Principal Advisor

Join Te Whatu Ora at a key time of change where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive and people-centred health system. This is mahi that will improve the health and well-being of everyone in Aotearoa, and we've got an opportunity for you to be part of it
**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

As the Principal Advisor you will have a key role in working with sector leaders to shape up the future of our health workforce. Ensuring that the education and training pipelines are responsive and agile to develop a flexible and sustainable workforce pipeline.

You will lead the development of the workforce planning activity through quality operational advice including the development of the advice, briefings, guidance and senior support to the Group Manager Strategic Workforce.

The role sits within the Workforce Development and Planning Group and interacts across teams within Health NZ and other agencies to ensure a cohesive approach to workforce development.

This is a system wide focused role working with key stakeholders to effect tangible change. This creates the opportunity to build wide on your innate ability to build networks and use your honed policy and stakeholder relationship skills.

**Mōu | About you**

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- Experience at providing strategic advice and providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure effective delivery of programmes and initiatives
- The ability to influence, operate and get buy-in within a sector with complex stakeholder interests
- Experience with developing effective strategies that deliver on organisational objectives.
- Can demonstrate they have given meaningful effect to the expectations outlined in Te Tiriti o Waitangi in their position(s)/at a leadership level.
- Previous responsibility at a senior level for developing, maintaining, and influencing relationships and partnerships across sectors and organisations including with Māori and Pacific Peoples and groups.
- An appropriate tertiary level professional qualification and/or significant relevant work experience

**Ka kawea e koe | You will bring**:

- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth

**Ko te mahi e tika ana mō te ao hurihuri nei |Work that suits today's ever -changing world**

Te Whatu Ora supports flexible and hybrid working for our kaimahi. In roles that don't require an in-person element, we encourage you to ‘work from where you are.' We want our national teams to be made up of diverse people from across the motu, just like our health system.

**Nau mai, uru mai | Come and join us**

When you join us, you become part of transforming the health system. This is a once in a life-time change, that will touch the lives of everyone in Aotearoa, and future generations.

Our name, Te Whatu Ora, means ‘the weaving of wellness'. Whatu is the combining together of people, resources, organisations, thoughts and actions for the betterment and wellbeing of all. Whatu is also a direct reference to the pupil of the eye, and the vision required of the new entity and system.

We are working towards a system that better meets the complex demands of a growing population, addresses the persistent inequalities experienced by Māori and ensures greater access, experience and outcomes for those traditionally not well served by the system - Māori, Pacific and Disabled People.

**Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion**

**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply