Kaitohu Matua Senior Advisor, Progressive

2 weeks ago

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Kaitohu Matua | Senior Advisor, Progressive Procurement, Te Waipounamu (fixed term until June 2024)
Regional Senior Advisor Opportunity

  • Fixed-Term until June 202
  • Development Opportunity in Progressive Procurement
  • High exposure across government and the business sector
Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The opportunity
The Progressive Procurement Project Team has been tasked with implementing the progressive procurement policy.

The policy aims to increase supplier diversity in government procurement by promoting changes in government processes and behaviours to be a lever to achieve greater economic outcomes for Māori.

The purpose of the Regional Senior Advisors (the Advisors) is to be the conduit between Māori businesses, local intermediary connect and capability uplift providers.

The Advisors will be the first point of contact at Te Puni Kōkiri for Māori businesses that are interested in participating in government procurement.

They will work closely with businesses to identify and assess their capability needs and refer to appropriate specialist support.

The mahi of the team includes the following:

  • Supplier pou focuses on lifting the capability of Māori businesses to participate in government procurement. Support pathways to pakihi Māori is through the successful targeted capability uplift and local intermediary connect programmes
  • Government agencies focusing on engaging with government agencies, lifting agencies capability to reduce barriers to Māori business participating in government procurement with the goal of enabling long term behavioural change in government procurement processes
  • Data and Insights which focusses on the progressive procurement reporting government agencies are required to undertake, managing the information, building the insights gained across the project into the programme of work, including identifying barriers to Māori businesses participation in government procurement.
  • Project management including relationships and communications, governance, policy and oneoff projects, systems and tools.
Ko wai koe | About you

We're looking for people who would be interested in expanding their knowledge, developing their skills, and who look to benefit from working in our Policy Partnerships Puni.


You will have:

  • Experience in working with business opportunities, development, and growth
  • Experience in working with whānau, hapū, iwi, Māori organisations and Māori communities
  • Strong relationship and engaging skills
  • Be proactive and able to take initiative
  • The ability to bring different viewpoints together; familiarity with different frameworks is useful
  • An ability to actively listen, liaise with and influence key stakeholders
  • A desire to broaden your professional horizon
Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development

Te Puni Kōkiri is a government agency that works within government and communities to achieve our vision of Thriving Whānau.

The wellbeing of whānau, hapū and iwi is central to the future wellbeing of Aotearoa.

The very broad role of Te Puni Kōkiri, our access to information and ability to make connections, make us ideally placed to spark innovation.

We influence the work of others by bringing Māori voices to decision makers and we invest in innovative initiatives that build the capacity and readiness of whānau and Māori communities.

To achieve this, we engage with whānau, hapū and iwi, and partner with other public sector agencies.

Role Location:

  • Te Waipounamu
- Ōtautahi

Enquire today
If this kaupapa is of interest to you, submit your CV and a Cover Letter below

Applications close Friday 11 August 2023 at 11:55pm

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