Service Development Advisor, Mentally Well - Te Wai Pounamu

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 the Southern District of our Te Wai Pounamu Region

Join Te Whatu Ora at a key time, where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive and people-centred health system. This mahi 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.

Our responsibilities include designing community-based care systems, developing and implementing system development plans, and monitoring for improved outcomes. Key priority health outcome areas include improving equity, whanau and tangata whaiora health status,  and the mental wellness of our communities. Monitoring and measuring outcomes will inform future system designs. We collaborate closely with our Te Whatu Ora life course leads to shape comprehensive regional health services.

As a Service Development Advisor within the Te Wai Pounamu Mentally Well team, you will support our team across various portfolios utilizing your life and health sector or allied experience, and project management skills and expertise.

You will hold trusting relationships with Māori, health service providers, clinicians, and the broader community to address strategic and operational delivery challenges, ultimately enhancing the experience of Tangata Whaiora and Whanau when in need of mental health and addiction support and services.  

Your role will involve leading negotiations with community partners, and collaborating with partner organizations and services, to collectively drive initiatives for service and system improvements.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā weako | Skills and experience

• Significant work experience, highly relevant to role
• A commitment to meeting our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and to equitable health outcomes for Māori 
• Significant experience in leading a large work programme using the programme management lifecycle including planning, design, delivery, implementation and monitoring
• Significant experience in designing work programmes, project planning and managing staff to ensure delivery of work on time, and within budget
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise work, manage risk and follow through on tasks until successfully delivered
• Strong analytical and thought leadership development skills
• Strong understanding of machinery of government processes and experience in responding to a range of machinery of government requests
• Strong experience in influencing people, change management and facilitation
• Good written and oral communication skills can be effective in various formal and informal presentation settings
• Project management skills, ability to independently run a project from start to end.
• Sound analytical and an intellectual curiosity

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, which will touch the lives of everyone in Aotearoa for generations. 

Our name, Te Whatu Ora, means ‘the weaving of wellness'. Whatu is the combining of people, resources, organisations, thoughts and actions for the betterment and wellbeing of all. Whatu is also a direct reference to the pupil of the eye, and the vision required of the new entity and system.

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 improved 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 lives, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, and your experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) or in health services, 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, please click “APPLY NOW.”  For tracking and reporting purposes, all applications must be submitted through our online career portal.

Advertising closes Sunday 7 April, please contact Matt Brown on matt.brown@health.govt.nz if you have any queries.