Kaiarahi Toiora

Based in Hamilton, Rotorua or Tauranga Te Kura Regional Office

Permanent, Full-time (40 hours per week)

3 Management Units

Starting 30 January 2024

Ko wai mātou |
About Us
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is New Zealand's largest state school.

We provide personalised, future-focused learning programmes through distance education from early childhood level to NCEA Level 3, including to young adult and adult learners.

We are a Big Picture inspired school.

We have our main regional offices in Wellington, Auckland, Hamilton, and Christchurch, with kaimahi (staff) also working in the community to support ākonga (students) with their learning.

Our vision is to enable our ākonga (students) to achieve their educational and personal goals, empowering them to become engaged and contributing members of their communities.

We do this by putting our ākonga at the centre of their learning by providing a flexible, personalised approach, so that they can choose when and where they learn.

We support ākonga, Ki te tī, ki te tā, ki te katoa - Anytime, anywhere, anyone.

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this position

We have an exciting opportunity for Kaiako (teachers) keen to contribute by bringing their passion for ākonga engagement, high level of relationship management skills, collaborative leadership approach, and experience and expertise in responding to ākonga wellbeing, as one of our four Kaiārahi Toiroa.

These are wellbeing leadership positions based in our Northern, Central North, Central South and Southern regions. This fulltime role incorporates 0.5 FTE (20 hours) leadership and 0.5 FTE (20 hours) teaching.

As Kaiārahi Toiora you will be part of the regional leadership team, reporting to the Regional Manager.

You will have your own team of regional kaimahi including kaiāwhina, non-teaching staff who work closely with ākonga to support engagement and wellbeing.

You will work collaboratively with other regional leaders and closely with the other Kaiārahi Toiora to develop and strengthen wellbeing practice and system developments nationally.

This role has a particular emphasis on mentoring and developing the confidence and capability of all kaimahi in the region to respond to ākonga engagement and wellbeing issues.

You'll have regional oversight and focus on initiatives and funding to support ākonga in at-risk gateways, delivery of Te Ara Pounamu (our local Big Picture curriculum), Hauora (wellbeing of ākonga and whānau), and Māori and Pacific ākonga wellbeing and engagement.

Ko koe tēnei | About you

We are looking for you to bring your:

• Proven or developing leadership experience
• Exceptional relationship management and collaboration skills
• Confidence and capability in working with Māori and Pacific ākonga, whānau and communities
• Experience and expertise in supporting ākonga and whānau Hauora (wellbeing)
• Expertise in understanding the value and use of data to inform next steps in supporting ākonga wellbeing and engagement

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to Apply
**Applications close 5pm, Thursday, 7 December 2023.

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