engineer shall demonstrate experience and sound judgement, in both commercial and technical responsibilities.
The technical aspect of the role includes using specialist knowledge to design and deliver solutions and providing technical guidance to others.
Commercial responsibilities involve quoting, planning and managing projects, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget and to the agreed standards of quality.
Required Experience:
Candidates shall have at least six years of experience working in protection and secondary systems design, preferably in New Zealand or Australia.
Alternatively, candidates may demonstrate suitable experience from an equivalent utility sector overseas.
Previous experience in a design consultancy and/or New Zealand distribution company is also an advantage.
Responsibilities:
The technical activities carried out by the Protection and Secondary Design Engineer are likely to include:
- Travelling to meet suppliers, customers and colleagues, based in other offices
- Negotiating project scope, product and technical solution requirements with customers
- Providing technical guidance to colleagues and other teams
- Attending conferences and seminars, to network and keep up to date with the latest developments in the sector
- Liaising with internal and external customers
- Analysing and interpreting data, to refine and improve power systems performance
- Working to tight timescales, as part of a high-performing team
- Arranging process meeting
- Rewriting or modifying processes, to ensure that all aspects of the service run smoothly and to schedule
- Technical writing and authoring of comprehensive reports, for a variety of audiences and topics, including technical solutions, strategic papers, concept/detailed design reports, technical roadmaps, asset plans and briefing papers
The commercial aspects of the work involve:
- Managing projects and attending regular meetings, to discuss the best way to move projects forward
- Participating in conference calls and meetings, to discuss products, action plans and team performance
- Attending briefings on new networks and new products
- Managing resources, including budgets, physical resources and project members
- Preparing high-quality written reports and presentations, for management and customer review
- Identifying business development opportunities and assisting in tendering, quoting and customer development
- Ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed standards of quality
Key Skills and Personal Qualities:
You will need to show:
- Technical ability and knowledge
- A very good understanding of protection and secondary design
- Organisational skills
- Adaptability and the ability to learn new skills quickly
- Good presentation and communication skills
- Skilled technical authoring and a good aptitude for report writing
- The ability to work efficiently and effectively with minimal supervision
- The capability to concentrate under pressure, to meet tight deadlines
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Business/commercial awareness
- The ability to work well within a team and individually
- The ability to innovate and identify both business and technical opportunities, while carrying out day-to-day duties
- Excellent project and people management skills
4. Power System Analysis (PSA) Engineer
The Power System Analysis (PSA) Engineer shall assist with analysis work underpinning generator connections. The role includes but is not limited to the following tasks:
- Project evaluation, scoping, specification and quoting
- Engineering of solutions for generation aspects of the power system
- Modelling and analysis of the power system, with knowledge of the following techniques:
- Load-flow and short circuit assessment
- Analytic techniques, including PV and QV analysis, for determination of power system limits
- Dynamic RMS simulations, for transient and voltage stability
- Generator control systems modelling, including AVR, PSS, OEL, UEL and speed governors
- Knowledge of scripting techniques (for instance, Python), within industry standard tools, such as PSS/E and PowerFactory, would be an advantage
- Experience in the use of Siemens PSS/E and DIgSILENT PowerFactory, to undertake system studies, would be highly advantageous
- Communicating results and solutions to our clients
Work experience:
Candidates shall have at least five years’ experience working in the power systems sector, preferably in New Zealand or Australia.
Alternatively, candidates may demonstrate suitable experience from an equivalent utility sector overseas.
Responsibilities:
The technical activities carried out by the Power Systems Analysis Engineer are likely to include:
- Travelling to meet suppliers, customers and colleagues, based in other offices around New Zealand and Australia
- Providing technical guidance to colleagues and other teams
- Liaising with internal and external customers
- Analysing and interpreting data, to refine and improve power systems performance
- Working to tight timescales, as part of a high-performing team
- Technical writing and authoring of comprehensive reports in English, for a variety of audiences and topics, including technical solutions, strategic papers, and concept/detailed design reports.
The management aspects of the work involve:
- Managing projects and attending regular meetings, to discuss the best way to move projects forward
- Participating in conference calls and meetings, to discuss products, action plans and team performance
- Managing resources, including budgets, physical resources and project members;
- Identifying business development opportunities and assisting in tendering, quoting and customer development
- Ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed standards of quality
Key Skills and Personal Qualities:
You will need to show:
- Technical ability and knowledge
- A good understanding of power systems analysis techniques, using a range of industry-standard tools
- Experience with power system analysis tools, such as DIgSILENT PowerFactory and PSS/E
- Organisational skills
- Adaptability and the ability to learn new skills quickly
- Good presentation and communication skills
- Skilled technical authoring and a good aptitude for report writing
- The ability to work efficiently and effectively, with minimal supervision
- The capability to concentrate under pressure, to meet tight deadlines
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Business/commercial awareness
- The ability to work well within a team and individually
- An ability to innovate and identify both business and technical opportunities, while carrying out day-to-day duties
5. Senior Power System Analysis (PSA) Engineer
The Senior Power System Analysis Engineer role includes but is not limited to the following tasks:
- Project evaluation, scoping, specification and quoting
- Engineering of solutions for generation aspects of the power system
- Modelling and analysis of the power system, with knowledge of the following techniques:
- Load-flow and short circuit assessment
- Analytic techniques, including PV and QV analysis, for determination of power system limits
- Dynamic RMS simulations, for transient and voltage stability
- Generator control systems modelling, including AVR, PSS, OEL, UEL and speed governors
- Knowledge of scripting techniques (for instance, Python), within industry standard tools, such as PSS/E and PowerFactory, would be an advantage
- Experience in the use of Siemens PSS/E and DIgSILENT PowerFactory, to undertake system studies, would be highly advantageous
- Communicating results and solutions to our clients
Work experience:
Candidates shall have at least six years of experience working in the power systems sector, preferably in New Zealand or Australia.
Alternatively, candidates may demonstrate suitable experience from an equivalent utility sector overseas.
Responsibilities:
The technical activities carried out by the Senior Power Systems Analysis Engineer are likely to include:
- Travelling to meet suppliers, customers and colleagues, based in other offices around New Zealand and Australia
- Providing technical guidance to colleagues and other teams
- Liaising with internal and external customers
- Analysing and interpreting data, to refine and improve power systems performance
- Working to tight timescales, as part of a high-performing team
- Technical writing and authoring of comprehensive reports in English, for a variety of audiences and topics, including technical solutions, strategic papers, concept/detailed design reports
The management aspects of the work involve:
- Managing projects and attending regular meetings, to discuss the best way to move projects forward
- Participating in conference calls and meetings, to discuss products, action plans and team performance
- Managing resources, including budgets, physical resources and project members
- Identifying business development opportunities and assisting in tendering, quoting and customer development
- Ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed standards of quality
Key Skills and Personal Qualities:
You will need to show:
- Expert level knowledge of PSS/E and PSCAD software tools, including advanced automation techniques using Python
- In-depth knowledge of the Australian National Electricity Rules (NER) S5.2.5
- Prior experience with generator connection studies in the National Electricity Market (NEM), including preparation of documentation
- Technical ability and knowledge
- A good understanding of power systems analysis techniques, using a range of industry-standard tools
- Experience with power system analysis tools, such as DIgSILENT and PowerFactory
- Organisational skills
- Adaptability and the ability to learn new skills quickly
- Good presentation and communication skills
- Skilled technical authoring and a good aptitude for report writing
- The ability to work efficiently and effectively, with minimal supervision
- The capability to concentrate under pressure, to meet tight deadlines
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Business/commercial awareness
- The ability to work well within a team and individually
- An ability to innovate and identify both business and technical opportunities, while carrying out day-to-day duties
Don’t forget to book your consultation call!
To learn more and to find out if you qualify for a New Zealand work visa, book a consultation call with our licensed advisor.
Please use the I have a job offer for New Zealand – Consultation option on her Calendly.
Our advisor will assess your eligibility to apply for a New Zealand work visa, talk you through your visa options, and explain how the process works. Our consultation calls are 30 minutes, and it’s a once-off 49€ fee.
Our team looks forward to hearing from you!
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Immigration News: July 2022
The wait is finally over – at 11.59pm on 31 July, New Zealand fully reopens to travellers! Student visa applications are also reopening at the same time.
Continue reading to learn more about these and other changes happening in July.
Visitor visa applications reopen!
From 11.59 pm on 31 July (NZST), applications for Visitor Visas will reopen.
Except for New Zealand and Australian citizens, all travellers to New Zealand will need a visa or New Zealand Electronic Authority (NZeTA) to enter the country.
Fee increases for group visitor visas
When visitor visa applications reopen, group visitor fees will increase:
- Approved Destination Status (China) will be NZ$90 per person, up from NZ$45
- Other group visitor visas will be NZ$110, up from NZ$65
Student visa applications also reopen!
Student visa applications reopen at the same time as visitor visa applications. New Zealand is ready to rebuild its high-value international education sector!
Fees and levies increase for student visas
Immigration New Zealand is introducing increases in immigration fees and levies for student visas. The cost for a student visa will be:
- NZ$375 for Band A (New Zealand)
- NZ$315 for Band B (Pacific)
- NZ$395 for Band C (Rest of World)
The amount students need for living costs while in New Zealand will also increase to:
- NZ$20,000 for a year of tertiary education, English language students and other non-compulsory education
- NZ$17,000 a year for students in compulsory education (Years 1 to 13 at a school)
- NZ$5,000 for applicants for post-study work visas.
The 2021 Resident Visa category is closing
New Zealand created the 2021 Resident Visa in September last year to “recognise the contribution migrants made during COVID-19”.
The 2021 Resident visa was a one-off, simplified pathway, primarily for migrants already in New Zealand but for some who still had to immigrate, too.
The deadline for applications is now fast approaching. Immigration New Zealand will stop accepting new applications for the 2021 Resident Visa at 11:59 pm on 31 July (NZST).
Skilled migrants eligible for a 2021 Resident Visa are encouraged to submit their applications before the closing date.
Stay up to date with the latest news from New Zealand
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New Zealand launches new investor migrant visa
On Wednesday, 20 July, New Zealand’s Minister for Economic and Regional Development, Stuart Nash, announced the launch of the new Active Investor Plus Visa.
The Active Investor Plus Visa is designed to encourage direct investment in high-growth New Zealand companies and replaces the existing Investor 1 and 2 Resident visas.
Why is New Zealand launching the Active Investor Plus Visa?
The New Zealand Government has made the latest change to New Zealand’s investor visa settings to attract experienced, high-value investors who’ll bring growth opportunities to local businesses.
The Active Investor Plus Visa will require applicants to commit to direct investments of NZ$5 million or more, and only 50% of that can be invested in listed equities. The minimum amount required for indirect investments will be $15 million.
“We want to encourage active investment into New Zealand, which generates more high-skilled jobs and economic growth compared to passive investment. This new visa category will also leverage the skills, experience and networks of migrants who will bring their access to global networks and global markets to help Kiwi companies grow faster and smarter,” Minister Nash said.
He added, “Overall, the visa changes are a win-win for New Zealand and migrant investors. Investors secure an opportunity to invest in smart and innovative New Zealand businesses that have the potential to be globally successful, and Kiwi businesses gain valuable skills, connections, and capital. This will make New Zealand more competitive in the international marketplace and take our businesses to the next level.”
What else is there to know about the new investor visa?
With the Active Investor Plus visa, New Zealand is improving the flexibility for investors by allowing them to invest over three years and maintain their investments up to the end of a fourth year.
Investors will have to spend at least 117 days, or around a month per year, in New Zealand over the four-year investment period. This requirement increased from 88 days in the existing investor category to ensure that investors actively get hands-on with local companies to help them grow.
When do applications open?
Immigration New Zealand will start accepting applications for the Active Investor Plus Visa on 19 September 2022.
It’s the end of Investor 1 and 2 visas
Unfortunately, the Active Investor Plus Visa launch spells the end of new applications for the existing Investor 1 and Investor 2 visas.
After 27 July 2022, Immigration New Zealand will no longer accept applications under these categories.
Applications submitted before that date won’t be affected by the closure, and Immigration New Zealand will assess those applications under current visa settings.
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Moving to New Zealand as a family: 6 Tips for parents
Remember the last time you tried to get your toddler to eat something new? It didn’t necessarily go down well, did it?
Children don’t always take to change immediately.
Now imagine the moment you tell your child you’re moving to New Zealand. That’s a change so much bigger than a new menu item.
Don’t worry, though!
While moving overseas with kids is not easy, it’s not Mission: Impossible either. As parents, you can make it a pleasant (even enjoyable!) experience for children of all ages with these six tips:
1. Breaking the news
Tell your children you’re moving to New Zealand as soon as you’re confident it will happen. Don’t wait until it’s time to pack up the house! Your children will need time to process the news and get used to the idea.
Get them on board by explaining the reasons for the move and sharing information about New Zealand.
Focus on things that would get your children excited. Do you like going to the beach? Tell them about New Zealand’s beautiful beaches. Even better – show them using Instagram or YouTube videos.
Encourage your children to ask questions, too! Give them honest answers in return. You must create a safe space for your children to communicate their concerns, fears, and curiosity right from the start.
Finally, make it clear that the family is doing this as a team and that you’ll need to work together for a successful and happy move.
2. Continue to communicate
It’s vital to check in with your children throughout your emigration. Find out how they’re feeling. Your kids are going to experience a range of emotions!
You can keep it casual. For example, have conversations at breakfast. It might also be a good idea to have one-on-one conversations. Children often open up more when talking to dad or mom alone.
Whatever your children’s emotions, let them get it all out. Your job is to listen and let your kids know you are there for them throughout this adventure.
3. Let your kids explore New Zealand
Unless you’ve already been to New Zealand, your children won’t know what to expect. That could make the prospect of moving daunting!
Introduce them to your soon-to-be-home as soon as possible with online guides, YouTube videos and age-appropriate books. You’ll also find many articles online with facts about New Zealand specifically for kids.
Once you know where in New Zealand you’ll live, research the city and neighbourhood together. You can ‘walk’ through areas with Google Street View.
Let your children guide the research. Ask them what activities and fun places they’d like to visit. These include parks, libraries, museums, zoos, and swimming pools.
Once your children are familiar with the sights and sounds of the city, ask them where they’d like to visit first. Set a date for soon after you arrive. That’ll give your kids something to look forward to.
4. Make your children feel involved
Making your children part of the planning process as much as possible is essential! It helps them feel valued. It also gives them a connection to their new home.
For example, let your children decide how they want to decorate their bedroom. You can also let them decide which of their belongings they’d like to pack or leave behind. Give some input but don’t control the process.
You can get teenagers involved on a larger scale. Get their input on the neighbourhoods where they’d like to live, what schools they’d like to go to, or show them houses you’re considering.
You don’t have to let them make the final decision about any of these, but consulting teenagers on decisions that’ll affect them (and taking their feedback on board) will foster goodwill.
5. Make time to say goodbye
Let your child have plenty of play dates with their friends before making the big move. Let them see grannies, grandpas, and other beloved family members often.
It’s important also to let children understand that their friendships and relationships with family aren’t at an end. Explain that they can stay in touch and do so once you’re in New Zealand.
Before you go, organise a farewell party with friends and family. You could do one big farewell or separate ones for the adults and kids.
Farewells will allow everyone to say goodbye before you leave. It’ll create great memories too! Take lots of photos and put them up in your new home.
6. Make the big day exciting
Kick off your family’s adventure on a high note by making the moving day special! Here are some ideas:
- Camp out together as a family in the lounge the night before. Watch movies on a laptop and have everybody’s favourite snacks ready!
- Prepare a special breakfast or go out to your favourite café one last time.
- Take a family photo in front of your house and frame it.
- Let grandparents drive you to the airport to give everyone extra time together.
- Ask everyone to share what they love most about where you’ve lived and what they’re most excited about your new home on the way to the airport.
- Pack an activity pack for each child, and hand them to your kids at the airport.
In summary
When you’re moving overseas as a family, open and regular communication with children is critical to address their feelings and concerns. Listen more than you talk!
To get your kids on board and looking forward to what lies ahead, involve them in the process and let them explore their new home online or through books. It’s essential also to give your children the chance to say goodbye to their friends and family. Don’t leave without doing so, or you’ll have unhappy children!
The final step to success is making the moving day special. There’ll be no time for tears when everyone is excited about the family’s new adventure.
- Published in Family Immigration, Latest posts, New Zealand Immigration Advice
New Accredited Employer Work Visa goes into effect on 4 July 2022
New Zealand is introducing the new Accredited Employer Work Visa on 4 July 2022.
With this visa, Immigration New Zealand is streamlining the immigration process while also addressing skills shortages in the country.
Here’s everything you should know:
1. The Accredited Employer Work Visa streamlines the immigration system
New Zealand is excited about its “rebalanced immigration system” that’ll incentivise and attract highly skilled migrants while simplifying the immigration processes for businesses.
At the centre of this rebalanced immigration system is the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV). The AEWV streamlines the system by replacing six work visas that were previously available:
- Essential Skills Work Visa
- Essential Skills Work Visa — Approved in principle
- Talent (Accredited Employer) Work Visa,
- Long Term Skill Shortage List Work Visa
- Silver Fern Job Search Visa (closed to new applications on 7 October 2019)
- Silver Fern Practical Experience Visa
There is no need to panic if you live and work in New Zealand on any of these visas. You can continue doing so until your visa expires or you no longer meet its conditions.
If you want to live and work in New Zealand after your visa expires, you may apply for the AEWV if you meet the requirements. If you don’t, you’ll have to explore other visa options.
2. There is a new Green List of occupations under the AEWV
Immigration New Zealand has issued a new skills shortage list called the Green List with 85 hard-to-fill roles in critical sectors of New Zealand’s economy.
You don’t have to work in a Green List occupation to apply for an AEWV, but it does offer three distinct advantages:
2.1. The Green List offers a fast track to residence
Migrants who qualify can come to New Zealand on an AEWV and apply for residence from September 2022.
Occupations on the Green List that offer a fast track to residence are in the following sectors:
- Construction
- Engineering
- Health and social services
- Primary industries and sciences
- ICT, electronics, and telecommunications
2.2. The Green List also offers a work-to-residence pathway
The Green List offers a work-to-residence pathway to skilled workers with occupations in:
- Health and social services
- Trades
- Agriculture
AEWV holders who qualify for work-to-residence cannot apply for residency immediately but can do so after two years of working in New Zealand.
2.3. PLUS, employers hiring for Green List occupations don’t have to advertise for the job check
New Zealand employers who want to hire a migrant on an AEWV in an occupation on the Green List do not have to advertise for the job check. The proviso is that the criteria for the role must at least match the occupation’s minimum requirements as it appears on the Green List.
3. The AEWV is valid for up to three years, and you must earn at least the median wage
You’ll get a visa valid for the duration of your employment, up to a maximum of three years, if your application for an AEWV is successful. To get the visa, you must earn at least the New Zealand median wage of NZ$27.76.
However, applicants from specific sectors, including construction and infrastructure, tourism and hospitality and the aged care sector, will be exempt from the minimum salary requirement.
Immigration New Zealand will issue two-year work visas for these exception categories instead.
After holding the visa for two years, migrants will have to spend 12 consecutive months outside of New Zealand before being allowed to apply for another AEWV.
4. Most dependent spouses or partners must apply for an AEWV in their own right to work in New Zealand
Your dependent spouse or partner will get a visitor visa to enter New Zealand. Most spouses and partners who then want to work in New Zealand must apply for an AEWV in their own right. These applications open from December 2022.
5. There are three steps to the AEWV process
To hire workers from overseas under the AEWV, New Zealand employers must have accreditation and pass a job check unless it’s an occupation on the Green List.
The job check is in place to ensure there aren’t suitable New Zealanders to fill the role that the employer is advertising.
Without accreditation and a job check, the employer can’t hire from overseas, and you can’t apply for an AEWV.
The three steps to the AEWV are thus as follows:
- The employer applies for accreditation, and Immigration New Zealand checks their credentials
- The job check, which is the assessment of the job details and any job advertising
- Your AEWV application, during which Immigration New Zealand assesses your credentials
Employer accreditation opened on 23 May, and Immigration New Zealand (INZ) estimated it would take 10 working days to process accreditation applications. Job check applications open on 20 June, and INZ expects to process those applications in 10 working days.
Contact us if you need help applying for an AEWV
There will surely be a rush of applications for the Accredited Employer Work Visa as soon as it opens on the 4th of July.
While Immigration New Zealand has said that it’ll process applications within 30 days, there is no telling if it’ll be possible to stick to this timeline.
Our advice to you is thus to submit your application as soon as possible! You can get started by booking an obligation-free consultation call with our licensed advisor to determine if you qualify for the AEWV.
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Immigration News: May 2022
On 11 May 2022, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced New Zealand would reopen to all tourists and visa holders at 11:59 pm on 31 July 2022. That is two months sooner than initially planned!
The announcement also included details of the New Zealand Government’s “rebalanced immigration system” to address the country’s immediate skill shortages and speed up the economic recovery from COVID-19.
1. New Zealand fully reopens on 1 August!
New Zealand closed its borders to the world in 2020 and started to gradually reopen to different visa and visitor categories earlier this year.
On the 1st of August or 11:59 pm on 31 July, New Zealand is finally reopening completely for all visitors and visa holders!
Prime Minister Ardern rightly said that this announcement is welcome news for families, businesses and New Zealand’s migrant communities.
Tourism Minister Stuart Nash added that bringing the final border opening date forward allows New Zealand to fully reconnect to the world in time for the country’s traditional peak visitor season.
“Our wider tourism sector is on the way to recovery. We will be fully open to the world in mid-winter, traditionally our quietest period for visitors. Bringing forward the date allows prospective travellers to apply for visitor visas well ahead of time before taking the next step to book a flight or a cruise for future travel,” Minister Nash said.
2. Change ahead for international students once New Zealand reopens
Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the full reopening of the border is a significant milestone for the educational sector, which can now start to rebuild sustainably. The focus was on volume in the past, but that will change with the focus shifting to value.
To facilitate this shift, Immigration New Zealand will implement these changes:
- Students in non-degree level courses will not get post-study work rights except where they are studying and working in specified shortages and skilled occupations.
- For degree-level and other eligible international students, the length of time they can work after their students will mirror the time they study in New Zealand. Masters and PhD students will retain the right to work in New Zealand for up to three years after their studies.
- Students will also not be able to apply for a second post-study visa in New Zealand.
3. Simplified immigration processes and a new occupation list to benefit skilled migrants and employers
The New Zealand Government has announced a “rebalanced immigration system” that’ll incentivise and attract highly-skilled migrants and simplify immigration processes for businesses.
The cornerstone of this rebalanced immigration is the new Green List that features 85 hard-to-fill roles in construction, engineering, trades, healthcare and tech.
The other key component is the new Accredited Employer Work Visa that comes into effect on 4 July 2022.
“Through the Accredited Employer Work Visa, employers won’t need to provide as much information, can use their own recruitment processes to prove no New Zealanders are available for work, and Immigration New Zealand will endeavour to have these visas processed within 30 days once an employer is accredited,” Prime Minister Ardern said.
One of the critical requirements of the Accredited Employer Work Visa will be that the visa applicant earns at least the median wage. The current median wage is NZD27.76 an hour, and it’s updated once a year.
The wage requirement does affect some industries more than others, but the New Zealand Government is working closely with those sectors to assist with the transition.
Individual workers are also affected, but Minister of Immigration Kris Faafoi announced that the Government would extend the visas of around 20,000 visa holders already in the country to ensure skilled workers stay in New Zealand. This extension will be specifically for visa holders with visas expiring before 2023. They’ll either get a six-month extension or a new two-year visa with open work conditions.
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