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Toitū te Waiora WDCWorkforce Development Lead (Māori)
Aug. 2023Ōtautahi-Drive development of Māori Workforce Development strategy and plan for Toitū te Waiora that aligns with both work across WDCs and the sector and provides clarity around how Toitū te Waiora will enable industry and community aspirations for the workforce group. -Ensure accurate representation of Māori voice and provide internal advisory support.
-Maintain strong relationships with Partnership and Engagement team to ensure their insights collected from Māori communities are prioritized and reflected in outputs to drive transformational change. -Alongside other WDCs, work with Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners to co-design functions and activities to influence, engage and embed initiatives across the system.
-Represent Toitū te Waiora in the policy development process, including taking part in inter-WDC communities of practice and inter-departmental working groups.
Toitū te Waiora WDCChange Facilitator - Kāhui Māori
Jul. 2022 - Aug. 2023Ōtautahi, Waitaha-Responsible for providing strategic advice to accelerate Māori learner achievement and reducing barriers to education for Māori learners. -Facilitate spaces for application of Māori design thinking, driving project delivery, generating critical insights and delivering effective communications to drive transformational change -Lead facilitation and engagement hui with Māori partners, industry communities and relevant agencies to ensure the advice provided is practical, effective and aligned with Toitū Te Waiora's initiatives and ethos
Ara Institute of CanterburyKaiārahi - Ākonga Success Kaupapa Māori Lead
Jan. 2022 - Jun. 2022ŌtautahiProject Lead for initiatives such as Pre-Start Whakawhānaungatanga which focus and design hinges on key relationships truly hearing the voices of the underserved, mobilise and coordinate resources to act as well as test and measure actions as a subsidiary, to learn. -Experience in using Māori pedagogies
-Ability to contribute a Te Ao Māori perspective to student engagement and support.
-Ability to facilitate exploration and analysis of a range of perspectives
-Ability to effectively and efficiently administer, organize and co-ordinate activities and meet deadlines -Effective communication with a diverse range of people, at all levels within and outside the organistion -Ability to connect people across cultural boundaries -Demonstrated awareness of equity, cultural and bicultural issues and a commitment to biculturalism and the ability to translate these into action -Able to motivate and inspire action towards desired goals. -Fundamentally understands and applies the principles of continuous improvement in all activities
Te PūkengaCo-Design Facilitator (Secondment)
Aug. 2020 - Dec. 2021Ōtautahi -Provide co creation and human centered design expertise, capability development, coaching and mentoring for staff across Te Pūkenga and its subsidiaries and the TITOs -Commit to the reform and the Charter of Te Pūkenga -Ensure the Co-Design mahi aligns to Te Pae Tawhiti (Tiriti Excellence Framework)
-Communicate confidently to build and manage key relationships through complex transformation -Commit to and capable of partnering with Māori, Iwi, Hapū and engage with key stakeholders to deliver -exceptional and equitable outcomes
-Possess a strong knowledge and experience base from the Vocational Education Sector
-Have experience in changing the way people work by bringing together cross functional teams and navigating them through ambiguity, creative thinking and tactical execution whilst having empathy for those they are engaging with
-Excellent relationship management skills -Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills -A team player
Ara Institute of CanterburyKaiwhakauru - Workforce Development Advisor
Feb. 2016 - Dec. 2021Otautahi, Aotearoa Develop high quality relationships with industry, Mana Whenua and Ngā Maata Waka throughout Waitaha, that enable educational outcomes and skills development aligned to strategic goals for Ara Institute of Canterbury. Engage with industry, Mana Whenua and Ngā Maata Waka in order to facilitate innovative solutions to support staff capability development needs of industry aligned with Ara Institute of Canterbury training and enabling student success.
Provide innovative solutions and strategies for Ara Departments in order to increase diversified/other income targets
Ara Institute of CanterburyMāori Engagement & Support Advisor
Feb. 2016 - Nov. 2016He Toki ki te Rika - Māori Trades Training Responsible for all engagement and recruitment activity for He Toki ki te Rika – Māori Trades Training Consortium supporting young Māori into tertiary education by tracking potential students from their initial inquiry to receiving their nationally recognized qualification.
Te Puawaitanga ki Otautahi Trust WERO - Regional Coordinator - Kaitoko Whānau Ora
Jan. 2014 - Sep. 2015Otautahi, Aotearoa WERO - Regional Coordinator Smoking Cessation Health Promoter for WERO – a stop smoking competition created by Dr Marewa Glover targeted specifically at Maori but not exclusive to solely Maori participants Kaitoko Whanau Ora Navigate Whanau towards Health and Wellbeing outcomes that develop, enhance and strengthen communities. Support and foster whanau who have recently arrived to work in the Waitaha region. Advocate and guide whanau through processes that will ensure their continued Wellbeing. Assist whānau that present with critical housing needs by instigating a relationship with housing partners such as HNZ, MSD. Work alongside other Service Providers to ensure healthy outcomes for all tamariki and their whanau registered with the core service (Tamariki Ora/PAFT), of Te Puawaitanga ki Otautahi Trust.
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