This New Zealand City Is Hiring Americans — and There Are 3,000 Jobs to Choose From

Looking to apply? Job opportunities are in tech, business, and more.

Calling all job hunters: the city of Wellington, New Zealand, is welcoming Americans to move and work in the county’s capital — touting its great work/life balance.
This New Zealand City Is Hiring Americans — and There Are 3,000 Jobs to Choose From
Looking to apply? Job opportunities are in tech, business, and more.

By Alison Fox Updated on August 7, 2023

Calling all job hunters: the city of Wellington, New Zealand, is welcoming Americans to move and work in the county’s capital — touting its great work/life balance.

The Kiwi city, which sits on the southern tip of the country’s North Island, is holding a recruitment campaign dubbed “ESC to Wellington,” the tourism board shared The city even set up a giant “esc” computer key in New York City to drive the point home.

“With opportunities to work in tech, business, and more, this compact and connected capital city is a place of, and for, change — a region of diverse communities, landscapes, and day-to-day experiences offering a real work-life balance. Or, as we like to call it, life-work balance,” John Allen, the WellingtonNZ CEO, said in a statement

Allen added the city wants “people in New York, across the U.S., and [the] world, to reflect on where they want to be and to consider Wellington a place to fulfill their career and lifestyle ambitions in equal measure.”

Currently, there are more than 3,000 job openings up for grabs in Wellington, which wannabe-expats can search online. These are in popular fields like film, tech, health, education, and more.