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Job Offer: Senior Education Advisor ECE:MinEducationJob description:Job Description»Two full-time, permanent positions»Taranaki – Whanganui – Manawatu He mea tarai e matou te matauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ona huanga We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent results At Te Tahuhu o te Matauranga – Ministry of Education, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to akonga and whanau. 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 knowledge the needs of those who receive our services. We are making significant changes to how we deliver our mahi by doing the following: » Taking practical action to give effect tote Tiriti o Waitangi » Giving priority to regional and local voice » Delivering greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support About our group and team As a frontline group, Te Mahau – Te Tai Whenuawill collectively provide leadership abilities and integrated services to the sector and others. This includes services such as learning support and education advice, and regulation functions for kohanga, schools, kura and early learning services. The early learning team works with and supports early learning services, Kohanga Reo, Playcentres and Playgroups. We develop and harness existing relationships with communities at the regional and local level, including deep relationships with iwi and hapu. We also collectively strengthen relationships with our diverse communities who support Maori, Pacific peoples, disabled akonga and/or akonga with learning support needs, and akonga from underprivileged backgrounds. Mo tenei turanga – About this function By giving effect to government and Ministry Policy and supporting education and community leadership abilities, Senior Advisors enable the positive changes required to lift aspiration and raise educational achievement for every New Zealanders. The Education Advisor works within the early learning sector and engage with the learning community to broker and support the implementation of services, projects and initiatives. The Education Advisor develops and implements projects to increase early childhood education participation by children from target populations (eg. Maori, Pasifika and low socio-economic communities). The function is responsible for the following: » Maintaining relationships with early learning services and stakeholders » Supporting licenced early learning services to maintain the regulatory framework and implement guiding documents » Supporting the licensing of early learning services and Kohanga Reo » Complete contract procurement and monitoring for early learning services » Supporting Playgroups and Puna Reo to implement Te Whariki and other significant MoE guiding documents » Completing the certification of Playgroups and Puna Reo » Completing tasks connected with Playgroup and Puna Reo funding Mohou ake – About you To be prosperous in this function, you will offer the following: » The confidence to work across a diverse range of early learning services and contexts » practice in assessing information to make objective judgments against criteria and recommending courses of action » Strong written and oral communication expertise » The capability to work with others to support and implement change initiatives » Demonstrate an knowledge of education systems in New Zealand, and significant education legislation » A current NZ driver’s licence, travel is required to increase early childhood education participation by children from target populations (eg. Maori, Pasifika and low socio-economic communities) You will also offer the capability to do the following: » Maintain open, responsive and inquiry-focused relationships with colleagues » Take a collaborative approach in developing ideas and foster a high trust challenge relationship within the ECE team » Support the ECE team to provide high-quality service to the sector, the Ministry and Government Kua rite koe mo tenei 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. Our organisation is committed to building racial equity and excellence in the education sector. We provide flexible working environments where everyone feels significant, valued and supported. If this opportunity interests you, please submit your cover letter and resume by using the ‘apply’ button. In your cover letter we’d like to know: » about you, your values, your whakapapa » your interest and motivations for this function » the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the function 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. Please review the position description by copy and pasting this link into your browser:https://expressonline.haineslink.co.nz/pdfs/716646_JobDesc.pdf For more information, Contact Us by Dianne Wilson at 06 350 9899 orDianne.wilson@education.govt.nz Applications closemidnight Sunday, 6 March 2022. How to submit the application:Please apply via this link:https://jobs.education.govt.nz/jobs/EDU-1606107Skills:
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