Aporei Principal Advisor, Monitoring Evaluation

**Aporei** | Principal Advisor, Monitoring & Evaluation **Te Puni Rautaki**| Strategy **Te Puni Kokiri** | The Ministry of M ori Development **Location: Te Tari Matua, Poneke** | National Office, Wellington - Are you often asked to endorse work developed by others from a technical perspective? - Do you have the passion for building the knowledge base in others? - Do you understand research, monitoring and outcome measurement methodologies? - Are you motivated by mahi that influences the adequacy of services provide to M ori? If you answered "Yes" to any of the above, then we want to hear from you Te Puni Kokiri is the government's principal policy advisor on M ori wellbeing and development. We achieve strategic influence with a focus on providing high quality policy advice and holding other agencies to account for delivering public services to, for, and with M ori. This includes our mandate to promote M ori achievement in education, training, health and economic resource development along with performing our monitoring and mentoring roles. We have an exciting Principal Advisor opportunity in our Monitoring and Evaluation team, focused on supporting the implementation of a strengthened monitoring function for Te Puni Kokiri. **Te whai w hitanga | The opportunity** A core focus of the Principal Advisor is to provide thought leadership and provide high quality, evidence-based advice to the Ministry, Ministers and key stakeholders. Confident in their mahi and knowledge, Principal Advisors are key strategic advisors. - **Representation.** Speak on behalf of Te Puni Kokiri to a range of audiences, including General Managers, Deputy Secretaries, Secretary for M ori Development and Ministers. - **Thought Leadership.**Build agency and sector credibility by providing timely, accurate advice relating to your specialist knowledge. - **Innovation.** Champion innovation and the sharing of knowledge within the team. Create an environment that fosters this. - **Stakeholder Relationships.**Connecting across work programmes and teams, and being an active strategic advisor to the Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation. **Mou | About you** An experienced practitioner, you should have the knowledge and skills to deliver and lead complex pieces of work and plan workload. A critical thinker with one eye on the future you may have championed innovation in the past. We are looking for someone who is: - Experienced in providing advice and guidance to stakeholders and possesses the core skills outlined in the position description. - Skilled in influencing and positioning teams to influence senior leadership to put evidence at the heart of decision making. - Knowledgeable of contemporary continuous quality improvement methodology. Including using qualitative and quantitative data and information to support evidence-informed decision making. - Forward thinking, agile, and adaptable. Able to anticipate the evolving nature of M ori and non-M ori world views. - Comfortable working in a te ao M ori environment and situations where tikanga is observed. Competency in teo reo M ori or a willingness to learn. **T u e whai ai | What you will get in return** Te Puni Kokiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focussed on creating solutions that will help our communities. We are guided by our values of te wero, manaakitanga, he toa takitini and ture tangata. There is more to life than just work and we encourage our staff to maintain the right balance between work and personal pursuits. We recognise that a healthy workforce is a productive one so we're committed to providing opportunities and incentives for our employees to look after themselves, including: - Optical allowance - Hauora allowance - Te Reo M ori proficiency allowance - Provide enhanced parental leave provisions and childcare allowances. **Te Puni Kokiri | Ministry of M ori Development** Te Puni Kokiri is committed to our vision of 'Wh nau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Wh nau'. We consider that when wh nau are thriving, so do their communities, hapu, iwi and all of Aotearoa. This underpins everything we do. Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting M ori collective success. They do this by creating and maintaining relationships with iwi, hapu and wh nau M ori and government at both a local and national level. It is this that enables M ori participation and success as M ori, and it is our people who will create a future where all wh nau can thrive. Ka aki kina koe kia tukuna mai to tononga i tenei rangi tonu, kia whakap ngia r nei tetahi Ringa Taritari e korero ai mo ng painga o tenei whai w hitanga, me tona h ngai ki o wh inga -umanga. Nau mai r ko ng tononga i te reo M ori, te reo P keh, te reorua r nei, ka mutu, e kore to kowhiringa reo e whai p nga kino ki to tononga ahakoa te aha. Ka tirohia ai e m tou ng tononga katoa, ka mutu, kite ana m tou i te tangata tika rawa atu, ka whaka