Governance Advisor - Business Services - NPHS at Te Whatu Ora, All Locations

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Opportunity to work closely with senior leaders and contribute to meaningful decision-making that impacts communities across Aotearoa
• Supportive, collaborative team environment with opportunities to grow your governance and leadership capability
• Permanent full-time role based in Auckland or Wellington

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations, from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role supporting the National Public Health Service (NPHS) by providing high-quality governance advisory, secretariat and coordination support to senior leaders and committees. In this role, you'll help ensure decision-making is well-structured, evidence-based and aligned with organisational priorities. You'll coordinate governance activities across leadership meetings and subcommittees, manage agendas and meeting schedules, quality assure papers, and maintain action and decision registers to support effective follow-through and accountability.

You'll also contribute to strengthening governance capability across the organisation by promoting best-practice governance processes, improving systems and templates, and building trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working behind the scenes to keep complex governance functions running smoothly while contributing to meaningful public health outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand.

About the Team

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 interventions. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.

About you

As a Governance Advisor, you will bring strong governance coordination experience, exceptional organisation skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across a wide range of stakeholders. You will have:

• Experience managing governance activities, meetings and processes
• Experience preparing and maintaining governance artefacts including agendas, minutes, action and decision registers
• Strong experience coordinating and quality assuring papers for leadership or committee meetings
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for different audiences
• Strong organisational and time management skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• The ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Proven relationship management skills and a collaborative, service-focused approach
• Confidence working with senior leaders and supporting Chairs and governance groups
• Strong judgement, initiative and problem-solving capability
• Experience using Microsoft Office products, with SharePoint knowledge an advantage
• A tertiary qualification in a relevant field and/or equivalent experience

Working at 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 Thursday, 11 June 2026. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Maria Bennett via maria.bennett1@tewhatuora.govt.nz

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position.