Group Manager, Leadership

Join 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**

This is a pivotal role for Te Whatu Ora, it will be a critical transformation enabler of the health system in Aotearoa, creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive, and people-centred system. To do this will require excellence in leadership and a sustained shift in mindset and behaviours.

This focus of this role is not only establishing world class leadership opportunities for health leaders but also leading experts in ways to identify and empower our emerging and current leaders.

The primary focus of this role is as follows:

- Develop and implement leadership and talent development strategies in line with Te Whatu Ora's objectives to support retention and development of high-potential kaimahi
- Lead the establishment and ongoing operational aspects of the Te Whatu Ora Leadership Development Institute including managing key partner relationships to ensure optimal quality of delivery
- Work closely with clinical, research and learning design partners to identify leadership development needs and design programmes to enhance required leadership capabilities
- Work in collaboration with senior colleagues to drive synergies and integration with other strategic people programmes and services
- Develop and implement communication plans, that engage people in Te Whatu Ora leadership development solutions
- Implement innovative technology solutions to drive a digital first approach and improved accessibility of resources for leaders across the country
- Evaluate effectiveness and impact using a robust data driven approach aligned to key people metrics

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- Extensive background and knowledge of leadership strategies and leadership development approaches including awareness of best practice and innovation in a health context.
- Depth of understanding of the complexity and challenges leaders in the health sector are facing and the ability to influence positive change.
- Experience leading leaders and other senior staff, including building capability and lifting performance of a team/unit and creating a team culture in which people proactively try new approaches, learn, and develop and find ways to continuously improve in their area of expertise.
- Experience developing and implementing effective group/team strategies and work plans that deliver on organisational objectives.
- Senior leadership level experience and responsibility for managing CAPEX and OPEX budgets, forecasting, cost management, organisational risk, and compliance at either a function or business unit level.
- Can demonstrate they have given meaningful effect to the expectations outlined in Te Tiriti o Waitangi in their position(s)/at a leadership level. Previous responsibility at a leadership level for developing, maintaining, and influencing relationships and partnerships across sectors and organisations including with Māori and Pacific Peoples and groups.

**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**

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.

**Nau mai, uru mai | Come and join us**

When you join us, you become part of transforming the health system. This is a once in a life-time change,that will touch the lives of everyone in Aotearoa, and future generations.

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.

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

**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply**

**_ Please note: This position is part of the Te Whatu Ora's Simplify to Unify Change Process therefore affected kaimahi will be given preference and prio