Executive Assistant

5 months ago


Manawatu District ManawatuWanganui, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Ko wai mātou | About Us**:
Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People has a unique mandate of having responsibility to steward change across Government, while commissioning disability support services, as well as transforming how these services are delivered.
Disabled people expected to have greater choice and control over the supports and services they receive to lead their best life. We are committed to this by strengthening relationships and working in partnership with disabled people, tāngata whaikaha Māori, Pacific disabled people and their whānau.
Whaikaha presents an exciting opportunity to make a real difference. The call for “Nothing about us, without us” is an integral part of our operation.

**Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About the Role**:
As the Executive Assistant to the Group Manager Enabling Good Lives you will support them and their teams. The Enabling Good Lives teams make a significant positive impact on the lives of disabled people, whānau and communities.
This role will give you the opportunity to get involved in some of the exciting projects the Enabling Good Lives team are working on and you will work closely with administrative team across Whaikaha to create and embed consistent administrative practices across the organisation.

**Ko wai koe | About You**:
You will be an experienced Executive Assistant with a passion for helping other. Your previous roles would have seen you provided support to Managers, including managing budgetary and project related work.
Your ability to managing complex relationships, both internally and externally and will see you already working collaboratively with others across your organisation.
You will have demonstrated the ability to perform duties with absolute confidentiality, political savviness, initiative, and have good judgement and problem-solving skills.
To undertake this role successfully, you will be a disabled person or be able to establish credibility and trust with the disability community, as well as having empathy and an understanding of the unique and diverse experiences of disabled people.

A copy of the position description can be found here. Executive Assistant position description.
**Salary range**: $68,660.00 - $83,003.00

**Tono Mai | We encourage you to apply**:
**Me He Pātai Anō | Further Enquiries**:
**Te Tono | Application**:
**Ka Kati Ngā Tono | Applications Close**: Day date Month Year.
Whaikaha has adopted the Ministry of Social Development's (host agency) COVID-19 vaccination policy. This policy applies to all Whaikaha employees and encourages, but does not require, employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and its variants, unless the role is identified as requiring vaccination at the time.



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