Senior Advisor Te Reo and Tikanga Māori

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Permanent full-time role

  • Working at the Kāwanatanga-Tino Rangatiratanga interface
Help shape the future of Education
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga
We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes

At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whānau.

We shape the policies, settings, and performance of the education system for early learning, schooling, and tertiary.
We are making significant changes to how we deliver our purpose

So that we:

  • Take practical action to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi
  • Give priority to regional and local voice.
  • Deliver greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support.
  • Improve feedback loops and information flows.


Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people around Aotearoa, from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.

While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for our ākonga in our education system.

Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role

As a certified te reo Māori translator, the Senior Advisor Te Reo and Tikanga Māori will provide advice and operational support to the Ao Māori Capability Team that enables and supports the Ministry with its ao Māori cultural capability lift.

In particular, this role will have a strong focus in supporting the Chief Advisor Māori with:

  • Advice and administrative support to manage Te Reo and Tikanga Māori Advisory Board requests;
  • Advice and operational and administrative support to the implementation of Te Aka Maurea (The Ministry's strategic action plan for te reo Māori); and
  • Additional undertakings contributing to the advancement and enhancement of the appropriate use of te reo Māori translations and communications on behalf of Te Pou Tuarongo within the Ministry.
Please note there is further information in the attached Job Description.

Mōhou ake | About you

As the Senior Advisor Ao Māori Capability, you will:

  • Be fluent in te reo Māori
  • Be certified as a registered reo Māori translator through Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
  • Be confident working from an ao Māori perspective, using Māori bodies of knowledge and experience to inform responsive advice at a senior level
Mātau rōpū ake | About our group and team

Te Tuarongo is focused on lifting the capability across our organisation to give practical effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We navigate te ao Karauna and te ao Māori so our organisation can create space for Māori to exercise tino rangatiratanga and support our kāwanatanga responsibility.

Our group supports the development of relationships between Te Tāhuhu and Māori. In particular, we support the Directors of Education, as required, who hold the local relationships with iwi and hapū.

In doing so, we will ensure that relevant parts of our organisation are well connected so that we can deliver on our agreements.

We lead the engagement and response to the forthcoming Waitangi Tribunal kaupapa inquiry and provide our organisation with clear visibility of Ka Hikitia — Ka Hāpaitia and Tau Mai Te Reo in action so we can see that our core work is making the difference that these strategies require.

Te Tuarongo has a working relationship with the Minister responsible for Māori Education.
The Ao Māori Capability Team, Te Tuarongo, is a newly established team to support and enable the Pou Ārahi Collective, Te Tuarongo and the Ministry in lifting the Ao Māori Capability organisation-wide, and the aspirational statement of:
Poipoiā ngā mokopuna, ngā rangatira mō āpōpō.
Nurture our children, for they are the leaders of the future.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi? | Are you ready to make a difference?
We provide flexible working environments where everyone feels relevant, valued, and supported.

So, if working from home and/or having a flexible start and finish to the day will help with this, we can usually make it happen.

We'd love to hear what this might look like for you, so feel free to outline this in your Cover Letter.

For more information on the role, please look at the job description. For additional information on the changes Te Tāhuhu are embarking on, please visit our careers centre. If this opportunity interests you, please submit your cover letter and resume by using the 'apply' button.

In your cover letter we'd like to know:

  • about you, your values, your whakapapa
- your interest and motivations for this role
- the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation.

Applications close Midnight - Monday 30th January 2023.

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