Senior Advisor - Breast Screening Aotearoa at Kiwi Health Jobs, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Supportive team where your wellbeing is front of mind
• Opportunity to be at the forefront on new initiatives with a Whānau centered approach
• Diverse and informative role, where change matters

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

It's not very often something happens that's truly transformational to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country.

That's what we're talking about here. The provision of Health in New Zealand, and how it's run has changed for the better.

Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in NZ for generations to come and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whanau.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity 

The Senior Advisor provides advice to support, maintain, and improve the delivery of high-quality work programmes within the BreastScreen Aotearoa programme. Collaborates with providers and key stakeholders to ensure implementation of programmes that support priority populations.

Using multidisciplinary input to analyse programme development, quality, and safety improvement activities as well as provide consistent high-quality advice and support. The Senior Advisor will lead the effective implementation of performance monitoring and evaluation, and reporting frameworks for key work programmes. They will provide leadership for projects and areas, working with others to ensure all work is well planned and enhancing the capability of the team through guiding and mentoring of other team members during their day-to-day work.

This is a secondment/ fixed term opportunity until 30 June 2023.

Mōu | About you

The ideal candidate will be an avid writer, clear communicator and can reflect on what they are doing and seek out the relevant connections and partnerships that are key to their work. The Senior Advisor will need to formulate strong stakeholder relationships both internally and externally, while remaining resilient and patient.

• Displays initiative, flexibility and positively contributes to the whole team
• Able to use your well-developed written and oral communication skills to persuade and influence
• Demonstrated ability to manage relationships at all levels and across organisations
• Thrives on pulling together clear ideas and conclusion from complex technical information; then communicating these in a manner that is understood by the audience.

Te painga o te mahi tahi me matou – Benefits 

HNZ is committed to being a good employer and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we're working to improve care for, including those which have been historically underserved by the health system.  We particularly welcome applications from Māori, Pacific people, disabled people, and the LGBTQI+ communities. We endeavour to provide flexible employee practices and conditions to support a healthy work-life balance, including part-time and flexible working arrangements.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role, please click “APPLY NOW.”  For tracking and reporting purposes, all applications must be submitted through our online career portal.

The applications closing date is midnight Tuesday, 16th August. If you have any questions about the role, please feel free to contact careers@health.govt.nz.