Kaitohu Matua, Haumitanga ā-rohe Senior Regional

**Kaitohu Matua, Haumitanga ā-Rohe** | Senior Regional Investment Advisor
**Te Puni Rohe** | Regions
**Te Puni Kōkiri** | The Ministry of Māori Development

**Waikato-Waiariki, kei Rotorua, kei Kirikiriroa, kei Tauranga, kei Whakatāne rānei te tūranga** | Rotorua, Hamilton, Tauranga or Whakatane based opportunity.

Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development) is a government agency that works within government and communities to achieve our vision of _Thriving Whānau_.

**Te whai wāhitanga | The opportunity**

We are seeking three Senior Regional Investment Advisors across Aotearoa who will be based in our regional offices but report centrally to the Manager, Performance Support based in Te Tari Matua, Pōneke | National Office, Wellington.

The Senior Regional Investment Advisor will support the successful delivery of our investment programmes across the motu. They will play a critical support role within our regional network. This role is primarily internal facing and will:

- Champion and promote the TPK investment strategy and supporting regional offices to connect their regional investment strategy
- Take a business partner approach to understanding the context of the region and supporting regional staff with investment opportunities to ensure investment practice is maintained.
- Promote best practice funding and contracting processes and systems.
- Provide advice and support to regional staff on the parameters and requirements of investment programmes and initiatives.
- Provide quality assurance advice to Regional Directors across investments.
- Provide regional insights to the portfolio teams to support investment improvements.

To be able to support the rohe the Senior Regional Investment Advisor will need to understand the local landscape, as well as, from time to time participate in other Te Puni Kōkiri regionally lead mahi.

**Mōu | About you**

In this role you will report to the Manager, Performance Support. To be successful you will have:

- At least three years Senior level experience
- An ability to identify, build and actively manage relationships, valuing diverse perspectives and experiences.
- Comfort in working in a tikanga / kaupapa Māori environment, a degree of fluency in Te reo Māori is of benefit.
- Excellent communication skills and strong critical reasoning
- An understanding of best practice contracting processes
- An ability to promote and champion best practice contracting processes
- Excellent communication skills - highly developed skills of persuasion and influence
- An understanding of government and public sector processes.
- The ability to identify and manage risks and issues.
- Demonstrated capability in providing high quality advice and recommendations.
- Numeracy and competency with spreadsheets and databases.
- A willingness and ability to travel regularly across the designated Te Puni Kōkiri region
- A relevant tertiary qualification
- A clean full motor vehicle driver's licence.

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

Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focussed on discovering solutions that will assist in serving our communities. We are guided by our values of excellence, valuing people and relationships, working collectively and being creative and innovative.

There is more to life than just work and we encourage our staff to maintain the right balance between work and personal pursuits. We recognise that a healthy workforce is a productive one so we're committed to providing opportunities and incentives for our employees to look after themselves, including:

- Optical allowance
- Hauora allowance
- Te Reo Māori proficiency allowance
- Provide enhanced parental leave provisions and childcare allowances.

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

Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, supports and works in partnership with the Government to design and deliver policies, as well as innovative targeted investment initiatives that have a significant and positive impact on Māori.

Our commitment to 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau' enables whānau, hapū and iwi to succeed underpins everything that we do.

Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting Māori collective success 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 our best future.
- Ka aukati ngā tono hei te Rātū, 03 Mahuru ā te 11.55pm_
- Applications close on Tuesday, 03 September 2024 at 11.55pm_

**Job Details**:

- Reference #
12183- Posted on
21 Aug 2024- Closes on
03 Sep 2024 23:55- Location(s)
Rotorua- Expertise
Advisor, Contracts, Finance- Job level(s)
Fund Manager, Senior Advisor, Senior Analyst- Work type(s)
Permanent full-time