Deputy Director: The Pacific Justice Sector

4 days ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Fulltime opportunity
Kia ora, Kia orana, Tālofa lava, Mauri, Mālō e lelei, Tālofa, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni, Noa'ia, Halo wantoks, Kaselehila, Ekamawir omo, Yokwe, Apinum, and warm Pacific greetings.

Te āhuatunga a te tūranga | About the Role
The Director of the Pacific Justice Sector Programme is seeking a collaborative, Pasifika focused leader with senior experience to play a key role helping to lead the next phase of an exciting and innovative Pacific-led programme.
The Pacific Justice Sector Programme (PJSP) is a multi-jurisdictional initiative guided by the Pacific Chief Justices' 15-member Leadership Forum, which includes Aotearoa New Zealand's Chief Justice Winkelmann in her capacity as Chief Justice of Tokelau. The PJSP aims to promote a stable, prosperous and resilient Pacific through support for the development of accessible, fair, responsive and efficient justice systems.
The programme encompasses a wide range of services and activities spanning mentoring, professional development and technical training, through to enhancing human rights and gender and family violence responsiveness.
An important objective of the programmes is to support relationships between mainstream and Pasifika justice systems in ways which increase access to fair and high-quality justice for vulnerable people.
As Deputy Director you would need to bring real world experience in building effective relationships, and practical collaborations, ideally in a context that has required a genuinely inclusive Pasifika approach.

He pūkenga tou/Skills and Experience

**To be successful in this role you will have**:

- Experience and knowledge in successfully developing and delivering a complex work programme.
- A proven track record in providing advice and developing enduring relationships of trust and confidence with senior stakeholders, prioritising a Pacific context.
- Demonstrated ability to role model Pacific best practice by facilitating and delivering high quality, culturally appropriate and co-designed solutions.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to develop innovative responses to sensitive, complex and diverse issues.
- Superior written and oral communication skills and a reputation for communicating with clarity.
- Demonstrated understanding of the judiciary and justice sectors in Aotearoa New Zealand and/or the Pacific;
- A proven commitment to working under the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and working with Māori, Pacific Peoples and other ethnicities and cultures.
- A relevant tertiary qualification.

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