Manager Community and Whānau Wellbeing - Te Waipounamu - NPHS

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Contribute to transforming the future of health in a rewarding role focused on making a difference and leading change
• Permanent, full-time role based in Christchurch

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role

We have an opportunity available to join our Te Waipounamu regional team as a Manager Community and Whānau Wellbeing. This is a permanent, full-time role with the primary purpose to achieve improved public health outcomes by leading teams of multi-skilled professional promotion, prevention and public health nursing kaimahi in a new way of working that puts whānau at the centre and is aligned with and will deliver Pae Ora.

This role will see you providing leadership in driving a culture of permission giving, connection, continuous improvement and strong partnership with communities and partners.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The National Public Health Service (NPHS) within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, work towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.

About you

You are an experienced leader able to nurture and develop a team to make them feel valued. You're open to new ideas and create a culture where individuals at all levels bring their ideas on how to ‘do it better' to the table. You're able to work collaboratively across the sector and organisational boundaries to influence contributions to better outcomes for our whānau and communities. 

Skills and Experience

• A bachelor's degree, ideally clinical, in relevant field or comparable experience working at a senior leadership level
• Proven experience in public health leadership and leading Māori and/or Pacific teams
• 5+ years' experience in varied environments with responsibilities for achieving equitable health outcomes and responsiveness to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Established relationships with iwi/hapū and/or Pacific communities and leaders
• Demonstrated mature communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to write and present in a clear, persuasive, and impactful way, to influence others to embrace change, and to develop, unify and maintain strong internal and external relationships essential for achieving sustainable outcomes

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 28 February 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Elismha Lubbe at Elismha.Lubbe@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz