• Permanent
• Auckland - Mt Eden
• Opportunity to take the lead on interesting and varied pieces of work across the learning support network whilst developing your own skillset

Help shape the future of Education

He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga

We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes

At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whānau.

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 understanding the needs of those who receive our services.

We are making significant changes to how we deliver our mahi by

• Taking practical action to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi. 
• Giving priority to regional and local voice. 
• Delivering greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support.
• Improving feedback loops and information flows. 

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people across Aotearoa from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for every child, young person and adult student in our education system. 

About our group and team

We use information, insights and service design functions to help the three Te Mahau frontline groups design and deliver services for our sector. We service and support the frontline groups and play an integration role between the enabling functions and our frontline services.

Our group provides nationally consistent service design, practice guidance and systems to support the integrated teams led by Directors of Education providing flexible and responsive services.

We deliver national resourcing functions, including inclusive learning support, and national regulatory functions.

Our group consists of what was previously National Office Sector Enablement and Support (SE&S), Parent Information and Community Intelligence (PICI) and Evidence, Data and Knowledge (EDK) teams, excluding the Chief Economist position.

The Education Network team is responsible for making sure the school network is in the best shape and equipped to offer the best quality of education for every New Zealander. Our national and regional staff keep an eye on where the network needs to move and adapt to meet the growing needs of ākonga/learners and their whānau.

Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role

The Learning Support Lead Adviser is a key role within the Education Network team focused on supporting and advising on substantial pieces of work nationally to plan for and develop the specialist and fundholder school network.

Some of your responsibilities will include supporting high level strategy and planning for responding to national growth and demand in the specialist school network, providing oversight on the specialist school work programme and preparing maps and plans to support planning and provision of specialist schools, particularly focusing on inclusion of students with high and complex needs. 

Please note there is further information in the attached Job Description.

Mōhou ake | About you

You will have a strong background in senior or lead advisory roles where you have supported high level strategy development, managed projects and contributed to the design and implementation of strategic and operational procedures. You will also be a strong communicator who is confident to test ideas and concepts with others.

You will also offer:

• Ideally experience and knowledge of the learning support sector
• Sound project management skills and experience including procurement and contracting experience
• Ability to contribute to the design and implementation of strategic and operational procedures
• Experience working in a flexible way to manage moving priorities
• Able to focus and deliver results in a busy demanding environment
• A team player who works to both support and challenge colleagues
• Understanding of best practice service delivery in the public sector would be advantageous
• Ideally experience and knowledge of the learning support sector
• Ability to use and interrogate a broad range of data and information to support the planning and development of the specialist school network
• Ability to develop strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Willingness to adopt new ideas and constructively challenge existing data, information, systems and processes
• The ability to understand and apply the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tangatawhenuatanga.

This is an exciting opportunity to take the lead on interesting and varied pieces of work across the learning support network whilst developing your own skillset within a supportive team environment. We can also offer a flexible work arrangement.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei 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. As an organisation, we are committed to building racial equity and excellence in the education sector.

We will provide flexible working environments where everyone feels relevant, valued and supported. So, if working from home and/or having a flexible start and finish to the day will help with this, we can usually make it happen. We'd love to hear what this might look like for you, so feel free to outline this in your Cover Letter.

In your cover letter we'd like to know:

• about you, your values, your whakapapa
• your interest and motivations for this role
• the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role 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.

For further information, please contact Rachael at rachael.molnar@education.govt.nz.

Applications close Midnight - Tuesday 29 March 2022.