Cultural Lead

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We are committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, transport and urbanisation. Our team are currently seeking an experienced Cultural Lead to become an integral member of our team. This role is location agnostic and can be based in any of our GHD offices across New Zealand.

GHD acknowledges and respects Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a foundation for strengthening our organizational practices where we aspire to authentically blend our technical competence with the science of Matauranga Māori in delivering environmental solutions ahead. We have a responsibility to build strong, meaningful and enduring relationships with Tangata Whenua and to ensure that our technical solutions embrace cultural thinking, even if that journey means a harder route to drive the outcome.

We look to the individual selected for this role to take us safely on that journey across our business activities. They need to be a strategically focused individual who can walk both the commercial world and Te Ao Māori with integrity and mana. We are committed to developing the cultural identity of our organization and of our staff. The appointee needs to balance our desire for pace, against ensuring we are authentic in our approach and actions.

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Champion the weaving of cultural authenticity into GHD NZ
- Support Leadership to strengthen their understanding of Te Ao Māori
- Support the delivery of organisational change
- Promote, advocate and implement cultural components of our strategies
- Liaise with external agencies, authorities and inclusive Iwi and Māori entities
- Inform and develop policies, practices and guidelines for working effectively with Maori to deliver improved environment, economic, cultural and social outcomes

**What you will bring to the team**:

- Leadership skills and the ability to influence and create a cultural alignment
- Comprehensive verbal and written communication skills in Te Reo Māori
- Experience working with whanau, hapu, iwi, Māori organisations and communities
- Experience working in a similar cultural role

**What's in it for you**:

- Health insurances paid for by GHD (life, trauma and income protection)
- Up to 20 days extra leave with our holiday buy -back scheme
- Daily interaction with high performing teams
- Professional development and ongoing training
- Competitive remuneration
- Flexible working arrangements for work-life balance
- Opportunities to learn from our industry experts and technical gurus across APAC.
- A highly supportive and collaborative team environment
- We will set you up for success with the latest hardware, tools and tech

**Ki GHD, ka ākina te kaimahi e mātou kia tutuki ōna ake moemoeā. Nā te mea, ko te kaha o te tangata te tuarā o te pakihi. Nā reira, he hiahia nō mātou ki te whiwhi kaimahi nō ngā ahurea tuakiri maha, nō whenua rerekē, tane mai, wahine mai.**

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

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**Why GHD?**

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

**Our commitment to you**

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

**Who we**
**are**

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly ‘One GHD’ across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.