19/08/2026
Social Media Opportunity!
Trails Wellington is looking for help with our social media. We’d like your help in telling the stories of Wellington’s incredible trail network and connecting more people with the mahi happening across the region. We want to better showcase the people, activities, advocacy, projects and partnerships that make Wellington’s trails network special. This is an opportunity to work alongside a passionate community volunteer organisation.
Primarily, we want someone to run our channels - create content and put up posts. The goal is to reach and engage with our community. Success looks like channel growth and improved metrics.
About the opportunity
This is a doing role. It’s flexible, part-time, paid (approximately 3-4 hours per week) to support Trails Wellington’s communications and advocacy work. The role works closely with the Trails Wellington volunteer team. We’ll provide guidance on stories, updates and content from across our community and trail network. We’re looking for someone who can understand us, our community and help turn this into engaging and effective social media storytelling. Working alongside the Trails Wellington team, you’ll:
STORY TELL
Turn trail updates, volunteer stories and project milestones into compelling content. Promote our community events, supporters and partners. Showcase the mahi of our community, volunteers, trail groups, partners and supporters. Promote and support our trail advocacy and the benefits of trails for Wellington.
SOCIALLY ACTIVE
Create and post regular engaging content that tells our story and resonates with our community across social media channels. Manage our social media channels to grow engagement and reach more of our community.
SHARE
Share your advice and guidance on content, trends and opportunities. Providing advice on content creation, photography/video to drive improved engagement. You might contribute to our social media strategy and content approach to improve alignment with our community and our goals.
About you
We’re looking for someone who:
Is a confident online storyteller who can bring people, projects and community mahi to life
Understands how to create engaging content and build online engagement
Has experience and can demonstrate success in social media
Can work collaboratively with a small team, contributing ideas and initiative
Can communicate like you have an interest in Wellington’s outdoors, trails, community spaces and understand and have alignment with Trails Wellington.
This opportunity could suit a local social media professional, freelancer or small agency looking for flexible, meaningful work with a local, community-focused organisation.
If you’re passionate about storytelling, social media and Wellington’s trails, we’d love to hear from you. Get in touch at [email protected]
