Kaitaki Raraunga Intelligence Team Lead

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā Nau mai, tono mai ki Hauora Māori Tūmatanui kia kumea te pae tawhiti hei pae tata, kia whaia te pae ora mō ngā whānau, mō ngā hapū, mō ngā iwi. E kōkiri
- **Flexible working supported to balance your mahi and your whānau and iwi commitments**:

- **Lead on pae ora for iwi and Māori communities in intelligence this Kaitaki Raraunga role**:

- **Permanent, full-time opportunity**

Join Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora at a key time of change where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating an equitable, accessible, cohesive, and people and whānau-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**

We have a permanent, full-time opportunity available to join our Hauora Māori Tūmatanui team in a **Kaitaki Raraunga Intelligence Team Lead role. **This role is critical in enabling the delivery of the NPHS strategic agenda for Pae Ora (Healthy Futures).

The primary purpose of the role is to provide overall leadership to a team of senior advisors and advisors with responsibility for advancing evidence-based Māori public health action through the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of health-related data and information to inform public health surveillance, programmes and to contribute to health inequities analysis. In addition, you will ensure the team will be using kaupapa Māori, te ao Māori or Māori health expertise to provide technical advice; data collation, modelling, analysis and interpretation; research activities, and input into reports, requests and briefings.

**Hauora Māori Tūmatanui**:
There are significant expectations in the reforms, and in the kaupapa of the NPHS, that we will embed the principles of Te Tiriti and advance equity for iwi and Māori communities. The Hauora Māori Tūmatanui Directorate is the lead in supporting the NPHS to: embed the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi; support of iwi and Māori communities to realise their well-being aspirations; rapidly expand and develop our Māori workforce; and grow and develop the capability of our non-Māori and non-Pacific workforce to provide a culturally safe service.

To succeed in these aims, Hauora Māori Tūmatanui works as a cross-functional team embedded in all NPHS Directorates and supports our kaimahi Maori through the Pā Tūwatwata model to keep our workstreams safe and to have a strong foundation of togetherness utlising mātauranga ā whānau, ā hapū, ā iwi, to build a Māori workforce that is valued, elevated, and can support the achievement of pae ora.

**Mōu | About you**

You will be a recognised leader of people, and dedicated to an intelligence and knowledge system that reflects the most recent Māori advice and research in achieving pae ora, particularly equity for Māori. You will also believe that collaboration is at the heart of everything you do and have an expert understanding of the complex challenges in public heath and the needs of a multidisciplinary approach to drive creative solutions. If you are passionate about making a difference in Māori public health, thrive in a collaborative environment and possess the leadership skills and knowledge to drive meaningful change, we invite you to apply.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- Has proven experience in leading a team to achieve equity Māori health gain as well as achieving equitable health outcomes for Māori and supporting tangata whenua to deliver mana motuhake and Māori self-determination
- Minimum 10 years in Māori health and needs to draw on extensive specialised work experience, likely supported with professional qualifications
- Extensive experience in research/evaluation techniques, practices and principles.
- Experience in relevant analytical tools such as SQL, R or Python, R-Shiny, and PowerBI preferred
- Experience in leading critical thinking and using sound judgement to develop options and provide advice
- Understanding of kawa and tikanga and a commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi & some experience working in partnership with iwi & Māori communities
- Understanding of, and commitment to, the specific relationship under te Tiriti o Waitangi, and Te Whatu Ora's role in improving outcomes for iwi and Māori communities
- A degree level qualification in an area relevant to to mātauranga Māori and/or Māori public health, statistics, data management, data analytics or comparable experience working at a management level

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

- Your experience as a contributing member of iwi and Māori communities including effective relationships with those communities that role-models our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and achieves equity for Māori
- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership