Māori Cultural Advisor

We have an exciting opportunity for a Māori Cultural Advisor to become part of our vibrant organisation. In this role, you will spearhead the development and execution of the Te Mahere Ara Poutama | Māori Strategic Framework. You will play a key role in enhancing the engagement of Your Way | Kia Roha with Māori communities and in fostering essential relationships. Your responsibilities will include strengthening team capabilities and growing local community connections.

Note: This is a part-time position working 18-20 hours per week. 

What you will be doing:

• Developing, implementing, and monitoring strategy in collaboration with the board and senior leadership team.
• Developing resources, providing supervision, and conducting workshops to enhance team capability through Te Ara Namunamu | Pathway to Transformation.
• Supporting the team in building and maintaining key strategic relationships with mana whenua in our communities.
• Sourcing and maintaining data to inform strategy
• Supporting the development of policies that will reflect Te Mahere Ara Poutama, TeTitiri o Waitangi and our mātāpono | values.

What you will bring to the role:

• Fluency in Te Reo Māori is preferred.
• Established connections and mana within the Māori community.
• Experience in creating and delivering training materials.
• Experience in cultural supervision for team members.
• Self-motivated: Able to gather necessary information and make informed decisions, take initiative, and operate within set guidelines.
• Adaptable: Capable of adjusting to changes in factors, conditions, or environments, and responding swiftly to evolving ideas, responsibilities, expectations, and trends.
• Collaborative: Engages in shared decision-making, works well with teams, and is open to new perspectives.
• Respectful: Accepts and values individuals for who they are, regardless of differences or disagreements.
• Honest & Integrity-driven: Committed to fulfilling promises and performing tasks as required.
• Passionate about disability rights: Advocates for the rights outlined in the UNCRPD, focusing on the individual rather than their disability, and adhering to the principle of “Nothing about us without us.”

What’s on offer:

• Supportive and Inclusive environment, we value your opinion! 
• Opportunities for professional development
• Employee assistance program available for staff 
• Take a day of leave for your Birthday 
• Staff discount app for use at a range of retailers.

About Your Way | Kia Roha:

Your Way | Kia Roha is a nationally recognised Not-for-profit organisation supporting people in their communities from Whangarei to Invercargill. We have been providing support to people and their whānau for over 40 years.

Moemoea | Vision

Disabled people thriving, living the lives they choose in their communities.

Kaupapa | Purpose

Enabling innovative community solutions by and with disabled people.

Mātāpono | Values

• Rangatiratanga | Self-Leadership: Choice and control over decisions builds on the mana of every individual
• Manawatoa | Courageous: Innovative, aspirational, and bold in our actions
• Whanaungatanga | Connection: Relationships matter, we work together with whānau and others
• Kohitanga | Inclusion: Everyone is included and respected for who they are
• Kaitiakitanga | Guardianship:  Sustain and respect the mauri | life force of those we work with.

Your Way | Kia Roha is an equal opportunity employer; we strive to attract and maintain a diverse workforce across the country.  As an organisation we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusiveness and ensuring a positive culture for people to work in.  

We encourage applications from people with a lived experience of disability or who are close family members of people with disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.