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Pou Āwhina Executive Assistant, Critical Projects

3 months ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Te Puni Kōkiri Full time

Pou Āwhina | Executive Assistant

Te Puni Kaupapa Hiranga me Mana Whakahaere
| Critical Projects & Governance

  • Advance Thriving Whānau
  • Provide Excellent Support to our Executive Leadership Team

Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a Pou Āwhina/Executive Assistant to join the Critical Projects and Governance Puni.

You will provide support to the Hautū, Kaupapa Hiranga me Mana Whakahaere/Deputy Secretary, Critical Projects and Governance, however, in periods when the Executive Officer to the Secretary for Māori Development is absent, you will re-align and re-prioritise your work in order to provide dedicated executive support to the Secretary for Māori Development.

The four core areas of focus are:

  • to provide effective secretarial and administrative support to the Deputy Secretary, Critical Projects and Governance,
- in the absence of the Executive Officer to the Secretary for Māori Development, provide executive support to the Secretary for Māori Development,
- to provide timely and accurate administrative advice to the Puni Leadership team as necessary to facilitate the forward momentum of the Puni Work Programmes, and
- to assist the Puni Leadership Team to establish best practice administrative processes in the operating model of the Puni.

Ko wai koe | About you

  • A high level of experience working in administrative and secretarial support roles.
  • Welldeveloped communication skills, both oral and written.
  • A high degree of flexibility, demonstrated selfmotivation, the ability to set objectives and establish priorities, organise work and resources to ensure priorities and objectives are met on time.
  • A complete understanding of the importance of confidentiality and integrity.
  • A high level of keyboard skills and a high level of proficiency with Microsoft packages especially outlook, word, excel, and power point.
  • Awareness of the importance of professional presentation.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in and as a member of a team.
  • Comfort in working in a Tikanga / kaupapa Māori environment.
  • A degree of fluency in Te Reo Māori is desirable.
  • An understanding of the accounting cycle and the role that accurate and timely financial processing plays in this.

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' enables 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 Monday 13 February 2023 at 5pm.

Job Details:

  • Reference #
9087- Posted on
07 Feb 2023- Closes on

13 Feb :00- Location(s)

Wellington- Expertise
Advisor, Government, Project Management, Ministerials, Risk Management- Job level(s)
Executive Assistant- Work type(s)
Permanent full-time