Senior Producer, First Up

Te Tūranga – The opportunity 

An opportunity to work with New Zealand’s award-winning public media company. RNZ aims to strengthen Aotearoa and the Pacific through informative, challenging and entertaining content.

Te Mahi – About the job

First Up is RNZ’s early morning prelude to Morning Report.

Since 2019, First Up has offered early morning news and entertainment from 5am featuring a mix of world stories, correspondents, exclusive agenda-setting packages and interviews.

We’re after an experienced producer to join the lively, fun team and help continue to build on the audience and the great work First Up already does.

You will love breaking and explaining the news, be capable of packaging stories, have experience editing other people’s work (across audio and written pieces), be calm under pressure and have a good sense of humour.

This role is typically a day shift but there will be occasions where you might be required to fill in for the set-up producer/Executive producer as/when required.

Ōu Pūkenga - About You

Our ideal candidate will love working as part of a broader team and collaboratively with others. Experience successfully managing others is a must.

You’ll have a great track record for:

• Planning and delivering work under tight deadlines;
• Adopting an audience-first approach in exercising news judgement;
• Being flexible without compromising core standards;
• Leading in an inspiring way, helping solve problems in demanding situations and complex environments.

Ngā Hua: What we offer

• A friendly, welcoming and inclusive team/organisation.
• Development and regular training opportunities for our people.
• Competitive salary.
• Will match an employee’s KiwiSaver contribution up to 4%.
• Comprehensive parental leave over and above standard legislation.
• Comprehensive wellbeing support including access to a confidential support, guidance and counselling service.

Te Ahurea – Our Culture

At RNZ we are committed to fostering an inclusive and constructive culture. This means creating a place where our people feel like they belong and can do their best work. We do this through our attitudes; Be Bold, Better Every Day and Extend Manaakitanga.

This is a full-time role based in Auckland.

To apply for this role please complete your application on our careers site, including your covering letter and a CV. If applying through Seek you will be able to view and download a copy of the job description for this role after clicking Apply. 

Applications close: Sunday May 4 2025 unless filled prior. 

If you'd like to speak to someone about this role, please get in touch with the recruitment team on jobs@rnz.co.nz

RNZ is committed to the principles and practices of Equal Employment Opportunity and welcomes applicants reflecting New Zealand’s cultural and ethnic diversity.