Kaiako Team Leader

**1 x Position**

**Fixed Term/Secondment (June/July - November 2025**or earlier in the event of the incumbent returning to work earlier**)**

**Full-Time, 1.0FTE (40 hours per week)**

**3 Management Units**

**Based in Auckland**

**Ko wai mātou | About Us**

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is New Zealand's largest school with a roll of up to 24,000 ākonga (students) at any point of time. We provide personalised learning programmes from early childhood to NCEA Level 3.

Our ākonga are at the center of all we do. We are privileged to have the opportunity to support many ākonga on their learning journey including many at risk ākonga.

Our vision is to enable our ākonga to achieve their educational and personal goals, empowering them to become engaged and contributing members of their communities._ _
- Ki te tī, ki te tā, ki te katoa - Anytime, anywhere, anyone._

**Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this position**

We're looking for a Kaiako who can manaaki ākonga to engage, progress and achieve their goals within their personalised learning program. We are a kura who work across learning areas and levels to provide a one size fits one model. Te Kura is a unique organisation who supports the education ecosystem of Aotearoa | New Zealand.

**In this role you will**:

- Lead, manage and support a multidisciplinary team of kaimahi
- Assist with building a dynamic teaching and learning environment
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality teaching and pastoral support to our ākonga
- Utilise effective relationship building and communication skills
- Deliver high-quality, future focused teaching & learning
- Undertake a Kaimanaaki role as a key part of your mahi. This role focuses on the value and importance on the pastoral support you will provide to your group of ākonga
- Engage with ākonga & whānau in Face to face and online contexts
- Live Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Bring our local curriculum Te Ara Pounamu, to life for ākonga

Kaiako at Te Kura engage with our ākonga online and face-to-face at huinga ako (advisories) and events, and also work onsite with colleagues in our regional offices. Te Kura aims to provide flexible working arrangements, so Kaiako are able to request to work from home for up to two days per week.

**Ko koe tēnei | About you**

As a Kaiako Team Leader you will be able to thrive in a busy environment, show initiative, have excellent communication skills and be self-motivated. As well as this you will:

- Have a proven record of effective leadership of Kaiako
- A track record of working positively to deliver on organisational strategic direction
- Be an effective educational practitioner
- Be proactive and organised
- Engage whakamana by empowering and enabling the mana of others by respecting their voice and giving them choice
- Include kotahitanga by uniting all aspects of wellbeing through balanced holistic development
- Nurture whaitake by connecting yourself and others with relevant pathways as determined by our aspirations and interests
- Lead through māramatonutanga by the ongoing pursuit of knowledge and understanding
- Foster whakawhanaungatanga by honouring mutually respectful relationships that strengthen everyone
- Be committed to progressing in your te reo Māori journey in a real and authentic way
- Hold a current NZ registration and relevant teaching qualifications

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

Applications must be submitted through our careers portal. Applicants must have the legal right to teach, reside and work in New Zealand.

**E hiahia mōhio anō ana koe? | Like to find out more?**

**Applications close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 25 June 2025.