Te Haeata/The Opportunity
Shape the future of workforce capability in Family Violence and Sexual Violence (FVSV). As a Natioanl System Practice Lead, you will guide and provide leadership in the design, implementation, and evaluation of national learning initiatives across Te Puna Aonui partner agencies. Your work will be violence- and trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and equity-driven, ensuring training is accessible, evidence-based, and impactful.
This role is grounded in the five principles that underpin the Family Violence Entry to Expert Capability Framework (E2E) and the Specialist Family Violence Organisational Standards (SOS). You will help to operationalise these principles by ensuring learning initiatives prioritise equity, accountability, collaboration, wellbeing, and continuous improvement.
How You Work Grounded in These Principles
Kotahitanga – Relationships & Inclusion
- amplify awareness and responsiveness to the needs of under-served communities, highlighting, and addressing barriers to inclusion, prioritising equity, and driving change to support these needs and achieve equity.
- champion culturally responsive capability building approaches that incorporates Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and meets the needs of tangata whenua, Pacific peoples, ethnic communities, disabled and Deaf people, LGBTQIA+ people, older people, and children and young people.
Kaitiakitanga – Protection & Accountability
- develop workforce capability frameworks and tools that support FVSV capability and capacity initiatives within workforces and organisations to uphold good-practice safety measures and enhance accountability at all levels
- support the increase of trauma and violence informed knowledge and skills, and cultural responsiveness to under-served communities, through championing the implementation and embedding of the workforce capability frameworks
- influence system-wide approaches to holding people who use violence accountable through workforce capability interventions.
Mahi Tahi – Collaboration & Advocacy
- partner with Te Puna Aonui member agencies to align workforce capability development with national strategies, ensuring training, organisational development and policy settings contributes to a wider system shift.
- build and strengthen strategic partnerships and
- provide high-level advisory support on FVSV workforce development, influencing senior decision-makers
Ora – Wellbeing & Restoration
- ensure workforce capability building programmes are victim-survivor-centred, embedding whānau-centred, strengths-based responses in all capability-building initiatives
- apply a strength-based approach to responsive strategic leadership
Koi Mahi – Innovation & Learning
- guide the design of data-driven evaluation frameworks, ensuring workforce training continuously evolves based on insights, feedback, and best practice
- drive continuous improvement, integrating sector knowledge and lived experience insights into workforce capability planning
- support the sustainability of workers, in the development of career pipelines, accreditation and qualification pathways working with national partners
Ō pūkenga / Skills and Experience
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we have outlined and believe you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you!
To be successful in this role, you will:
- tertiary qualification in a relevant field or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience and a commitment to ongoing professional development.
- deep expertise in FV and/or SV dynamics and interventions
- experience in FV and/or SV practice leadership and/or capability building.
- proven leadership in complex environments, including managing change and resistance.
- experience leading cross-functional teams and driving system or strategic improvements.
- strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- ability to apply evidence, research, and national models locally.
- sound judgement balancing functional, political, and stakeholder needs.
- excellent written and verbal communication, including Te Reo Māori.
- skilled at adapting messages for different audiences.
- builds rapport and trust across diverse groups.
- works effectively across government, non-government, and community sectors.
- manages complex relationships with integrity and confidentiality.
- mediates differences and aligns local and national interests.
- responds well to urgent and shifting priorities.
- delivers high-quality work under pressure, independently or in teams.
- understanding of government systems and workforce investment planning.
Mō mātou / About us
Te Puna Aonui: The Joint Venture for the Elimination of Family Violence and Sexual Violence is an Interdepartmental Executive Board (IEB) reporting directly to the Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence. It was established to ensure clear joint accountability for work relating to the elimination of family violence and sexual violence.
Te Puna Aonui Business Unit supports the IEB and the broader Joint Venture, serving as the Government's lead advisor on FVSV from a whole-system perspective. We lead with influence and collaboration, working alongside government, Māori, communities, NGOs, and private organisations to drive transformation. We provide strategic policy advice, best-practice recommendations, and lived experience insights, ensuring effective governance and accountability.
We are housed and serviced within Te Tāhū o te Ture – the Ministry of Justice. At Te Tāhū o te Ture we're committed to strengthening people's trust in the law of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Joining Te Tāhū o te Ture means you will become part of an organisation that welcomes and supports people of all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disabilities and religions.
Ngā painga o tēnei wāhi mahi / What's great about working here
We offer you a range of benefits to support your wellbeing and help make the Ministry a great place to be. These include:
- 4.4 weeks holiday leave,
- an online professional development portal,
- access to a variety of inclusive and proactive networks.
See our full range of benefits here.
With a wide range of jobs, you also get the chance to gain a variety of skills and experience while developing your career.
Utu ā-tau/Salary
The appointing salary for this role will be between $129,129 and $179,192 based on skills and experience.
Tono mai/Apply
To apply, click the Apply button below to be directed to our Careers Website. You can view a detailed position description here, as well as complete an online application form by attaching your CV and cover letter.
Applications close on Wednesday, 11 June; however, we will be reviewing CVs as they come in and may be inviting successful candidates to interview before the close date.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
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