Projects, Pathways and Outcomes Programme Manager - Tangata Whenua, Starshi

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora

• Co-lead the Starship Child Health Improvement Programme across the organisation to actively implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi by improving access, experience, and equity-based outcomes for mokopuna and their whānau. As a co-leadership team, your roles are necessary to the future direction of Starship Child Health: purposed toward a mokopuna-centric, whānau-focused, whānau-led child health system.
• The role includes advocating for and influencing service improvement, care pathways for mokopuna and their whānau, access into equitable child healthcare, policy and procedures, pathways, systems, structures, outcomes, and clinical excellence.

NGA PŪKENGA MOTUHAKE | IMPORTANT SKILLS

As a culturally competent and reliable programme manager, you will inspire and nurture strong relationships with both internal teams and external stakeholders. Your adaptability, emotional intelligence, and collaborative mindset will be key in driving the success of change initiatives. You will bring a unique ability to demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving equitable child health outcomes by implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi approaches, drawing on your extensive experience and qualifications in developing and implementing change and improvement programmes. Your excellent communication skills, proactive approach, flexibility, and friendly demeanour will enable effective collaboration. Moreover, your ability to multitask and thrive under pressure will be essential in navigating this dynamic and ever-evolving environment. You will bring:

• Proven expertise and effectiveness in managing diverse programme priorities using established methodologies, frameworks and models, with a record of accomplishment in driving and delivering work programmes.
• Experience in ensuring robust and appropriate governance within programmes, focusing on best practices that support priority setting and achievement of deliverables. Ideally, you will have demonstrated cultural leadership and experience in cultivating and maintaining relationships and partnerships.
• Demonstrated critical and conceptual thinking capacity enabling anticipation of decision impacts on long-term outcomes. You will excel in developing and recommending responses in consultation with key stakeholders.
• Proficiency in strategic and systemic thinking, coupled with problem-solving skills geared toward a collaborative focus on mokopuna-centric, whānau-focused, whānau-led solutions that emerge from the collective effort.

• Champion equity and cultural competency by implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi throughout your work, while leading projects that enhance access, experience, and equity for mokopuna and their whānau. Foster continuous improvement and promote innovation within Starship Child Health.
• Co-lead the Improvement Team with TamaAriki Ora and Senior Leadership, setting and prioritising the vision, strategy, and objectives for Starship Child Health.
• Support the Clinical Excellence programme by contributing to a clinical outcomes measurement framework to ensure high-quality care and continuously identify opportunities for improvement.
• Explore innovative approaches and technology solutions to deliver mokopuna-centric, whānau-focused, and whānau-led healthcare.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations, ensuring effective communication, risk management, and the integrity of projects, pathways, and outcomes.
• Lead and support kaimahi by fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment. Ensure effective workload management, and work closely with external stakeholders to drive innovative, mokopuna-centric solutions
• Collaborate with the Starship Foundation to support fundraising efforts through presentations, storytelling, and impact reporting.
• Co-lead programme strategy by refining methodologies, frameworks, and tools to track and achieve strategic success with services, TamaAriki Ora, and Senior Leadership