Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (previously New Zealand AIDS Foundation) has been at the forefront of HIV prevention in Aotearoa for nearly 40 years.
With the same passion as those who have come before us, we’re continuing to work hard to prevent HIV transmission, reduce stigma, and maximise the wellbeing of those most affected. Through our community engagement, behaviour-change marketing campaigns, testing, and therapeutic support services, we reach people across the country.
Burnett Foundation Aotearoa offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, high-performing, and driven team that is committed to biculturalism and is an equal opportunities employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or age.
Graphic Designer | Kaiwhakatauira Whakanikoniko
Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours per week), Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
He angitūtanga: The opportunity
As Graphic Designer, you’ll play a key role in bringing our brand to life - turning strategy into bold, thoughtful, and culturally relevant visual work that resonates with our communities.
From social media and website content to physical collateral, merchandise, reports, and advertising across both mainstream and niche platforms (including spaces like Grindr and porn sites - always SFW), your work will span a wide and dynamic range of touchpoints. You’ll design across this ecosystem, ensuring everything is on-brand, accessible, and grounded in evidence and community insight.
You’ll collaborate closely with the Content Manager and wider Marketing team to deliver work that spans playful, provocative, and affirming - knowing when to push creatively and when to prioritise clarity, care, and cultural responsiveness.
A key highlight of this role is the opportunity to help shape and refine our refreshed brand. With a new brand rollout happening mid-year, you’ll be central to experimenting with, stretching, and evolving how it shows up in the world - helping to build out practical guidelines and real-world applications from the ground up.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both hands-on design and creative thinking - someone who can take a brief and run with it, contribute ideas, and help evolve our visual identity to better reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.
Key responsibilities:
- Design high-quality visual assets across campaigns, social media, advertising, print, and digital platforms
- Contribute to creative concepts and art direction, bringing ideas to life in engaging and innovative ways
- Ensure brand consistency while evolving and strengthening our visual identity
- Collaborate with the Content Manager and internal teams to deliver on briefs and priorities
- Support production processes, including working with suppliers and external partners
- Create and update resources such as website content, social media assets, paid media, reports, and printed materials
- Apply strong attention to detail across design, layout, and proofing
- Lead and contribute to illustration and animation work as a core part of the role
- Provide basic video editing support where needed
- Build effective working relationships across teams and with external partners
He kōrero mōu: About you
We’re looking for an amazing human with a strong creative instinct and a passion for design that connects with people - someone who understands our communities and can translate ideas into impactful visual storytelling.
You’ll bring:
- Proven graphic design experience, including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
- A strong creative eye and ability to generate original ideas and concepts
- Experience designing for digital platforms, including social media and web
- Strong illustration and/or animation skills, or a clear interest in developing these
- Understanding of content creation and social media environments
- Excellent attention to detail and high-quality design execution
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Basic video editing skills or a willingness to learn
- A thoughtful, professional, and sex-positive approach to sexuality and sexual health content
- Ability to work respectfully with communities impacted by HIV
While not essential, it would be beneficial to also demonstrate:
- Knowledge of HIV, sexual health, or behaviour-change marketing
- Experience working in or alongside rainbow and Takatāpui communities
- Lived experience in one or more of our priority populations
- Experience in the not-for-profit or public health sector
- Understanding of tikanga Māori and te reo Māori, or a commitment to learning
About us:
Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (formerly the New Zealand AIDS Foundation) has been a leading voice in HIV prevention and community wellbeing for nearly 40 years. Guided by kaupapa Māori-aligned practice, we honour our past while striving for a future where everyone affected by HIV thrives.
Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer
- One week of additional paid employer holidays on top of the minimum four weeks annual leave and public holidays
- A flexible working policy to support your work-life balance, including some work-from-home options
- Reimbursement of public transport fares and contribution to a bike or micro-mobility device
- Reimbursement for home office equipment of up to $800
- The opportunity to make a real difference in our communities
- A fun, safe, empowering, and sex-positive work culture
- Work that is meaningful, occasionally challenging, and sometimes a little bit cheeky - just like our communities
Tono mai: Apply now!
If you're interested in this role, please apply via Seek below.
We strongly encourage applications from Takatāpui, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with HIV, Māori, and people from high HIV prevalence countries - our priority populations.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or age.
Applications close: 11.59pm Sunday 19 April 2026
Please get in touch with Ciarin Butler-Smith at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Fundraising and Events Manager
Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours per week), Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Lead the work that fuels change
Change opens the door to new opportunities and right now, we’re building something special.
At Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, fundraising isn’t just about revenue, it’s about connection, community, and creating an Aotearoa where people living with or affected by HIV can thrive.
As we evolve our Fundraising Team, sharpen our strategy, and build for the future, we’re looking for a Fundraising and Events Manager to step into a pivotal leadership role and help shape what comes next.
Why this role matters
Every campaign, every partnership, every donation helps drive real impact, from prevention and education to support services and advocacy.
You’ll be at the center of it.
Building and leading a talented team and a diverse fundraising portfolio, you’ll bring together people, ideas, and opportunities to grow sustainable income and deepen our impact across Aotearoa.
What you’ll lead
This is a role with both scale and substance. You’ll:
- Shape and deliver our national fundraising strategy
- Build and lead a high-performing, passionate team
- Oversee multiple income streams, from partnerships and events to individual giving and philanthropy
- Build meaningful relationships with donors, partners, and communities
- Turn insight into action, and action into impact
What you'll bring
You’re equal parts strategist and doer. A relationship builder who can inspire trust and momentum. You likely have:
- Experience leading fundraising or revenue teams
- A track record of delivering growth across multiple channels
- The ability to bring people with you, internally and externally
- Strong commercial thinking, balanced with purpose and empathy
- But more than anything, you care about the why behind the work.
Why join us
At Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, you’ll be part of a team that leads with purpose, courage, and care. This is your chance to:
- Lead work that has visible, meaningful impact
- Shape the future of fundraising in a trusted national organisation
- Be part of an inclusive, values-led culture
- Work alongside people who are deeply committed to the communities we serve
About us
For over 30 years, Burnett Foundation Aotearoa has been at the forefront of the response to HIV in Aotearoa. Today, we continue that legacy, working towards zero HIV transmissions and a future where everyone can flourish.
Ready to lead what matters?
If you're interested in this role, please apply via Seek below.
We strongly encourage applications from Takatāpui, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with HIV, Māori, and people from high HIV prevalence countries - our priority populations.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or age.
Fundraising Specialist - Individual Giving
Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours per week), Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
About the role
We’re continuing to grow and strengthen our fundraising team, and we’re excited to welcome a Fundraising Specialist – Individual Giving into this next chapter.
With a renewed focus on strategy and supporter experience, this role is key to deepening relationships with our donor community.
You’ll lead the development and delivery of our individual giving programme, driving supporter acquisition, retention, and engagement.
From campaigns and appeals to donor journeys and data insights, you’ll ensure every supporter interaction is meaningful and impactful.
Every donation tells a story. A moment of connection. A decision to care. A belief in something bigger.
At Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, individual giving is at the heart of what we do, and we’re looking for a Fundraising Specialist – Individual Giving to help grow, nurture, and celebrate that community.
Why this role matters
Our supporters are more than donors, they’re part of our mission. This role is about creating meaningful journeys that inspire people to give, stay connected, and see the impact of their support over time.
What you'll do
You’ll bring together creativity, data, and strategy to grow our individual giving programme. You’ll:
- Lead supporter acquisition across digital, tele-fundraising, and face-to-face channels
- Develop engaging donor journeys that build loyalty and lifetime value
- Create compelling campaigns and appeals that connect emotionally
- Work closely with agencies and suppliers to deliver strong results
- Use insights and data to continuously improve performance
What you'll bring
You’re equal parts strategist and doer. A relationship builder who can inspire trust and momentum. You likely have:
- Experience leading fundraising or revenue teams
- A track record of delivering growth across multiple channels
- The ability to bring people with you, internally and externally
- Strong commercial thinking, balanced with purpose and empathy
- But more than anything, you care about the why behind the work.
Why join us
At Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, you’ll be part of a team that leads with purpose, courage, and care. This is your chance to:
- Lead work that has visible, meaningful impact
- Shape the future of fundraising in a trusted national organisation
- Be part of an inclusive, values-led culture
- Work alongside people who are deeply committed to the communities we serve
About us
For over 30 years, Burnett Foundation Aotearoa has been at the forefront of the response to HIV in Aotearoa. Today, we continue that legacy, working towards zero HIV transmissions and a future where everyone can flourish.
Apply now
If you're interested in this role, please apply via Seek below.
We strongly encourage applications from Takatāpui, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with HIV, Māori, and people from high HIV prevalence countries - our priority populations.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or age.
Fundraising Specialist - Partnerships
Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours per week), Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Build the relationships that power impact
Behind every meaningful partnership is a spark, a shared belief that together, we can do more.
At Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, partnerships aren’t transactional. They’re purposeful, long-term, and grounded in impact. As we grow and evolve, we’re looking for a Fundraising Specialist – Partnerships to help us expand that network and deepen those connections.
Why this role matters
The right partnerships don’t just fund our work, they amplify it. From corporate collaborators to trusts, foundations, and legacy donors, you’ll connect people and organisations to a cause that matters, creating opportunities that are mutually valuable and deeply meaningful.
What you'll do
This is a role for someone who thrives on connection and momentum. You’ll:
- Develop and grow strategic partnerships across corporate, government, and community sectors
- Lead Gifts in Wills and mid-level donor programmes, building lasting relationships
- Identify and secure funding through trusts and foundations
- Contribute to high-profile campaigns and events like Sweat with Pride and Big Gay Out
- Turn conversations into commitments, and commitments into long-term impact
What you'll bring
You’re a natural relationship builder with a strategic mindset. You likely have:
- Experience in partnerships, fundraising, or business development
- Confidence engaging with a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong communication and proposal writing skills
- The ability to spot opportunities and bring them to life
- And importantly, you understand that great partnerships are built on trust, authenticity, and shared purpose.
Why join us
- Work on partnerships that genuinely make a difference
- Be part of a collaborative, passionate team
- Help shape how we grow and innovate in fundraising
- Contribute to a mission that impacts communities across Aotearoa
About us
For over 30 years, Burnett Foundation Aotearoa has been at the forefront of the response to HIV in Aotearoa. Today, we continue that legacy, working towards zero HIV transmissions and a future where everyone can flourish.
Apply now
If you're interested in this role, please apply via Seek below.
We strongly encourage applications from Takatāpui, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with HIV, Māori, and people from high HIV prevalence countries - our priority populations.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or age.
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