Administrator, Iwi Engagement

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Kaihāpai | Administrator - Iwi Engagement & Operational Support
Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Te Puni Kōkiri | The Ministry of Māori Development

Te Puni Kōkiri is seeking an Administrator wanting to progress their public sector career and who is ready for a new challenge

Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development

Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, supports and works in partnership with the Government to design and deliver policies, as well as innovative targeted investment initiatives that have a significant and positive impact on Māori.

Our commitment to 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau' enables whānau, hapū and iwi to succeed underpins everything that we do.

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.

It is this that enables Māori participation and success as Māori, and it is our people who will create our best future.

Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The opportunity

In particular, the Administrators will:

  • Lodge all team requests, allocate then monitor progress each task and track to its conclusion. A system will need to be developed.
  • Manage, coordinate and complete legislative tasks associated with the oversight of Māori Warden warrants.
  • Provide business planning support across the Team which will include procurement sign off, budget accruals in consultation with other administrators, sign off for contracts and monitoring.
  • Maintain knowledge management systems on behalf of the office and ensuring team outputs are stored and coded in accordance with Te Puni Kōkiri knowledge management standards and policies.
  • Provide proactive and highly efficient personal administrative services to the Manager and teams.
  • Proactively consider the administrative support needs of the team in relation to the work programme and work with the Manager to ensure resource needs are planned.
  • Quality check, all documents and paperwork before publishing and distribution.
  • Provide proactive and efficient administration services.
Ko wai koe | About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Demonstratable administrative support.
  • A high level of proficiency with Microsoft packages especially Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point.
  • Welldeveloped communication skills, both oral and written.
  • Demonstratable the ability to work in and as a member of a team.
  • An understanding of the significance of confidentiality.
  • An understanding and appreciation of tikanga; Te Reo Māori and Māori development kaupapa.
  • An understanding of and experience in communicating in a way that connects with te ao Māori.
  • A cando attitude.
  • A willingness to continue your professional development, including taking part in the team's māhere reo (te reo Māori) journey.
  • A full and clean driver's license.
Come and join us at Te Puni Kōkiri
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 kaimahi as well as the opportunity to join our Kapa Haka group.

We are a newly established team with a variety of kaupapa in front of us that we need to drive.

Ka whiwhi koe i te aha | What you will get in return

Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focussed on discovering solutions that will assist in serving our communities.

We are guided by our values of excellence, valuing people and relationships, working collectively and being creative and innovative.

In this team, we support each other to deliver our kaupapa professionally but we also recognise that our personal lives are also important and whānau must come first.


There is more to life than just work and we encourage our staff to maintain the right balance between work and personal pursuits.

We recognise that a healthy workforce is a productive one, so we're committed to providing opportunities and incentives for our employees to look after themselves, including:

  • Optical allowance
  • Hauora allowance
  • Te Reo Māori proficiency allowance
  • Provide enhanced parental leave provisions and childcare allowances.
Applications close Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 11:55pm.

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