Principal Adviser Mental Health

1 day ago


New Zealand Department of Corrections Full time

**About the Job**:

- 12 month Fixed Term/Secondment opportunity
- Lead service design with a focus on advancing health equity for Māori
- Role is Wellington-based with regular national travel required
- Flexibility to be based nationally with option to self-fund weekly travel to Wellington

**_'Kotahi anō te kaupapa, ko te oranga o te iwi' - ‘There is only one purpose to our work: the wellness and wellbeing of our people._**

Ara Poutama Aotearoa (Corrections) Health Services lead the delivery of patient-focused primary health care services to tangata within corrections facilities across Aotearoa. Hōkai Rangi, our over-arching strategic direction, places the focus on health at the heart of our business. Building our frameworks from a Matauranga Māori basis is our focus to drive and support equity for Māori, which in turn will contribute to achieving our outcomes of reducing reoffending.

**Mō te tūnga | About the role**

We are pleased to announce a 12 month Fixed Term/Secondment Principal Adviser opportunity within our Roopu Hauora. Bringing mental health clinical expertise, service development experience and project management skills to the role, you'll be motivated to lead multiple health projects focussed on partnership design, re-design, implementation and quality monitoring, using Kaupapa Māori approaches to ensure services are appropriate to the populations we service, with an emphasise on tackling issues of inequity for Māori.

Promoting whanaungatanga as a key principle for work collaboration, you'll take a lead in partnering with health professionals and advisory teams across our Health portfolio, whilst establishing connections and partnerships with mana whenua, iwi partners, external NGO's and our custodial staff across Aotearoa, to achieve integrated and culturally safe service design and delivery. Your technical competence in clinical governance, auditing and report writing will also be invaluable, as will your ability to contribute to responding to ministerial enquiries and OIA's related to mental health.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- A registered health professional under the HPC Act;
- Demonstrable clinical knowledge and experience in service review, design and development; quality improvement and assurance; and analysis, evaluation and reporting;
- Proven project management expertise and experience;
- Frontline leadership experience and/or demonstrable ability to manaaki and coach team members;
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills including proven ability in developing and sustaining effective relationships with mana whenua, iwi and key professionals across the health / justice sector;
- An effective communicator both verbally and written, demonstrating clear and concise writing skills;
**Kano ārai mate KOWHEORI-19 | **COVID-19 vaccinations**

As part of our COVID-19 response, all people working at Ara Poutama Aotearoa are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access our workplaces. This is to ensure we continue to do all we can to keep everyone safe from the impacts of COVID-19, now and into the future.

**Mō mātou | **About us**

Ara Poutama Aotearoa is a name that has been gifted to us and is our commitment to improving the oranga and safety of the people, whānau, and that of the communities we serve across the motu.

The salary midpoint for this role is $129,000 and the full-range is $110,000 - $155,000

To apply, please submit a** tailored CV and a cover letter **describing your motivation for joining the department highlighting relevant skills and experience. Alignment to our kaupapa is critical to our success - we ask that you provide examples which reflect and demonstrate our organisation values.


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