Team Administrator at NZ Ministry of Education, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Fixed-Term, full-time role

Help shape the future of Education

He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga

We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes

At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whānau.

We help shape the policies, settings and performance of the education system for early learning, schooling and tertiary. We do this by building relationships and understanding the needs of those who receive our services.

About our group and team

The Secondary Tertiary team sits within the Te Poutāhū group and covers the transition from senior secondary through to tertiary and employment.

Te Poutāhū works to make learning and teaching relevant, real and valued. We deliver and maintain critical services for the education sector to support responsive learner pathways from early childhood into further education, training, the workforce, and society.  Te Poutāhū performs a crucial role working between the strategy and policy teams, and the sector facing functions. The Secondary Tertiary team is responsible for operational policy, curriculum and support programmes for Year 11-13 learners, and the secondary-tertiary interface. This includes senior secondary curriculum, NCEA (including the ongoing NCEA Review and preparing for the Review of Achievement Standards) and secondary-tertiary programmes.

Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role

The Team Administrator - Production House is part of the team that is currently delivering the NCEA Review, Review of Achievement Standards (RAS) and related initiatives to support social, emotional and life skills education, careers education, and vocational education in schools. For these (and upcoming) projects, the Team Administrator provides a range of administration, coordination and support services to the Senior Manager and Project Manager.  

Mōhou ake | About you

The person we seek will

• Be agile
• Adept at handling ambiguity and complexity
• Ideal candidates will take pride in producing high quality work and will be comfortable independently to achieve defined objectives.
• Provide general administrative support to the Project team from project initiation to completion.
• They will be sensitive to cultural values and have a good understanding of the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and be able to articulate their understanding of mana ōrite mo te mātauranga Māori. 
• They will have sharp interpersonal skills, writing skills, and will be comfortable working with a diverse range of stakeholders.

Experience and qualifications

• Strong communication skills including written, verbal and email
• Previous administration experience including working in a project or programme team, managing or supporting projects with multiple work streams and competing pressures
• Experience in working within the public sector and understanding of the political environment and how related issues should be managed.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi? | Are you ready to make a difference?

We need to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, orientations, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to building racial equity and excellence in the education sector.

We provide flexible working environments where everyone feels relevant, valued and supported. So, if working from home and/or having a flexible start and finish to the day will help with this, we can usually make it happen. We'd love to hear what this might look like for you, so feel free to outline this in your Cover Letter.

In your cover letter we'd like to know:

• about you, your values, your whakapapa
• your interest and motivations for this role
• the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation.

The Ministry invites applications from fully vaccinated people or people with a valid medical exemption (under the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021). We will require evidence of your vaccination status, or your medical exemption, at the pre-employment stage of our recruitment process.

For further information, please contact Geraldine Prisk at geraldine.prisk@education.govt.nz

Applications close Midnight - 08 July 2022.