Public Health Emergency Readiness Advisor

**On offer is the opportunity to make a positive impact in an organisation that makes a difference to people's lives**:

- **Contribute to transforming the future of health in this Advisor role**

Join Health New Zealand 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**

The National Public Health Service (NPHS) within Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, work towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.

We have a permanent, full-time opportunity available to our Te Manawa Taki team as a** Public Health Emergency Readiness Advisor. **This role is critical in enabling the delivery of the NPHS strategic agenda for Pae Ora (Healthy Futures).

This role builds capacity and capability within the NPHS regional team to prepare and respond to public health events, outbreaks and emergencies. The role will also support NPHS advice to build public health approaches to emergency readiness. You will play a key role in responding to public health events, outbreaks and emergencies and lead the regional NPHS emergency management maintenance and resources portfolio.

**Mōu | About you**

You are someone with proven experience in emergency management, logistics and planning activities. You have leadership experience, including having designed and managed programmes of work/projects and resources. You're able to monitor and analyse performance to ensure quality of work, identify areas of improvement, problem solve, and make sound decisions to achieve goals.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- A relevant qualification, preferably in a related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of the Civil Defence and Emergency Management (CDEM) laws and structures in Aotearoa
- Demonstrated knowledge of relevant national and regional plans in emergency management
- A strong understanding in the machinery of government
- Strong writing and analytical skills combined with an ability to synthesise information to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely with a range of audiences
- New Zealand Driving License
- Working knowledge of modern project methodologies

**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**

Health New Zealand - 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.

**Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai |Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion**

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.

At Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora we acknowledge and respect our people's diversity and spiritual needs, ensuring a safe workplace that is a whānau orientated and supportive environment. 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 system - Māori, Pacific, and Disabled People.

**Tō tūranga i roto i Te Whatu Ora | Your place in Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora**

**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply