Aporei Principal Advisor

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Te Puni Kōkiri Full time
We are seeking a Principal Advisor who will bring their leadership, experience, and expertise to the Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga tīma at Te Puni Kōkiri_

Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The opportunity


Te Puni Kōkiri, jointly with Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga, is responsible for the delivery of Whai Kainga Whai Oranga (WKWO) - the Government's flagship Māori housing programme.

Established in 2021, the programme is responsible for increasing Māori housing supply in priority areas, providing additional whare repairs, and building Māori housing sector capability.


Through WKWO, Te Puni Kōkiri is supporting individuals, whānau, hapū, iwi and rōpū with funding, information, advice, and practical support to achieve their housing aspirations.


The Principal Advisor - Planning will lead the development of the Māori housing work programmes to ensure all aspects of the programme key deliverables or outcomes are captured, tracked, analysed, and reported through to key stakeholders and governance group/s.


Additionally, the Principal Advisor - Planning will provide support to staff who are leading projects to successfully deliver within scope, budget, and timeframes to the satisfaction of the customer or stakeholder/s.


Ko wai koe | About you
The common areas for success in this role are:

  • Experience working on large and complex programmes
  • Advanced experience in evaluating project progress and facilitating interventions
  • Experience working in complex delivery environments, sequencing, and planning delivery activities
  • Knowledge of project/programme planning tools and software including expert knowledge of Jira
  • Knowledge and experience of project management methodologies (agile, waterfall, hybrid) and tools and processes are preferred
  • Excellent communication skills essential
  • Communicating with a wide range of audiences on complex issues.
  • Understanding of relevant systems and processes, including accountability requirements and the use of performance information to inform decisionmaking.
  • Development of business process and system requirements and service level documentation, including of major process change.
  • Design and management of business acceptance testing.
  • Comfort in operating in a tikanga / kaupapa Māori environment.
  • A degree of fluency in Te Reo Māori is desirable. Te Reo Māori lessons are available inhouse.
We are guided by our values of excellence, valuing people and relationships, working collectively and being creative and innovative. We invest in our people - you'll be encouraged to develop and contribute to your fullest potential. We believe strongly in work/life balance and understand that your whānau is just as important as you. And we're committed to your wellbeing and learning and development.

Ngā uara ka whiwhi koe ki Te Puni Kōkiri | Working at Te Puni Kōkiri
Te Puni Kōkiri is the Government's principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development.

To do this, we must exert leadership and influence on the public sector system to enable and support the Government to deliver positive wellbeing outcomes for Māori.


Our vision of 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau' supports whānau, hapū and iwi to succeed and underpins everything that we do.

We draw strength from our past to build an Aotearoa New Zealand where whānau can all stand, thrive, and belong.


Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting Māori collective success by creating and maintaining relationships with iwi, hapū and whānau Māori, and government at both a local and national level.

We are guided by our values of excellence, valuing people and relationships, working collectively and being creative and innovative. We invest in our people, and you will be encouraged to develop and contribute to your fullest potential. We believe strongly in work/life balance and understand that your whānau is important. We are also committed to your wellbeing, and ongoing learning and development.

In-house Te Reo Māori training is available to our employees as well as the opportunity to join Te Puni Kōkiri Kapa Haka group.

The job description is available as part of the role listing on the Te Puni Kōkiri Careers page.

Applications close Sunday 5 February 2023 at 11:55pm

Job Details:

  • Reference #
8922- Posted on
20 Jan 2023- Closes on

05 Feb :55- Location(s)

Wellington- Expertise
Advisor, Government, Strategy- Job level(s)
Principal Advisor- Work type(s)
Permanent full-time

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