Senior Advisor- Internal Communications

Senior Internal Communications Advisor for Te Kurutao Group Māori at Kāinga Ora
- Help champion our fantastic culture through internal communications
- Use your well-honed strategic skills to achieve great results
- Full time permanent role at $127,648 salary + 5 weeks' annual leave plus a suite of other benefits

Mō mātou - Our Organisation
At Kāinga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand's housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive.
What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders' lives. With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa.
We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better. That includes being a trusted partner for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Ko tā mātou mahi - Our Role
Reporting to the Team Leader - Internal Communications Auckland, the Senior Communications Advisor plays a key role in providing strategic account management support for Te Kurutao Group Māori. Te Kurutao Group Māori brings together the key capabilities that are essential to ensuring that Kāinga Ora can fulfil its legislative obligations to protect and enable Māori interests and aspirations in relation to housing and urban development.
As an experienced senior communications professional, you are a natural strategic thinker with excellent relationship management skills who is easily able to build productive partnering relationships with the internal stakeholders you support. If you have experience in some or all of the following - culture building, embedding values, leadership development, internal development, and working with executive stakeholders, then this is the role for you.
Key to your success in this role will be ensuring not only that strategic communications plans are in place, but that they are fit for purpose and align with, as well as promote, Te Ao Māori throughout our organisation.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring
- Relevant tertiary or communications qualification, coupled with communications experience, including leading communications at programme level
- A sound understanding of Te Ao Māori, and confidence working within tikanga and kaupapa Māori environments
- Fluency in Te Reo Māori would be a distinct advantage
- Demonstrated aptitude for writing clearly, with the ability to analyse and distil strategic and technical concepts down into simple and clear language
- Excellent people skills, with strengths in relationship management
- Demonstrated experience in managing and communicating change

Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you?
As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities.
Ō Tātou Uara - Our Values
Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are:

- Manaakitanga - People at the Heart
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Whanake - Be Bold

Tūhono mai - Join us
Applications close on Friday 15 September.
We value diversity and are committed to working with each other and our customers in an inclusive and respectful way. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and appreciate the richness of experience that your point of difference brings to the organisation.