Kaitohutohu Advisor, Rotorua

Te Puni Kōkiri is the government's principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development. We achieve strategic influence with a focus on providing high quality policy advice and holding other agencies to account for delivering public services to, for, and with Māori. This includes our mandate to promote Māori achievement in education, training, health and economic resource development along with performing our monitoring and mentoring roles.

Our Waikato-Waiariki tīma is looking for a knowledgeable and passionate Kaitohutohu | Advisor. This role is permanent, full-time and based in Rotorua.

**Te whai wāhitanga | The opportunity**

The Kaitohutohu role offers an opportunity to assist whānau, hapū, iwi, Māori organisations and Māori communities to develop and implement initiatives that will improve long-term economic and social development.

This role involves fostering regional partnerships and collaborating with stakeholders across iwi, public, and private sectors. It includes supporting the development and management of funding proposals and investments. Additionally, the role requires contributing to regional work programmes by leading and providing policy advice on various project-related issues significant to Māori and the Government.

This team is led and supported by a dedicated team of kaiwhakahaere where kaimahi are encouraged to share ideas and upskill one another.

The likely appointment range is $76,213 - $84,860, based on skills and experience. The full grade for this role is $76,213 - $101,616 with a mid-point of $84,860.

**Mōu | About you**

To be successful in this role you will:

- Have experience in facilitating the establishment and consideration of investment opportunities (business or otherwise)
- Have experience advising on policy and a high level of understanding of the machinery of Government, public service and public sector processes that ensure the impartiality of Public Servants
- Have experience working with local iwi, hapū and whānau Māori
- Understand the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti ō Waitangi and recognise the importance of the Treaty/Tiriti from both Māori and Crown perspectives
- A level of competency in te reo Māori, or a willingness to learn
- Clean full drivers licence

**Tāu e whai ai | What you will get in return**

Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate kaimahi focused on creating solutions that will help our communities. We are guided by our values of te wero, manaakitanga, he toa takitini and ture tangata.

There is more to life than just work and we encourage our kaimahi to maintain the right balance between mahi and their personal lives. Your whānau is just as important as you, so we're committed to providing incentives and opportunities that help our kaimahi and their whānau to thrive, including:

- A range of allowances including childcare, optical, hauora/wellbeing and te reo Māori proficiency
- Medical insurance discounts
- Flexible working options
- In house te reo Māori training
- Kaimahi development and career options, including study assistance
- Enhanced parental leave provisions

**Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development**

Te Puni Kōkiri is committed to our vision of 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau'. We consider that when whānau are thriving, so do their communities, hapū, iwi and all of Aotearoa. This underpins everything we do.

Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting Māori collective success. They do this by creating and maintaining relationships with iwi, hapū and whānau Māori and government at both a local and national level. It is this that enables Māori participation and success as Māori, and it is our people who will create a future where all whānau can thrive.

Ka akiākina koe kia tukuna mai tō tononga i tēnei rangi tonu, kia whakapāngia rānei tētahi Ringa Taritari e kōrero ai mō ngā painga o tēnei whai wāhitanga, me tōna hāngai ki ō whāinga ā-umanga. Nau mai rā ko ngā tononga i te reo Māori, te reo Pākehā, te reorua rānei, ka mutu, e kore tō kōwhiringa reo e whai pānga kino ki tō tononga ahakoa te aha. Ka tirohia ai e mātou ngā tononga katoa, ka mutu, kite ana mātou i te tangata tika rawa atu, ka whakatūngia ko ia.

Ka aukati ngā tono hei te **Rātapu 15 Pipiri** ā te 11.55pm | Applications close on **Sunday 15 June**at 11.55pm.

**Job Details**:

- Reference #
- 15234
- Posted on
- 29 May 2025
- Closes on
- 15 Jun 2025 23:55
- Location(s)
- Rotorua
- Expertise
- Advisor, Government
- Job level(s)
- Advisor
- Work type(s)
- Permanent full-time