Team Leader

**Where you’ll be working**: Human Resources, CBD

**The details**: Permanent full-time, 40 hours per week (1.0FTE)
- Be part of the national transformation in Health
- Career pathway opportunity
- Central Hamilton location

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

Our AskHR Team Leader role is a great opportunity for a person pursuing a career pathway to a HR Manager role. AskHR is part of our People and Culture function, working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders across the Waikato District and beyond, and externally. They deliver core People and Culture transactions in our HRIS, coordination and compliance activities (we are on a journey to enabling and automating those) and first-level HR advice to our workforce. The team works with Recruitment, Payroll, Business Partners and our highly skilled and passionate workforce. They also work with our Union partners and other external stakeholders.

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**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

We are part of a national People and Culture function which supports New Zealand's largest workforce. We are on a transformation and enablement journey, which would appeal to a broad and agile thinker with a growth mindset. We want to disrupt ourselves and deliver to our wider team and ensure we have meaningful, satisfying work along the way.

**Mōu | About you**

This is an opportunity for a capable, agile professional with some leadership experience (could be project-based) to add value to our team and wider organisation. You will need a solid general People and Culture background, including skills, experience and qualifications. This will need to be supported by continuous improvement skills - we are not standing still. There is a small capable team of Advisors, Coordinators and Administrators in place, who need better tools and processes to work with. If this sounds like you then please apply.

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

**Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart**
- Whakamana - Give and earn respect
- Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me
- Mauri Pai - Fair play
- Whakapakari - Growing the good
- Kotahitanga - Stronger together

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run 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 New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

Here at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients - directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women’s and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

**He aha Waikato**

Waikato is the fourth largest region in Aotearoa New Zealand and located just south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences. You can surf the world-famous beaches of Whāingaroa Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Kapanga Coromandel, hike our majestic mountain ranges, tour the Hobbiton shire, experience the magic of the Waitomo glow worm caves, and encounter a vast array of flora and fauna at the remarkable Maungatautari Ecological Reserve.

Waikato is the home of the Kiingitanga and rich in Māori culture. Waikato Hospital sits on whenua gifted by Waikato iwi, situated on the banks of the mighty Waikato Awa