Chief Advisor, Learning Support

**Wellington or South Island location.**:

- **Newly created position.**
- He mea _**_tārai _**_e mātou te _**_mātauranga_**_ kia_**_ rangatira_**_ ai, kia _**_mana taurite_**_ ai ōna _**_huanga_**
- We work to _**_shape_**_ an _**_education_**_ system that delivers _**_equitable_**_ and _**_excellent outcomes_**

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people around Aotearoa, from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for our ākonga in our education system.
Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown. We are committed to having Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the forefront of our work for and with Māori students, their whānau, hapū and iwi.

Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | the Ministry of Education is changing how it works to better support educators and the ākonga and whānau they serve. We have taken the opportunity to look right across our organisation and redesign ourselves in ways that will strengthen how we deliver locally, regionally and nationally integrated services, and how we provide support and challenge to drive improvements across the education system.

Our transformation started in 2021 with the creation of Te Mahau. Te Mahau provides services and support for education staff and leaders, ākonga and whanau nationally.

The primary focus for Te Mahau moving forward is to collaborate and offer leadership and integrated services across its Te Tai Runga (Southern), Te Tai Whenua (Central) and Te Tai Raro (Northern) takiwā. By establishing a national service delivery model, Te Mahau will enhance its leadership and capability to efficiently navigate and operate more effectively at the interface of kāwanatanga and rangatiratanga.

**We are making significant changes to how we deliver our service by doing the following**:

- Taking practical action to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Giving priority to regional and local voice.
- Delivering greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support
- Improving feedback loops and information flows

**Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role**

The Chief Advisor, Learning Support will provide expertise and advice to the Hautū | Deputy Secretary Te Tai Runga and the Te Tai Runga leadership team on learning support. This will include:

- Taking a lead in strengthening Te Tai Runga learning support practice for whānau, mokopuna and kaiako to ensure Learning Support is culturally responsive, benefits and improves outcomes for Māori,
- Collaboration across Te Mahau and Te Tāhuhu business groups to critique and advise on regional learning support context, barriers, and opportunities. Providing regional input into the thinking and direction of the various groups work programmes, and potential future priority programmes. Including budget bids,
- Providing Te Tai Runga oversight and direction to all managers on practice leadership, and support for supervision systems in collaboration with Learning Support, Te Pae Aronui,
- Monitoring performance measures and reporting on performance across designated group with the aim of continuous improvement and influencing key policy decisions,
- Maintaining effective networks, collaborate with the sector to build and expand Learning Support services and lead and contribute to the co-ordination of working groups, meetings, forums and interagency meetings as required.

**Mōhou ake | About you**
- Experience and credibility in Learning Support, preferably including experience as a practitioner or operational manager and a relevant qualification.
- Demonstrated breadth of knowledge and experience of organizational and service design, development and delivery of effective strategies, and programmes, across an organization or large business group(s) that brings about transformational change,
- Deep understanding and proven ability to drive the implementation of strategies that improve outcomes for learning support,
- Proven ability to deliver improvements to key systems and service in complex organisational settings.
- A proven track record of building and maintaining trusted relationships with iwi and / or Māori,
- The ability to communicate with sector leaders and facilitate outcomes through persuasion and influence and provide a compelling rationale for change,
- An understanding of the role and importance of education and the sector’s role in supporting both individual outcomes and outcomes for the wider economy and community,
- The ability to work collaboratively with senior leaders.

**Mātau rōpū ake | About our ministry, group, and team**

At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whanau. To better deliver on this, we are currently undergoing an organi