Kaiarahi Iwi Maori Advisor

Do you have the skills to coordinate and lead multi-agencies through a crisis or disaster? Is being part of a talented team who are passionate about supporting communities through crisis something that drives you? Is talking one of your strengths? Are you an effective influencer or connector? Is one of your skills building relationships with communities and partner organisations?

**Mō te tūranga | About the role**
- Guide controllers during emergency situations on the best way to engage with iwi/Māori.
- Provide Guidance on Matauranga Māori to ensure that tikanga is integrated and its importance is understood.
- Empower and support hapu/iwi to undertake hazard monitoring and management strategies and be prepared for any hazard risks. prepare for hazard risks. Which for the Waikato is all of them - volcanic eruption, earthquake, tsunami and severe weather.
- Enable response and recovery during emergencies through Māori networks and focus groups creating resources and toolkits.
- Implement the Māori Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) framework and a relevant implementation plan.
- Encourage dialogue, action, projects and activities that assist whanau/hapu/iwi with disaster readiness, and which will continue to build resilience in the community.
- Influence and support the enablement of iwi and Māori contribution and leadership within the CDEM Group, providing specialist advice and support on all things Māori.
- Build and maintain enduring relationships with key Māori entities and representatives.

**Mō te tangata | About you**
- Existing networks with Iwi/Māori across the Waikato region.
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain successful and effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, elected officials, and executive level officers.
- Highly competent in use of MS Office, MS Teams, and Outlook.
- Strategic and tactical thinking skills.
- Excellent knowledge of Mātauranga Māori, Te Tiriti, and Te Ao M āori.
- Ability to deliver in a political environment that could be high pressure and rapidly changing.
- Have availability to be included in an on-call 24/7 Group Emergency Coordination Centre Duty Officer roster.

**Mō ngā pūkenga | Qualifications and experience**
- Tertiary qualification or relevant experience.
- Minimum seven years’ experience in a relevant area.
- Project management experience
- Has completed, or is committed to completing Civil Defence Emergency Management - Integrated Training Framework (ITF):

- Foundation
- Intermediate
- Has completed or is committed to completing IAP2 (International Association for Public Participation) or equivalent.

**Mō te tīma | About the team**
- Reporting to the Team Leader - Resilience and Recovery, you will work closely alongside community resilience staff and the wider CDEM staff.
- You will be working with a broad range of stakeholders across the Waikato Regional Civil Defence Emergency Management Group comprising of a consortium of 11 local authorities, iwi, emergency services, lifeline utilities, welfare services organisations, government departments and non-government organisations that operate in the Waikato.
- Our risks are as diverse as the region we care for; from the coastlines of the Coromandel Peninsula to the ‘super-volcano’ in Taupō.
- We work hard to care for the mighty Waikato, so current and future generations will benefit from a healthy environment, strong economy, and vibrant communities.
- If you’d like to understand more about what we do, please click here

**Mō te tuku tono | How to apply**
- For a copy of the role description, please click here.