Kaiarahi Iwi Maori Advisor

**Mō te tūranga | About the role**
- To provide matrix leadership to engage with iwi/Māori and individuals.
- Provide guidance on Matauranga Māori to ensure that tikanga is integrated.
- Influence and support the enablement of hapu/iwi to undertake their own hazard monitoring and management strategies and enable the empowerment of whanau/hapu/iwi to be aware of and prepared for hazard risks they are exposed to.
- Influence and support the enablement of response and recovery during emergencies through Māori networks and focus groups creating resources and toolkits.
- Implement the Māori CDEM framework and a relevant implementation plan.
- Enable partnering at local levels to encourage dialogue, action, projects and activities that assist whanau/hapu/iwi with disaster readiness, and which will continue to build resilience in the community.
- Work with Māori to develop relationship protocols across the region.
- Influence and support the enablement of iwi and Māori contribution and leadership within the CDEM Group.
- Building and maintaining enduring relationships with key Māori entities and representatives.
- Provide specialist advice and support on all things Māori to the CDEM.
- Availability to be included in an on-call 24/7 GECC Duty Officer roster.

**Mō te tangata | About you**
- Existing networks with Iwi/Māori across the Waikato region.
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal.
- Excellent knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi.
- Project management experience.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain successful and effective working relationships with elected officials and executive level officers.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain successful and effective working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
- Highly competent in use of MS Office, MS Teams and Outlook.
- Strategic and tactical thinking skills.
- Excellent knowledge of Mātauranga Māori.
- Excellent knowledge of Te Ao Māori.
- Ability to deliver in a political environment that could be high pressure and rapidly changing.

**Mō ngā pūkenga | Qualifications and experience**
- Minimum 7 years' experience in relevant area.
- Tertiary qualification or relevant experience.
- Civil Defence Emergency Management - Integrated Training Framework (ITF):

- Foundation
- Intermediate
- IAP2 (International Association for Public Participation) or equivalent
- CIMS4 or international equivalent

**Mō te tīma | About the team**
- You will be working with a broad range of stakeholders across the Waikato Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group that comprises a consortium of 11 local authorities, iwi, emergency services, lifeline utilities, welfare services organisations, government departments and non-government organisations that operates in the central area of New Zealand’s North Island, referred to as the Waikato region.
- Our risks are as diverse as the region we care for; from the coastlines of the Coromandel Peninsula to the ‘super-volcano’ in Taupō.

**Mō mātou | About us**
- We want more good people to come and do great things with us.
- We love where we live. That’s why we work so hard to look after our region and the people who live and work in the Waikato region.
- By partnering with iwi and working with many others in our communities, our collective kaitiakitanga will make the Waikato region even better.
- Together, we’ll create a more resilient sustainable future that will make a positive difference to people’s lives.
- We’ve got ambitious goals and there are some tricky issues, but that’s what makes it so interesting.

**Mō te tuku tono | How to apply**
- Applicants will be reviewed as they come in and this role will close on **Sunday 13 October 2024.**:

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