Kaitohu Matua, Pāpāho - Senior Advisor (Communications) Strategy

Kaitohu Matua, Pāpāho | Senior Advisor, Communications
Te Puni Rautaki | Strategy
Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development

Location: Te Tari Matua, Pōneke | National Office, Wellington

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Communications Advisor who is looking to gain meaningful experience in our Strategy Team!

The Strategy team is responsible for supporting the strategic direction setting for Te Puni Kōkiri. This team provides the Executive Leadership Team with relevant insights and context to inform strategic decision making and facilitates strategy development processes to make those decisions.

Additionally, the team will also be responsible for the delivery of the communications and engagement strategy both internally and externally across a wide range of channels. They play an important role in engaging media, particularly Māori media and external stakeholders (including iwi, public and public sector communications leaders) to support the delivery and achievement of Te Puni Kōkiri kaupapa.

Te whai wāhitanga | The opportunity

The Senior Advisor, Communications plays an important role of supporting the Manager Strategy to deliver professional communications services and products to various client groups across the organisation.

Given the diverse nature of Te Puni Kōkiri work, the Senior Advisor will have the opportunity to provide communications support on a variety of projects related to Whānau Taurikura - Thriving Whānau.

The role reports to the manager of the Strategy Team and is based in National office in Wellington.

You will:

• Contribute to the development and production of high-quality communications.
• Provide effective management of media services for Te Puni Kōkiri.
• Support the strengthening and maintenance of our brand.
• Contribute to the development of communications capability across Te Puni Kōkiri.

The appointment range for this role is between $104k - $115k per annum and the salary will be determined based on the successful candidate's skills and experience.

Mōu | About you

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Exceptional relationship management skills. Can quickly build in-person rapport with a range of stakeholders.
• Successful experience operating within a Public Service environment with knowledge and understanding the Machinery of Government, Policy process.
• Proficiency with Microsoft packages especially outlook, word, excel and PowerPoint.
• Presentation skills and the personal credibility to be able to speak with authority on behalf Te Puni Kōkiri.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of te ao Māori and are comfortable working in an environment where tikanga is observed.
• A high level of commitment to detail, quality, thoroughness and delivery.
• Demonstrated experience in a complex and politically sensitive environment.

Tāu e whai ai | What you will get in return

Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focussed on creating solutions that will help our communities.

There is more to life than just work and we encourage our staff to maintain the right balance between work and personal pursuits. We recognise that a healthy workforce is a productive one, so we're committed to providing opportunities and incentives for our employees to look after themselves, including:

• Optical allowance
• Hauora allowance
• Te Reo Māori proficiency allowance
• Provide enhanced parental leave provisions and childcare allowances.

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. We are actively reviewing talent, and an appointment will be made as soon as we identify our ideal candidate.

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 26 Kohitātea 2025 ā te 11.55pm | Applications close on Sunday 26 January 2025 at 11.55pm.

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