Pou Mataaho - Policy & Research Manager

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland

TE WHIWHINGA MAHI | THE OPPORTUNITY

Starship Digital and Community Engagement Service has an exciting opportunity for an experienced policy and research professional to lead its policy, research, and evaluation function. The service is poised to advance mātauranga Māori and kaupapa Māori approaches to haumarutanga and Pae Ora, with significant opportunity for influence at a national level.
The role holder will manage a small team, growing capability over time, and contribute to a cohesive leadership team to actualise an ambitious new work programme advancing Māori and Pacific health equity.

Some key responsibilities include -

• Provide strategic policy leadership, advice and guidance, and lead the development of the service’s research capability, with a specific focus on Māori health equity, mātauranga Māori, kaupapa Māori, Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Lead the development and delivery of mātauranga policy, research and evaluation initiatives; as well as those pertaining to other cultural knowledge systems, in particular those of Pacific Peoples
• Inform mātauranga Māori development opportunities for haumarutanga and Pae Ora, and for Starship more broadly

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

NGA PŪKENGA MOTUHAKE | IMPORTANT SKILLS

• Have had Senior Policy leadership experience in health or community sectors
• Experience commissioning research and or evaluation projects
• Relevant Tertiary Qualification, e.g. Public Policy, Public Health, research and evaluation
• Strategic leadership and change management experience
• Proficient in Te Reo Maori me ōna Tikanga
• Experience developing policies that privilege Maori health equity

• Provide strategic policy leadership, advice and guidance, and lead the development of the service’s research capability, with a specific focus on Māori health equity, mātauranga Māori, kaupapa Māori, Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Lead the development and delivery of mātauranga policy, research and evaluation initiatives; as well as those pertaining to other cultural knowledge systems, in particular those of Pacific Peoples
• Inform mātauranga Māori development opportunities for haumarutanga and Pae Ora, and for Starship more broadl