Manukura Pae Tawhiti | Team Lead - Data And Insights

Manukura Pae Tawhiti | Team Lead – Data and Insights Te Puni Kōkiri | The Ministry of Māori Development Are you a people leader with experience managing workflows and ensuring high quality team outputs? Do you consider yourself an expert in data and insights? Can you strike up a conversation, and are you comfortable working in our unique environment? Are you a professional looking for a role with purpose? If you answered 'Yes' we want to hear from you! Te Puni Kōkiri is the government's principal policy advisor on Māori 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 Māori. This includes our mandate to promote Māori achievement in education, training, health and economic resource development along with performing our monitoring and mentoring roles. We have an exciting Team Lead opportunity in our Strategy puni focused on people leadership and allocating workload.

Te whai wāhitanga | The opportunity

A core focus of the Team Lead is to provide people leadership and oversee the day-to-day operations of the team while supporting the Manager, Data & Insights with managing workflows and building team capability.

1. Programme Planning: Ensure programmes are delivered on time, and within budget. Allocate and monitor team mahi.
2. Champion innovation and the sharing of knowledge within the team. Create an environment that fosters this.
3. Stakeholder Relationships: Build and nurture relationships across the public service to enhance the understanding of the policy impacts on Māori.

An experienced people leader, you should have extensive experience leading teams and managing complex, time critical work programmes. We are looking for someone who is:

1. Skilled in influencing and positioning teams to influence senior leadership to put evidence at the heart of decision making.
2. Knowledgeable with contemporary continuous quality improvement methodology.
3. Forward thinking, agile, and adaptable. Able to anticipate the evolving nature of Māori and non-Māori world views.
4. Comfortable working in a te ao Māori environment and situations where tikanga is observed. Competency in te reo Māori or a willingness to learn.

Tāu e whai ai | What you will get in return Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focused 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
• Enhanced parental leave provisions and childcare allowances.

Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development Te Puni Kōkiri is committed to our vision of 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau'. We consider that when whānau are thriving, so do their communities, hapū, 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 Māori collective success. They do this by creating and maintaining relationships with iwi, hapū and whānau Māori and government at both a local and national level. It is this that enables Māori participation and success as Māori, and it is our people who will create a future where all whānau can thrive. We invite applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We believe that diversity fuels innovation and enriches our collective strength. Your unique perspectives, skills, and heritage contribute to our mission of advancing Māori aspirations and well-being. We encourage you to apply today or get in touch with one of our recruitment partners to discuss how this great opportunity will fit with your career goals. We welcome applications in te reo Māori, English, or both. Please be assured that applying in te reo Māori will not slow down or affect your application. We are actively reviewing talent, and an appointment will be made as soon as we identify our ideal candidate. Please note, our inbox won't be monitored between 20 Hakihea / December and 05 Kohitātea / January. #J-18808-Ljbffr