Programme Manager

Position Title: Programme Manager - Nursing

Location: Bay of Plenty

Position Type: Permanent, Full Time (40 hours per week)

Remuneration: $ $105, $ $132, Fixed remuneration excluding Kiwisaver)

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About the Role

Are you passionate about leading innovative, high-quality nursing education that makes a real difference for learners, patients, and communities?

We're seeking a Programme Manager – Nursing to lead the planning, delivery, and continuous improvement of our nursing programmes across Tauranga and Rotorua. In this role, you will ensure our nursing programmes are clinically relevant, evidence-based, and aligned with industry standards and professional nursing practice. You'll play a key part in shaping future nurses who are competent, culturally responsive, and ready to meet the health needs of diverse communities.

You'll manage a team of academic staff, foster innovation and research in nursing education, and collaborate across Toi Ohomai, health providers, and other external partners to deliver excellent teaching and learning outcomes. This strategic leadership role champions excellence in nursing education, strengthens clinical and academic partnerships, and drives continuous improvement for the benefit of learners and the wider health sector.

Ngā mahi | Key Responsibilities

• Lead nursing programme delivery across Toi Ohomai campuses, ensuring clinically and academically rigorous learning experiences.
• Ensure nursing programmes meet the highest professional and academic standards, including Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ) requirements, NZQA academic standards, and TEC accountability obligations.
• Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and learner-centred teaching in nursing, integrating evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, and patient safety principles.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with iwi/hapū, healthcare providers, and other education institutions to support clinical placements, research collaboration, and community-responsive nursing education.
• Champion Mātauranga Māori, work-integrated learning, and technology-enabled delivery, ensuring nursing programmes prepare graduates to deliver culturally safe, competent, and adaptable healthcare in diverse settings.

He kōrero mōu | About You

You are a highly motivated and experienced nursing education leader who brings:

• A Master's qualification in nursing or a relevant health discipline and a recognised teaching qualification.
• A current Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ) practising certificate.
• Proven experience in tertiary nursing education leadership, including programme planning, delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Strong knowledge of academic regulatory requirements, NZQA standards, and quality assurance in tertiary education.
• A commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, equity, and Māori learner success.
• Experience applying te reo Māori, tikanga, and mātauranga Māori in your professional practice and leadership.

Mō Mātou | About us

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is a vocational education provider in the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato. Home to over 9000 ākonga (students), at Toi Ohomai we put ākonga and kaimahi at the centre of all we do. Through educational excellence, Māori Success, strong partnerships and sustainable practices we enable our ākonga, institution and communities to thrive.

Toiohomaitanga describes our way of doing and being. It reflects how we care for each other, work together, and uphold our shared purpose. Ā mātou uara | our values are an important part of this, our Toi Ohomai values are:

• Toitūtanga – Courageous and humble in our pursuit of excellence

• Manaakitanga – Strengthening the mana of others and our communities

• Whanaungatanga – Building and nurturing relationships

• Kotahitanga – United in our shared purpose

As we transition, Toi Ohomai is developing a more financially sustainable and strategically aligned organisation. Our new operating model places ākonga at the centre, organising into interconnected functions: Engage, Develop, Educate, Support, and Enable. This enables us to focus on our core purpose and work interdependently to deliver excellent vocational education.

By embracing our Toiohomaitanga (our new ways of working) we will foster greater collaboration, clearer role accountability, data-informed decision-making and agile and adaptive practices that enable us to respond quickly to changing needs. Applying for a role in this new structure is an opportunity to contribute to the future of Toi Ohomai and our communities

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply

Toi Ohomai is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable persons. Applicants must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will undergo relevant pre-employment checks.

If this opportunity excites you, we'd love to hear from you. We review applications as they arrive and may contact shortlisted candidates before the closing date.

To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter via our online application portal