Business Partner

**Location**: Pōneke

**Directorate**: Governance & Advisory

**Contract**: Permanent, Full Time

**Grade 21**: Midpoint $138,903
Ko wai mātou - Our Organisation
At the heart of Te Aka Whai Ora is our people working together, navigating through our initial years of work to address intergenerational Māori health inequities and help deliver, better health outcomes for all New Zealanders. We need people to join us on this growth journey as we create a 'future fit' team who are dedicated to ensuring we weave together our knowledge and skills in a combined effort to reach Te Pae Tawhiti our Vision our Destination. Te Aka Whai Ora-Māori Health Authority and Te Whatu Ora-Health New Zealand will together shape the delivery of health services in Aotearoa for generations to come and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our whānau. Our waka hourua seeks to drive transformational change for our health system to support better outcomes and wellbeing for all our people - whakahiko i te oranga whānau.
Korero mō te tūranga - About the role
As Performance and Planning Business Partner, you will contribute to the effective strategic performance monitoring and reporting frameworks, and Te Aka Whai Ora public accountability responsibilities. You will work closely with the Principal Advisor, Planning and Performance, and you allocated directorate leadership teams, providing Organisational performance and planning advice.
Te whiwhinga mahi - The Opportunity
The relationship you will have with the allocated directorate Leadership teams including Deputy Chief Executive, will see you working as a ‘best friend' and performance enabler. You will work with managers and colleagues to identify and address organisational performance capability gaps within allocated directorates, complete strategic business planning, risk management, and performance reporting. Assisting in building Te Aka Whai Ora wide planning and performance capability and confidence. The adoption of a high-performance culture across the business is encouraged, through effective communication, timely delivery of insightful advice and continuous improvement.
You will work with other Business Partners - HR, Comms and Finance to ensure your allocate directorate benefit from a cohesive internal enabling service experience for business managers.
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako - Skills and experience
Qualifications & Experience
- A relevant tertiary qualification is essential in a relevant specialist field AND experience in a middle - senior public sector role in a performance and planning and/or monitoring and evaluation setting is highly desirable
- Recognised credibility in strategy and/or performance within the public or private sector(s) - Experience in and strong knowledge of Government accountability processes
- Ensure that Te Aka Whai Ora internal performance is measured and evaluated in a way that drives continuous improvement against relevant established benchmarks.
- Able to understand senior leaders' issues
- Proven ability to manage key relationships at a senior level
- Proven analytical and writing skills
- Strong project management skills
- Flexibility and an ability work autonomously to make decisions

**Skillset**:

- Strong partnership builder, able to establish, build and maintain effective working relationships at all levels of an organisation
- Highly effective communication skills - able to communicate concisely and clearly, able to adapt style to meet the needs of the audience
- Exercises sound judgement and political sensitivity (high degree of political nous)
- Strong leadership skills - Able to lead, encourage and motivate others, in both a formal and informal context
- Self-starter with initiative - is energetic, determined and highly motivated, committed to excellence
- Able to work under pressure and keep on top of developments within the field and implement changes
- Organises and schedules own work to meet competing demands/deadlines without compromising on quality
- Proven credibility, integrity and professionalism - always demonstrates these characteristics
- Flexible, adaptable and pragmatic

Nau mai, uru mai - Come and join us
Te painga o te mahi tahi me matou - Benefits
This is a truly rewarding role where you will come to work each day making a difference, leading change, and creating capabilities across our health service. Te Aka Whai Ora supports flexible, and hybrid working and offers learning and growth opportunities to staff.
Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply