But the politically active 22-year-old wants more young people stepping up to the plate in future local body elections.
Mr Jones was just 19 years old when he was elected to the West Harbour Community Board in 2016, joining the likes of long-serving stalwarts Jan Tucker and Trevor Johnson at the table.
He has since found himself sitting on Local Government New Zealand's community boards executive committee, representing the 25 community boards of Otago and Southland in Wellington.
This week, he confirmed he had decided not to seek a second term on the West Harbour board after "long and hard consideration".
After recently completing his studies at the University of Otago, Mr Jones said he planned to work in "the public housing space" and then travel, meaning he could not commit to another three-year term on the West Harbour board.
"When you're standing in the election you sort of are making that commitment, and I'm not keen on forcing a by-election or anything like that."
However, he would not rule out a future election campaign - for a community board, council or even national politics - and in the meantime hoped to encourage more young candidates to stand.
When elected in 2016, just 6% of elected members were under the age of 40, although by earlier this week about 100 candidates aged under 40 had put in nominations for local body elections, which was "an encouraging sign", he said.
"Hopefully it does increase and hopefully there are younger people as well who put their names forward, because there does need to be a healthy turnover.
"I would note that some people on my board and other boards ... have been on those boards longer than I've been alive, so hopefully there is a bit of a shift there."
And in the meantime, he would continue to be a supporter of the role played by community boards.
"I'm always going to be a staunch advocate for community boards and the role they play in sort of getting the voices of their community to the council table."
