Sport Otago Healthy Active Learning Advisor

2 weeks ago

Dunedin, New Zealand Sport Otago Full time

**POSITION DESCRIPTION
**Position**: Healthy Active Learning Advisor

**Hours**: Fulltime - 40 hours per week

**Reports to**: Healthy Active Learning Regional Lead***

**Location**:Based in Dunedin**
**Key relationships (internal)**: Healthy Active Learning Team, Active Communities Team,
Insights and Evaluation Lead, Active Families Coordinator,
and Support Services Team.

**Key relationships (external)**: Primary School Principals and Boards of Trustees,

Teachers, Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Health
(MoH), Sport NZ, Healthy Active Learning national
workforce, and community partners (e.g., physical activity
providers, social agencies, non-governmental organisations
[NGOs], etc.).

**Sport Otago Vision**:Every Otago whānau active every day.

**Sport Otago Purpose**:To enhance individual and community wellbeing through physical
activity.**
**Sport Otago Values
Edgy/Whakakārangi: To stand out from others. Modern, adaptive, innovative, tenacious, at the

forefront, experimental, push the boundaries.

Open/Pono: Being welcoming and accepting, honest, open to new ideas, willing to learn,
vulnerable, embracing diversity, having integrity.

Connected/Tūhono: Collaboration, partnership, teamwork, nurturing, maintaining, promoting
and building our staff and communities strengths, looking after our people, respect for each
other and those we interrelate with - kotahitanga.

Excellence/Hiranga: Being the best we can be, being evidence based, always producing high
quality work, having high standards, our whānau live the organisations values and possess
required skills, our practices keep our whānau safe and healthy.

He rōpū tina tika mātou e tautoko ana, a wero ana ki a mātou anō hei autaia.

He tangata, he tangata.

We are a friendly, inclusive team who support and challenge each other to be extraordinary.
It is people, it is people.

**Healthy Active Learning**

Healthy Active Learning is a collaborative government wellbeing initiative between Sport NZ, the
MoH, and the MoE. It aims to support schools and kura to improve the wellbeing of tamariki
through healthy eating and drinking, and quality physical activity. Sport NZ is partnering with Sport
Otago to employ a workforce to support schools and kura to:
Understand and recognise the value of the Health and Physical Education (HPE) and Hauora
curriculum.

Create an environment that supports and promotes quality play, sport, and physical activity.

Support teachers and Kaiako to be confident and capable in delivering the Health and Physical
Education and Hauora curriculum.

Create a healthy food and drink environment.

Make well informed decisions when engaging with external providers.

Strengthen their connections with the wider community, including whānau and local health and
physical activity providers.

**Purpose of Position**

Our Healthy Active Learning Advisors are responsible for the implementation of the Healthy Active
Learning initiative in selected schools across Otago.

They will maintain a portfolio of between six to ten primary schools. Developing and maintaining
strong meaningful relationships with school and kura principals and senior staff is a critical
component of this role. They will work with Boards of Trustees, Principals, and senior staff at
these schools and kura to provide advice and customised support around the strategy, planning,
and development of systems that contribute to an active and healthy school.

They will support school leaders and teachers to better plan and implement the HPE and Hauora
curriculum, identify, develop, and implement opportunities for quality physical activity experiences
for tamariki (in school and in the community), and advise on how to establish healthy behaviours
and environments through supporting the adoption of healthy food and water-only policies.

They will build connections with the wider school community such as whānau and local health and
physical activity providers to ensure a connected and coordinated approach to health and
wellbeing outcomes for our tamariki. This includes advocating for quality school and community
play, sport, and physical activity experiences for tamariki.

**KEY TASKS OUTCOMES
**Relationship Management **Develop and nurture partnerships with schools and kura, specifically

with Principals, Boards of Trustees, and senior staff of selected
schools and kura.

Establish and maintain close working relationships with appropriate
MoH and MoE staff to ensure a coordinated approach to the
development, implementation, sustainability, and effectiveness of
Healthy Active Learning within Otago.

Work collaboratively with Active Southland Healthy Active Learning
staff for the wider benefit of Healthy Active Learning across
Otago/Southland.

Develop key contacts within the school/kura community, e.g.,
Councils, tertiary providers, play providers, community providers,
active recreation providers, clubs and regional sport organisations,
social agencies, and health provide

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