Advisor Emergency Management Information System

Contribute to the resilience and preparation of the health system for disasters and emergencies
- Permanent role
- Office-based role in Wellington (*limited flexibility to WFH due to the nature of the role)
- Available to work outside of office hours, in serious emergency events plus on-call every 4 to 6 weeks
- Experience in Civil Defence Emergency Management or related field would be advantageous but not essential
- Wellington-based (due to the day-to-day running of the National Health Coordination Centre - NHCC)

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
The Advisor Heath Emergency Management position is responsible for supporting Te Whatu Ora Emergency Management Team across the four ‘R's of Emergency Management (Reduction, Readiness, Response and Recovery) and facilitating the achievement of our obligations and responsibilities for emergency management by supporting the Health Emergency Management Systems. This includes: the development of a comprehensive information management system which ensures access to a wide a range of open source and bespoke health intelligence and surveillance data. This information will support a coordinated response across Te Whatu Ora and system partners such as Te Aka Whai Ora and Whaikaha.
This role reports to the Manager Engagement and will be responsible for undertaking the coordination, development and implementation of Te Whatu Ora's Emergency Management policy, plans and procedures.
The Advisor Heath Emergency Management has an operational role in response to emergencies. Helping to manage and support disaster and emergency response operations through the tracking of resources and supporting the flow of information during a crisis, primarily by providing the platform for an incident management team to assess, plan, report and maintain the reaction to regional, national, or international crisis.
Essentially, the primary focus of this role will be to ensure consistency and readiness of the system nationally, regionally and locally i.e., supporting systems that enable organizational understanding and allocation of resources i.e. medical staff, medication, medical gas, and supports tasks such as evacuations, setting up coordination centres etc.
Mōu | About you

**You will**:
- have strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and will be able to build a picture of what the impacts are for the health system
- be intuitive by nature to ensure an understanding of how the various regions are responding and faring and, where necessary, and able to make definitive decisions under pressure
- be adept using your problem-solving ability by considering a range of tailored outputs, to ensure that you respond appropriately to the adverse effects of emergencies
- have strong coordination and facilitation skills to maintain the good operational relationships with partner agenciesbe focused on diversity and inclusion; ensuring equitable outcomes for all communities affected by disaster
- have good presentations skills and the ability to maintain positive working relationships with people at all levels

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
- Understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in action
- Engaging with vulnerable or diverse communities
- Working in teams and, working with a wide and diverse range of organisations
- Well-versed using Microsoft Office (full suite)

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
It's not very often something happens that's big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the motu. That's what we're talking about here. The provision of health services in Aotearoa, and how they are delivered, is about to change in a big way.
Te Whatu Ora-Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora-Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of health services in Aotearoa for generations to come and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our whānau. Te Whatu Ora is ‘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. Join us in this mahi...
Nau mai, uru mai | Come and join us
Ko te mahi e tika ana mō te ao hurihuri nei |Work that suits today's ever -changing world
This is a truly rewarding role where you will come to work each day making a difference, leading change, and creating capabilities across our health service. Te Whatu Ora supports flexible and hybrid working, and offers learning and growth opportunities for staff.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply