Secretary Fatu Fono Ola

Join Te Whatu Ora at a key time of change where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive and people-centred health system. This is mahi that will improve the health and well-being of everyone in Aotearoa, and we've got an opportunity for you to be part of it.
**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

Talofa lava, Mālo e lelei, Nisa bula Vinaka, Kia Orana, Taloha ni, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa, Mauri.

Can you bring a Pacific worldview to the work we are doing to achieve better health outcomes for Pacific people in Aotearoa? We know many areas of the health system are not working well for Pacific people, aiga, ngutuare tangata, famili, kāinga, magafoa, kaiga, vuvale and kaaiga (families) and communities. In fact, Pacific health inequities are observed throughout the lifecourse, from pregnancy and early childhood through to older age.

In Pacific Health, we have a clear vision of a system that allows the strength of Pacific families and community voice to be at the heart of what we do, delivering equitable health outcomes for Pacific people and a future where Pacific families live longer, healthier lives.

The Pacific values of family, service, love, reciprocity and respect, along with Pacific culture and customs, influence the way we think and every action we take.

The Pacific Health Group have a new opportunity for a **Secretary **to the** Fatu Fono Ola (Pacific Senate)** The Fatu Fono Ola is a group who provide objective and strategic advice to Te Whatu Ora to transform the system with a goal of achieving equity in health outcomes for Pacific peoples. This includes clinical advice, public health advice and technical advice that is for Pacific, by Pacific.

The secretary role will be responsible for faciliatating and coordinating the Fatu Fono Ola monthly meetings including arranging agendas, invitations, papers, minutes and communication required to ensure the timely and smooth running of these meetings. The secretary will also need to provide strong operational leadership to manage the alignment of the Fatu Fono Ola priorities with the strategic goals of the Pacific Health Group, aimed at delivering high quality and effective healthcare.

**Mōu | About you**

You are an experienced leader with extensive operational experience, ideally gained in leadership roles within a Pacific health environment. A skilled communicator who can easily enable a team to proactively try new approaches and help them continuously improve and develop.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- You can demonstrate building and sustaining effective working relationships with senior Pacific Clinicians, SMEs or Stakeholders
- Have proven extensive operational experience, ideally gained in leadership roles within a Pacific health environment.
- You can demonstrate previous successful partnership with Pacific Peoples Communities.
- Conversant in/A level of/committed to learning Samoan, Cook Island Māori, Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, or Kiribati will be preferential.
- Experience working in complex teams in an organisation either regionally or nationally
- Successful experience enabling a team culture in which people proactively try new approaches, learn and develop and find ways to continuously improve in their area of expertise
- Excellent communication skills, diplomacy, negotiation, interpersonal skills to influence, inspire and motivate others, including staff, clinicians and stakeholders
- Experience in identifying, developing and processing strategic opportunities for continuous improvement and transformational change.

**Ka kawea e koe | You will bring**:

- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth

**Ko te mahi e tika ana mō te ao hurihuri nei |Work that suits today's ever-changing world**

Te Whatu Ora supports flexible and hybrid working for our kaimahi. In roles that don't require an in-person element, we encourage you to ‘work from where you are.' We want our national teams to be made up of diverse people from across the motu, just like our health system.

**Nau mai, uru mai | Come and join us**

When you join us, you become part of transforming the health system. This is a once in a lifetime change that will touch the lives of everyone in Aotearoa, and future generations.

Our name, Te Whatu Ora, means ‘the weaving of wellness'. Whatu is the combining together of people, resources, organisations, thoughts and actions for the betterment and wellbeing of all. Whatu is also a direct reference to the pupil of the eye, and the vision required of the new entity and system.

We are working towards a system that better meets the complex demands of a growing population, addresses the persistent inequalities experienced by Māori and ensures greater access, experience and outcomes for those traditionally not well served by the s