Project Employ

☕ WE ARE HIRING!
We’re growing and looking for passionate people to join the Project Employ & Flourish Café team.

👨‍🍳 Chef
Bring your creativity to the kitchen! If you’re passionate about preparing fresh, quality food and creating menus that customers love, we’d love to hear from you.

☕ Barista
Do you make exceptional coffee and create beautiful latte art? Join our team and help deliver an outstanding café experience every day.

🤝 Job Coaches
Make a real difference by supporting young adults with intellectual disabilities to build confidence, develop workplace skills, and achieve meaningful employment.

💙 Work with purpose.
Join an organisation that’s changing lives through training, employment, and inclusion while being part of a supportive and passionate team.

📍 Based in Takapuna

👉 Apply today: Send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]

Know someone who would be perfect for one of these roles? Share this post and help us find our next amazing team members!

Whilst in the UK our CEO Sarah was lucky enough to revisit Team Domenica Cafés in Brighton 🇬🇧

They are doing amazing work for young people with learning disabilities and autism, which includes training in The North Star pub.

Thanks Lisa and team for making us feel so welcome, and for sharing your valuable insights 🌟

We’re so excited to introduce our newest Project Employ ambassador Atlanta Lolohea (*_*) 🎉

Atlanta is a professional athlete, currently playing for both the Blues and the Black Ferns rugby teams. She heavily values continuous growth in her life and enjoys learning new things.

In 2023, Atlanta was called into the Black Ferns environment as injury cover. Her professionalism and work ethic left a strong impression on selectors, leading to her securing her first Black Ferns contract in 2024.

Atlanta chose to become a PE ambassador because she believes that people with intellectual disabilities should be given more of an opportunity to grow and be comfortable anywhere in the work force.

Welcome to the team, Atlanta, and thank you for choosing to help neurodiverse young adults gain meaningful, paid employment and to live their best lives 👏

🏆 WE ARE FINALISTS – AND WE NEED YOUR VOTE! 🏆

Project Employ is incredibly proud to be named a Community Impact Award finalist in this year's New Zealand Founder Awards! 👏 👏
The Make It Happen (MIH) Founder Awards recognise businesses and entrepreneurs creating real impact, achieving growth, and inspiring others.

🗳️ HOW TO VOTE FOR US:
Click the link here: https://makeithappen.org.nz/2026awards
Cast your vote for Project Employ!
Share this post to help us spread the word.

What this award means to us:
This category celebrates businesses making a meaningful contribution to the local community through social impact. Winning would be an acknowledgement of everyone who believed in PE's Founder, Sarah Dann H***e and her vision of opening a training cafe.

We are proud to create a space where neurodiverse young adults are supported to:
Become work-ready
Gain meaningful paid employment
Live their best lives
Have their skills and outside-the-box thinking truly valued by employers

Thank you so much for your ongoing support! Together we are making a real difference to so many!
Flourish Cafe
https://www.projectemploy.nz/

Something big is coming… 👀 🧱🔨

Keep an eye on our socials over the next few days to see what we’ve been up to!

Any guesses what it might be? 🤔

Did you know that Project Employ has a monthly newsletter dedicated to our employment programme? We share news related to our graduates and offer tips and information for employers.

Here's the latest copy fresh off the press. Subscribe to have it delivered straight to your inbox.

https://www.projectemploy.nz/newsletter-archive/outside-the-box-june-2026

Contact [email protected] to find out how you can secure a hard working, motivated new team member for your business.

OUTSIDE THE BOX || June 2026 — Project Employ Kia ora tātou! Welcome to June’s edition of  Outside the Box . In this newsletter we share updates, tips, and opportunities from our employment programme.

Happy Monday from all at Project Employ and Flourish Cafe!

Today we’re doing a huge shout out of thanks to Sky City Community Trust. After seeing the impact our training and employment programmes are having on so many neurodiverse young adults, employers, and the wider community, they have awarded us a multi year grant 👏👏

This generous grant will help us increase the number of trainees learning in our Flourish Cafes; extend our hospitality and employability workshops; and provide more 1:1 Job Coach support.

It will enable our employment team to work alongside more businseses as they navigate hiring a more diverse workforce; and help us continue creating regular, natural interactions between our trainees and the local community.

So, on behalf of our 48 graduates, 11 current trainees, and all the neurodiverse young adults that we’re yet to have the pleasure of meeting, thank you Sky City Community Trust 🙏🙏

SkyCity Auckland