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Job Offer: Advisor/Senior Advisor, Social and Community Resilience Team:Central Agency Shared ServicesJob description:Job Description»Come work in a value-located function within a diverse, complex and challenging environment»Flexibility, trust and the capability to truly make your mark on a function and build New Zealand’s resilience to emergencies. »Help drive and deliver community resilience across our strategic partnerships The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership abilities to New Zealand’s distributed emergency management system. NEMA’s primary focus is on the performance and capcapability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all risks and the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery. We are going through an exciting phase of growth and there will be more opportunities with NEMA over the coming months. NEMA values diversity and inclusion. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our communities. We value and respect the contributions of our people with diverse backgrounds, practices, skills and perspectives. We support flexible ways of working that bring out the best in you. NEMA recognises the continuing partnership Te Tiriti o Waitangi between M?ori and the Crown. We are committed to doing our part to deliver on the Crown’s commitments to M?ori under Te Tiriti. We strive to actively build te Ao M?ori perspectives and capcapability into our day to day work, values and practices. We also recognise the status of Pacific peoples and the New Zealand Government’s special constitutional relationships and obligations for Pacific peoples capcapability. We recognise culturally, diverse and Ethnic Communities to ensure that NEMA and the wider emergency management sector is more responsive to the unique needs of all communities. The Advisor/Senior Advisor, Social and Community Resilience will be instrumental in helping to develop, lead and design our community resilience and welfare planning in response to New Zealand’s hazards, risks and emergencies. You will utilise your broad networks to build and leverage relationships with key partners to support the development of frameworks and arrangements for community resilience and welfare services during and following emergencies. Promoting a collaborative approach, you will provide quality analytical advice and guidance on a range of processes, doctrines and guidelines to ensure quality practice is aligned with the aspirations of communities. Skills and practice: » The capability to engage and build key strategic relationships with our partners, new stakeholders within communities while making connections between NEMA externally is vital » Confidence to apply your expertise to assess the needs and aspirations of communities and translate these into the design and delivery of our planning » A track record in connecting service delivery, community consultation, planning and networking across Government and communities » Be a conceptual thinker who can translate our aspirations for communities into quantifiable actions » The capability to continuously improve the quality of our delivery ensuring our stakeholders are provided with timely, professional & quality leadership abilities » In depth expertise of communities, models of practice and sensitivity to the nuances of cross-cultural issues and how they will impact on our delivery » practice in working and supporting a across government agencies to build perspectives and methodologies into core agency business What you will need to succeed: » Be motivated by challenge, bring a positive, flexible approach to work with a strong “can-do” attitude » Strong relationship building skills, with the capability to collaborate and take a lead function in supporting and developing sustainable relationships with numerous external stakeholders and partners across other government agencies, CDEM Groups, Providers and communities » Be results focused, able to deliver under pressure and on time » A high level of evidence located verbal and written communication skills » Possess excellent judgement, analytical and sound decision-making skills » Bring a high degree of resilience coupled with a responsive proactive and pragmatic approach to your work » A passion for working across sectors and with key providers to ensure we provide sound advice and can implement effective change » Confidence to apply your skills and expertise across a breadth of inter-agency functions and disciplines helping us to build on our emergency management aspirations with our communities » Demonstrated practice influencing, building credibility and trust » availability to share skills across NEMA What will you get out of it? We offer a dedicated and supportive team, flexible work options and the opportunity to apply your skills and practice to a workforce that is committed to building the capcapability of the National Emergency Management System and strives to champion our communities. We offer a collaborative and innovative culture where our people thrive to adhere to best practice while constantly challenging the status quo. If you want to be part of an agency working to build resilience and growth to protect New Zealanders, we want to hear from you. As part of your function you will also play an important part in NEMA’s response function. This is a vital and compensateing secondary function that supports New Zealand, our community,to respond to emergency events. Due to the security requirements of this function, candidates must be a New Zealand citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident. Applications close: Monday 25 October 2021 How to submit the application:APPLY NOW To download a position description or apply please visitOpportunities - Central Agencies Jobs (cass.govt.nz)If you have any questions, Contact Us by Cathy Milne-Rodrigues on emailcathy.milne-rodrigues@nema.govt.nzSkills:
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