Māori Cultural Advisor

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Māori Cultural Advisor
- Based at Te Whanganui-a-Tara
- Permanent, Full Time
- Nationally Advertised Vacancy
- Office of Constable/Police Employee
- JR4657025

Mō te taiao, mō ngā tāngata | Thriving together

Our environment and our people go hand-in-hand.

E te iwi, kua wātea mai tētahi tūranga, hai tono māu. Mehemea he tangata koe e rata ana ki ngā mahi e horapa ai te ao Māori, e tupu ai te ao Māori ki ngā moka katoa o Aotearoa, tēnā pānuitia ngā whakamahuki o raro iho nei.
Are you skilled and knowledgeable in te ao Māori? Do you enjoy sharing te ao Māori with everyone? Come and join our journey to grow organisational capability and confidence in te ao Māori.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

We are looking for someone to join our Iwi and Community whānau as a Māori Cultural Advisor reporting to the National Engagement Manager (Māori). This role is responsible for supporting the Senior Māori Partnerships Advisors and Māori Responsive Managers in assisting our kaimahi to develop their knowledge and skills in te reo Māori, Tīkanga, Mātauranga Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ensuring that te Ao Māori is seen, heard, felt and spoken - Ko Te Ao Māori ka kitea, ka rangona, ka kōrerohia.
By developing NZ Police kaimahi confidence and capability in te ao Māori, we are better enabled to partner and engage with tangata whenua with the utmost cultural integrity.
This role provides expert advice on te ao Māori capability at organisational, team and individual levels. It involves participation in the planning, collaboration, design, delivery and evaluation of various organisational development initiatives, as outlined in our Strategy, ‘Te Huringa o Te Tai”.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Supporting the delivery and implementation of Te Huringa o te Tai strategy and ‘Our Business’.
- Team player: Contributes to the wider team by being proactive, taking initiative and managing time and competing deadlines appropriately.
- Coordinating and facilitating communication and meetings between NZ Police and community leaders, to achieve community input into Iwi & Community and Police strategies and initiatives
- Maintaining effective working relationships with Responsiveness Managers and Liaison Officers within Districts to foster a commitment to delivering on Iwi & community strategies and initiatives

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

**Highlights of working with us include**:

- The opportunity to make a significant positive difference to Iwi/Communities by building long term partnerships
- Varied and challenging mahi
- Commitment to supporting you to grow and develop
- Supportive and collaborative hoa mahi
- Flexibility with the way you work

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements
- Must have fluency in Te Reo Rangatira me ōna tikanga & experience/ competency/knowledgeable in speaking on the marae

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

Mo tātou | About us

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.
Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community of practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

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