Aporei Principal Advisor, Monitoring

**Aporei** | Principal Advisor, Monitoring & Evaluation **Te Puni Rautaki**| Strategy **Te Puni Kōkiri** | The Ministry of Māori Development **Location: Te Tari Matua, Pōneke** | National Office, Wellington - Are you often asked to endorse work developed by others from a technical perspective? - Do you have the passion for building the knowledge base in others? - Do you understand research, monitoring and outcome measurement methodologies? - Are you motivated by mahi that influences the adequacy of services provide to Māori? If you answered "Yes" to any of the above, then we want to hear from you Te Puni Kōkiri is the government's principal policy advisor on Māori 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 Māori. This includes our mandate to promote Māori achievement in education, training, health and economic resource development along with performing our monitoring and mentoring roles. We have an exciting Principal Advisor opportunity in our Monitoring and Evaluation team, focused on supporting the implementation of a strengthened monitoring function for Te Puni Kōkiri. **Te whai wāhitanga | The opportunity** A core focus of the Principal Advisor is to provide thought leadership and provide high quality, evidence-based advice to the Ministry, Ministers and key stakeholders. Confident in their mahi and knowledge, Principal Advisors are key strategic advisors. - ** Representation.** Speak on behalf of Te Puni Kōkiri to a range of audiences, including General Managers, Deputy Secretaries, Secretary for Māori Development and Ministers. - ** Thought Leadership.**Build agency and sector credibility by providing timely, accurate advice relating to your specialist knowledge. - ** Innovation.** Champion innovation and the sharing of knowledge within the team. Create an environment that fosters this. - ** Stakeholder Relationships.**Connecting across work programmes and teams, and being an active strategic advisor to the Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation. **Mōu | About you** An experienced practitioner, you should have the knowledge and skills to deliver and lead complex pieces of work and plan workload. A critical thinker with one eye on the future you may have championed innovation in the past. We are looking for someone who is: - Experienced in providing advice and guidance to stakeholders and possesses the core skills outlined in the position description. - Skilled in influencing and positioning teams to influence senior leadership to put evidence at the heart of decision making. - Knowledgeable of contemporary continuous quality improvement methodology. Including using qualitative and quantitative data and information to support evidence-informed decision making. - Forward thinking, agile, and adaptable. Able to anticipate the evolving nature of Māori and non-Māori world views. - Comfortable working in a te ao Māori environment and situations where tikanga is observed. Competency in teo reo Māori or a willingness to learn. **Tāu e whai ai | What you will get in return** Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focussed on creating solutions that will help our communities. We are guided by our values of te wero, manaakitanga, he toa takitini and ture tangata. There is more to life than just work and we encourage our staff to maintain the right balance between work and personal pursuits. We recognise 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 - Hauora allowance - Te Reo Māori proficiency allowance - Provide enhanced parental leave provisions and childcare allowances. **Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development** Te Puni Kōkiri is committed to our vision of 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau'. We consider that when whānau are thriving, so do their communities, hapū, iwi and all of Aotearoa. This underpins everything we do. Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting Māori collective success. They do this by creating and maintaining relationships with iwi, hapū and whānau Māori and government at both a local and national level. It is this that enables Māori participation and success as Māori, and it is our people who will create a future where all whānau can thrive. Ka akiākina koe kia tukuna mai tō tononga i tēnei rangi tonu, kia whakapāngia rānei tētahi Ringa Taritari e kōrero ai mō ngā painga o tēnei whai wāhitanga, me tōna hāngai ki ō whāinga ā-umanga. Nau mai rā ko ngā tononga i te reo Māori, te reo Pākehā, te reorua rānei, ka mutu, e kore tō kōwhiringa reo e whai pānga kino ki tō tononga ahakoa te aha. Ka tirohia ai e mātou ngā tononga katoa, ka mutu, kite ana mātou i te tangata tika rawa atu