Senior Advisor, Social Community Resilience

**Senior Advisor, Social & Community Resilience**

**Type**: Fixed-term 24 months or Secondment

**Location**:Wellington

**Does system level thought leadership, stakeholder engagement and community resilience standards connect with your why? If so, nau mai, haere mai We'd be keen to chat. We are looking for a team player who can see the big picture and the need to improve community resilience arrangements, guidance, and doctrine and is up for the challenge of deploying as a National Welfare Manager function manager in a response if required.

**Ko wai m tou | About us**

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership to New Zealand's distributed emergency management system. NEMA's primary focus is on the performance and capability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all risks and the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery.

NEMA values diversity and inclusion. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our communities. We value and respect the contributions of our people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives. We support flexible ways of working that bring out the best in you.

We are committed to doing our part to deliver on the Crown's commitments to M ori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We strive to actively build te Ao M ori perspectives and capability into our day to day work, values and practices.

**Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role**

The position sits with the Planning and Sector Partnerships Unit / Te W hanga Whakarite Mahere me Ng P tuitanga R ngai and is responsible for developing and maintaining New Zealand's national emergency management planning framework and partnering with social and infrastructure sectors to build resilience across the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery in support of communities.

As NEMA is an operational agency, there may be a requirement to respond to emergency activations in the event of a national emergency response. This may include potentially long hours and challenging working conditions, e.g. an emergency could occur at any time of the day or night and may require working shifts and/or working weekends**.** NEMA provides thorough training prior to you being required to assist in a response. NEMA will do all in its power to support staff in meeting their work and family responsibilities during an emergency. The welfare and wellbeing of our staff is of upmost importance.

Your response role will be in the Welfare function with a requirement to be an alternate National Welfare Function Manager if required.

**Due to the nature of our role in Emergency Management, NEMA has a very dynamic work environment and as a small agency, staff are often required to pivot and change focus on their work at short notice. Attributes of adaptability, agility, resilience and curiosity are all required on a daily basis, in and out of times of emergency response.

**Ko wai koe | About you**
- Resilience, Agility and Drive
- Collaborative mindset
- Proven experience delivering best practice support systems including codes of practice, standards, structures, frameworks, doctrine, and guidelines,
- Demonstrated experience in response,
- Ability to manages effective relationships and provide support and advice to emergency management stakeholders with a particular focus on social and community resilience,
- Strong communication and influencing skills,
- Excellent written capability to present complex ideas in an easily understood format,
- Well-organised, plans systematically and identifies risks.

**Huanga Whaiaro | Key requirements**
- Ability to think strategically with strong initiative and problem-solving abilities
- Experience in a project environment,
- Ability to utilise initiative and deliver outputs within a high trust model environment,
- Ability to adapt in quick changing circumstances,
- Ability to deliver high quality work output under pressure,
- Confident, reliable, resilient demeanour,
- Has high standards of professionalism, integrity and accountability.

**Ta matou e tuku | What we offer**

We pride ourselves on the quality of our staff and understand the importance of fostering a working environment where excellence is recognised and where staff are encouraged to develop their own talents and potential. We welcome diversity, in all its forms and we believe it is a strength.

NEMA values staff health, safety and wellbeing, and a positive work life balance is encouraged.

The indicative salary range for this role is $109,621 - $119,701 including Kiwisaver employer contributions.

**Whakaritenga Haumaru |**Security Requirements**

This position requires New Zealand citizenship or Permanent Residence, and the ability to obtain and maintain an internal /national security clearance at Confidential, Secret or higher. You must satisfactorily complete pre-employment checks which will include, but are not limited to, criminal and credit checks.