Kaitohutohu, Papaho

Are you an energetic, innovative communications professional looking to grow your skills in a supportive kaupapa Maori environment?
Come and join our engaged and motivated strategy tima as an advisor, specialising in communications. We need your innovative thinking and fresh perspective to support a broad range of kaupapa that is making a difference for our communities.
Based in Poneke, Wellington this role offers great variety to your day, where you could be working on internal or external communications plans while working across a multitude of different systems and communication methods.
Te whai wahitanga | The opportunity The Advisor, Communications contributes to the enhancement of the Ministry's reputation with Maori, the private sector, media and government. They do this by taking a business partnering approach, helping develop and implement robust, well designed kaupapa communications plans.
This is a broad and varied position that includes:
Communications strategy alignment. Ensuring our communications outputs are aligned to our overall strategy and represent our branding accurately.Ministerial support. Provide high quality and timely speech writing services to the Minister and contribute to the writing, proofing and editing of ministerial correspondence.Drafting media releases, and supporting responses to media requests.Brand Promotion. Leveraging our existing and writing new collateral for external publications and domains.Internal communications. Tailoring communications for our kaimahi, including posting important messages, regular newsletters and What's On information to our intranet pages.The appointment range for this role is between $68,406 and $84,793 per annum and the salary will be determined based on the successful candidate's skills and experience. This is a broad and varied communications position, and we are looking for someone with the energy and skills to match. You should:
Have experience in a Communications Advisor or similar position and can show examples of using digital and print media to reach your audience.Possess excellent oral and written skills.Have excellent working knowledge of communications tools and techniques.Have the confidence to advise senior and executive leadership and the relationship management skills required to work with a broad range of people.Be comfortable working in an ao Maori environment and in situations where tikanga is observed.Have a level of competency in te reo Maori, or as a minimum the willingness to learn.Tau e whai ai | What you will get in return Te Puni Kokiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focused 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.
We recognize 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.Enhanced parental leave provisions and childcare allowances.Te Puni Kokiri | Ministry of Maori Development Te Puni Kokiri is the government's principal policy advisor on Maori wellbeing and development. We achieve strategic influence with a focus on providing high quality policy advice and holding other agencies to account for delivering public services to, for and with Maori.
We invite applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We believe that diversity fuels innovation and enriches our collective strength. Your unique perspectives, skills, and heritage contribute to our mission of advancing Maori aspirations and well-being.
We are actively reviewing talent and an appointment will be made once an ideal candidate is identified. We encourage you to make your application today or get in touch to discuss more about how this great opportunity will fit with your career goals.
Reference #: 13175
Posted on: 13 Nov 2024
Closes on: 24 Nov 2024 23:55
Location(s): Wellington
Expertise: Advisor, Communications, Government, Strategy

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