Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
- Training & Development Opportunities | Mentoring
- Varied, Impactful & Influential Mahi | Effect Change in your Community
- Te Wairoa & Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa | Wairoa and Gisborne, dual office position.
Te Puni Kōkiri is the government's principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development. We achieve strategic influence with a focus on providing high quality policy advice and holding other agencies to account for delivering public services to, for, and with Māori. This includes our mandate to promote Māori achievement in education, training, health and economic resource development along with performing our monitoring and mentoring roles.
Our vibrant, positive Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Rohe is looking for its next Kaitohutohu | Advisor. With mahi split between two offices (Te Wairoa and Tūranga-a-Kiwa) this opportunity affords someone local to Wairoa the chance to avoid most of the commute.
We offer a training and development pathway for the right candidate.
Te whai wāhitanga | The opportunity
In the community, kōrero, hui and wananga with local iwi and hapū, and being empowered to lead their own mahi the Kaitohutohu:
- Works with stakeholders across iwi, public and private sectors.
- Contributes to regional work programmes including providing policy advice on a wide range of kaupapa significant to Māori and Government.
- Assists in the development and management of investment proposals including those that help strengthen Māori businesses.
- Provides a range of research and analysis support to the Rohe.
Adaptable and resilient Kaitohutohu take a manaakitanga approach to their mahi.
The likely appointment range is $76,022 to $84,468 based on skills and experience. The full grade for this role is $76,022 to $101,362 per annum with a mid-point of $84,468
Mōu | About you
We are looking for candidates who have:
- A love of kōrero and wānanga. Including sharing ideas with colleagues, agencies and businesses.
- Critical reasoning, numerical, communication, technology (Databases and spreadsheets) and initiative skills.
- Have a basic understanding of businesses with the drive to grow their knowledge.
- An understanding of tikanga and are comfortable working in a kaupapa Māori environment - a degree of fluency in te reo Māori is beneficial to the mahi.
- A clean, full motor vehicle driver's licence.
We are open to receiving applications for candidates who have some knowledge of business and who want to make things better for their community. Perhaps you have owned a shop, have a passion for Māori enterprise or have partnered with local businesses before? Either way, we want to hear from you!
Tāu e whai ai | What you will get in return
Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate kaimahi focused on creating solutions that will help our communities. We are guided by our values of te wero, manaakitanga, he toa takitini and ture tangata.
There is more to life than just work and we encourage our kaimahi to maintain the right balance between mahi and their personal lives. Your whānau is just as important as you, so we're committed to providing incentives and opportunities that help our kaimahi and their whānau to thrive, including:
- A range of allowances including childcare, optical, hauora/wellbeing and te reo Māori proficiency
- Medical insurance discounts
- Flexible working options
- In house te reo Māori training
- Kaimahi development and career options, including study assistance
- Enhanced parental leave provisions
Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development
Te Puni Kōkiri is committed to our vision of 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau'. We consider that when whānau are thriving, so do their communities, hapū, iwi and all of Aotearoa. This underpins everything we do.
Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting Māori collective success. They do this by creating and maintaining relationships with iwi, hapū and whānau Māori and government at both a local and national level. It is this that enables Māori participation and success as Māori, and it is our people who will create a future where all whānau can thrive.
We invite applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We believe that diversity fuels innovation and enriches our collective strength. Your unique perspectives, skills, and heritage contribute to our mission of advancing Māori aspirations and well-being.
Tono mai | Apply Now!
Ka akiākina koe kia tukuna mai tō tononga i tēnei rangi tonu, kia whakapāngia rānei tētahi Ringa Taritari e kōrero ai mō ngā painga o tēnei whai wāhitanga, me tōna hāngai ki ō whāinga ā-umanga. Nau mai rā ko ngā tononga i te reo Māori, te reo Pākehā, te reorua rānei, ka mutu, e kore tō kōwhiringa reo e whai pānga kino ki tō tononga ahakoa te aha. Ka tirohia ai e mātou ngā tononga katoa, ka mutu, kite ana mātou i te tangata tika rawa atu, ka whakatūngia ko ia.
We encourage you to apply today or get in touch with one of our Recruitment Partners to discuss how this great opportunity will fit with your career goals. We welcome applications in te reo Māori, English, or both. Please be assured that applying in te reo Māori will not slow down or affect your application.
Tukuna mai tau tono ā-ipurangi | Please submit your application online. Īmēratia vacancy@tpk.govt.nz me he pātai āu | Please email vacancy@tpk.govt.nz with any pātai.
Ka aukati ngā tono hei te Rātapu 13 Paengawhāwhā ā te 11.55pm | Applications close on Sunday 13 April 2025 at 11.55pm.