Pouwhakahaere Ohu Kaimahi | Director of Workforce

About the Organisation -  Ko wai mātou?

The Ngāti Hine Health Trust (The Trust) celebrated its 30th anniversary in April 2022. The Trust has some 400 employees and $43M turnover. The Trust is a true oranga provider delivering services across multiple sectors (health & disability, housing, social services, justice, corrections, MSD, ECE and is the whanau ora lead provider for Te Tai Tokerau). It has deliberately positioned itself over the past few years to partner with the Crown in the transformation agenda that is for Māori, by Māori to everyone.

Whilst the Trust is committed to its own plan, it also carries a wider leadership role across the Te Tai Tokerau Māori Health and Social Services provider network and is working collaboratively for the benefit of the entire region.  

The Trust’s strategic plan sets out a clear blueprint for the direction ahead and seeks to reconfigure service design and delivery to align with thinking and practice that places whānau at the centre of everything they do, that encourages whānau leadership in a systemic context and in the long-term is driving to ‘One Whānau, One Plan, One Place’.

This is an exciting phase for the Trust, and they have worked hard developing a new strategic direction towards 2035, which includes a new vision and mission, underpinned by the organisational values from Te Tū o Ngāti Hine.

Read more on www.nhht.co.nz and their facebook page.


About the Role

This is an Executive Leadership Team role and reflects Ngāti Hine’s commitment to the development of excellent systems and processes to support kaimahi and the development of their workforce in a Ngāti Hine and te ao Māori context.

The Ngāti Hine Health Trust is presently at the start line of implementing a new HRIS system (Employment Hero) to support the mahi of the workforce team, and more broadly, employees and management.

A lot of excellent work has been done in this space but there is a lot more to do and we do not see this as a ‘Business As Usual’ role, but an active development role to ensure strong and robust systems, policies and procedures are in place.

As well as the systems, policies and processes we need a person with authentic warmth and high EQ to be able to relate to, and take an interest in, our staff.

We need a person to be excellent at change management and to work with all kaimahi to help them use new systems and feel confident in doing so.  

This is a Whangarei-based role. Some travel to the trust's other Northland offices may be required from time to time.


About you

This role is critical to developing and growing the capability of the Trust and its services.  

• You will be a person who leads in the values of Ngāti Hine and an exceptional systems thinker.
• You will be a source of foresight on the way in the development of Māori workforce and its needs in a service context.  
• You will be a person who is strategic to contribute on the ELT across the business but your strength will be operational and able to lead the small team of approximately ten staff

You can tell by this description that we are looking for an exceptional person and your track-record will be very important to the application, as well as your fit with us.  


Apply Now!

This role closes on 6 March 2024. To find out more, please get in touch with David Hammond 027 444 6368 for a confidential chat. For a Brief and a Position Description, please email execsearch@tribegroup.com

To apply for this vacancy you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

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