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Job Offer: Pacific Lead:Mana Recruitment Ltd.Job description:Job Description» Lead a programme of change.» Embed Pacific responsiveness. » Enable and facilitate connections within Pasifika communities. Develop and implement strategic plans to support our Pacific learners, ensuring prosperous results through cultural development, engagement with Pacific communications and providing internal guidance and support. Ko wai m?tou? – Who we are Competenz is one of New Zealand's most innovative work-located learning organisations. An official training partner for many New Zealand industries, they work with more than 3,500 employers and 12,000 learners across 37 industries around New Zealand. Building expertise, careers, and businesses, and arranging training for apprenticeships and other on-the-job qualifications, they support employers, job seekers and people with jobs to upskill. Competenz is a business division of Te P?kenga Work-located Learning Limited (formally New Zealand Institute of expertise and Technology). The creation of Te P?kenga was in response to the 2019 Government announcement that there would be key changes to the vocational education system, including on-the-job training. As part of this change Competenz is a highly effective, tertiary education provider, delivering broad classroom, digital, and on-the-job learning. Te ?hua o Te T?runga – The nature of the position. A bit of about the function itself, responsibilities, and tasks. As part of the strategic plan, a new function has been established for a Pacific Lead, to provide strategic leadership abilities and to help enable the implementation of a Pacific business plan within the organisation. You will be responsible for guiding internal stakeholders and ultimately advising, influencing, and changing behaviours to become more representative and equitable of New Zealand's diverse Pacific communities. Developing project management, reporting and business plans within the Pacific space, you will be nurturing relationships with Pacific communities through Te P?kenga networks to support results for Pasifika. Leading organisational community engagement in alignment with Te P?kenga Pacific initiatives, you will be developing key relationships, plans, activities, and reports for Pacific development in conjunction with the Pacific Advisory group. superviseing the development and delivery of internal cultural competency training, you will be seeking to increase staff confidence and knowledge when interacting within different Pacific communities, learners, and key stakeholders. The intent is to enable and facilitate connections with leaders across the NZ Pacific community, acting as a key influencer and driver of significant change across Competenz. Moreover, you will be ensuring the overall representation for Pacific improves, leveraging and influencing system settings, via proactive engagement. Acting as a trusted advisor to the SLT, Pacific Advisory Group and the wider business, you will consult and educate on all significant Pacific matters and issues, presenting ideas and initiatives in support of driving parity of results for Pacific peoples. Furthermore, you will take real pride embedding Pacific perspectives into the greater organisation as you seek to increase consciousness, capcapability, and knowledge of Pacific communities to strengthen Pacific responsiveness. Providing advice and guidance for the SLT and other staff members of how to engage appropriately with different Pacific groups, you will support the engagement and facilitation of Pacific groups including attending events, meetings, and presentations. Working closely with Careers Trades Advisors to engage Pacific groups for pipeline development purposes, you will be taking a lead function in driving collaborative external relationships to ensure Competenz is continuously aligned across Te P?kenga and the wider workforce development sector. Ng? tino P?kenga – Essential expertise/practices for the function. This position requires significant practice in a position where you have demonstrated relationship building with the Pacific community across both strategic and operational levels of engagement. practice, expertise, and competencies that are necessary in this position are to include; » Effective relationship management practice involving a range of policy and Pacific development work. » A demonstration of practice in prosperously working and engaging with key Pacific stakeholders, government, communities, and various public interest groups. » Proficiency in a Pacific language. » Recognised leadership abilities in the New Zealand Pacific community, and a level of comfort working with senior » Able to demonstrate the proven capability to work collaboratively to develop and maintain effective relationships. » practice in the design, delivery, facilitation and evaluation of cultural competency programmes. » practice in developing and applying rigour around the design and delivery of high-quality programme design, development, and implementation. » Be a confident and effective communicator who is practiced in collaborative development-building effective relationships via both operational and strategic pathways. » Able to demonstrate the proven capability to work collaboratively to develop and maintain effective relationships. » capability to plan, prioritise and organise work effectively and efficiently to deliver results. » Excellent written and verbal communication expertise. Reporting to the General Manager – Employer and Learner practice, you will be preparing and presenting business cases and reports, scoping/developing proposals for projects, as well as managing project delivery as required. Effectively embedding and managing the change process, you will call on your past practice, where you have prosperously managed organisational culture change. Leading programmes of work that address and facilitate internal and external communication with the Pacific stakeholders on trends and developments and the implications for Competenz. Well respected and networked within Pacific community, you will lead with superior cultural competency, and support the use of language expertise. Remuneration is positioned to attract individuals with strong cultural competency, a demonstrated people leadership abilities skill set, and the Mana to uplift and inspire. Te Tono – How to apply To apply, or to enquire further in confidence contact Heather Walker for a confidential conversation now on (09) 632 1108 or email your up-dated CV and covering letter through to heather@manarecruitment.co.nz Applications close: Monday 15th March 2022 at 5pm. How to submit the application:To apply, or to enquire further in confidence contact Heather Walker for a confidential conversation now on (09) 632 1108 or email your up-dated CV and covering letter through toheather@manarecruitment.co.nzApplications close: Monday 15th March 2022 at 5pm. Skills:
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