Local Planning Manager, Central - Commissioning

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Contribute to transforming the future of health
• Flexible working supported to balance your work and lifestyle
• Based in our Central Region

Join Te Whatu Ora at a key time of change where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive and people-centred health system. This is mahi that will improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in Aotearoa, and we've got an opportunity for you to be part of it…

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi. The government is committed to improving services and outcomes for Māori and strengthening the Crown's relationships with Māori.

We are responsible for designing community-based systems of care, agreeing health and wellbeing plans, executing those plans, and monitoring outcomes which then feed into the design process. We work in partnership with our Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and Hauora Maori Service colleagues to shape system-wide public health services across the motu.

Local planning is a feature of the reformed health system and will play an important role in the primary and community healthcare, the wider health system, and in social sector integration. The Local Planning Manager reports to the Group Manager, Local Commissioning and is responsible for leading and supporting the locality planning functions for the Central region. The Local Planning Manager will hold the leadership for supporting local place-based planning across regions that set out the priority outcomes and services for the local area and give effect to the relevant requirements of Te Pae Tata. Place based planning will be a partnership with Iwi Māori Partnership Boards for the Central region, working with consumers and communities, local authorities and social sector agencies, and other entities that contribute to relevant population outcomes.

This role is based in the Central Region, which is made up of Mid-Central, Whanganui, Capital & Coast Hutt Valley (Wellington Region), Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa. You will need to be based in the region with the ability to travel around the region as needed. Your location can be discussed at interview stage.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā weako | Skills and experience

You are an experienced professional with experience in local, regional and/or national planning processes. You bring public sector experience with you and would feel confident communicating complex information to senior management, the Board and Ministers.

• Demonstrated experience in developing, maintaining, and influencing relationships and partnerships across sectors and organisations including with Māori and Pacific Peoples and groups and at a senior level
• Demonstrated ability to think conceptually and anticipate the impact of decisions on long-term outcomes, including financial outcomes, and to develop/recommend responses in consultation with key stakeholders
• Experience navigating and operating within the machinery of government or in a regulated environment
• Experience and strong analytical skills allowing for them to carry out effective needs analysis of the population across the region they work in
• Experience and knowledge of the machinery of Government
• Demonstrated ability to think conceptually and anticipate the impact of decisions on long-term outcomes, including financial outcomes, and develop/recommend responses in consultation with key stakeholders
• The ability to compellingly communicate complex information and ideas in both oral and written communication to a range of audiences including senior management, Board and Ministers.
• Ability to work in complex environments and with a wide range of diverse stakeholders that are internal and external to Te Whatu Ora

Nau mai, uru mai | Come and join us 

When you join us, you become part of transforming the health system. This is a once in a life-time change, that will touch the lives of everyone in Aotearoa, and future generations.  

We are working towards a system that better meets the complex demands of a growing population, addresses the persistent inequalities experienced by Māori and ensures greater access, experience and outcomes for those traditionally not well served by the system – Māori, Pacific and Disabled People. 

Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | 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. 

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply 

To view the position description and/or apply for the role (by submitting your cover letter and CV), please click “APPLY NOW.”  For tracking and reporting purposes, all applications must be submitted through our online career portal. 

Advertising closes 12 May, please contact Nicole Rickard on Nicole.rickard@tewhatuora.govt.nz if you have any queries.