- Location: Wellington
- Full time, Fixed term until 30 June 2027
- Inflight project with significant complexity
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
About the Role
The Senior Advisor role sit in the Major Projects team in the Protection Directorate of the National Public Health Service (NPHS).
We are seeking a strong Senior Advisor to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in shaping the business environment for our projects to succeed. Your work will significantly impact public health outcomes across New Zealand and help to ensure that our new systems enable equitable outcomes.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- A current in-depth understanding of operational Public Health and Notifiable Disease Management at a local, regional and national level within the NPHS
- Established critical networks across Health NZ including privacy, Pacific Directorate and Hauora Māori Tumatanui
- A background in high level technical writing, including papers, minutes, reports, aide memoires and policy
- Demonstrated experience in applying the Privacy Act 2020 to tech systems including producing Privacy Impact Assessments, Privacy Threshold Assessments, developing privacy statements and Terms of Use
- Developed public health operational processes and procedures
- Demonstrated experience in application of NPHS Kapasa and Te Tiriti o Waitangi equity reviews
- Experience handling privacy breeches within Health New Zealand
- The ability to adeptly build and maintain relationships with complex stakeholder groups, managing their expectations, and keeping them informed
About the Team/Service/ Location
The NPHS within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, work towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.
About you
You'll be an adaptive, pragmatic and action focused individual. You will bring personal expertise and the networks of experts that fill in the gaps. You will demonstrate a keenness to learn about the technology world and its application to the public health business. You'll bring a deep commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles, ensuring equitable outcomes and culturally responsive practices in all areas of your work.
You will have:
Essential:
- A relevant tertiary qualification, and a minimum of four years' experience or, a minimum of seven years' appropriate equivalent experience.
- Experience, knowledge and skills in relation to working with Māori and Pacific peoples/communities/stakeholders.
- Experience in implementing and evaluating Te Tiriti o Waitangi into work
- Proven relationship management and influencing skills
- Experience, in the design and managed a project of work and resources
- Programme management and administration skills, effectively coordinating multiple activities and ability to plan and monitor outcome achievement.
- Experience in an advisory role, applying critical thinking and using sound judgement to develop options and provide advice
- Professionalism, including effective inter-personal communication, teamwork, accountability, self-management, time and risk management,
- Strong analytical skills combined with an ability to quickly assimilate new information, and to write and talk about complex issues clearly and concisely with a range of audiences.
- Developing knowledge and skills to deal effectively with complex and politically sensitive situations or topics.
Desired:
- A post graduate qualification in Public Health or associated discipline
- Experience in collecting/using insights, evaluation and data to measure progress against planning outcomes
- Previous experience in applying critical thinking, using sound judgment to develop activity options
- Good understanding and/or previous experience in applying critical thinking using sound judgement to develop and inform options for a health in all policies approach alongside the machinery of government.
Working for Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To apply please click “apply now”. All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by Friday, 25 July 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Anesha Pillay via [email protected]
Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position.
