Toi Ora Manager, Starship Child Health

Toi Ora Manager, Starship Child Health

• Full time, fixed term (12 months)
• Be part of cultivating an environment where our workforce is happy, competent and dedicated to the privilege of serving our mokopuna and their whānau.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

As part of the Starship Strategy, Toi Ora is the strategic priority that houses our workforce development and wellbeing strategy. Starship holds a firm belief that exceptional healthcare is the by-product of a connected workforce with a strong sense of belonging and spiritual alertness. A pioneering role for Starship Child Health, this strategic priority and initiative ensures a genuine commitment to prioritising the wellbeing and development of our workforce.

 The Toi Ora Manager role will be responsible for establishing a team to lead, innovate and oversee the Toi Ora programme of work throughout the organisation. This role sits as part of Tama Ariki Ora, Starships Māori Leadership Office, and requires an individual, who has experience and expertise in theorising, implementing and maintaining the integrity of mātauranga Māori approaches to development/wellbeing change management systems within organisations and/or groups.

As the Toi Ora Manager, you will lead the design, implementation and management of the wellbeing and development campaign integral to fostering a well, culturally competent, and dedicated workforce. Your leadership will inspire and support the operationalisation of Toi Ora, producing a plethora of opportunities to strengthen and advance the wellbeing and development of our workforce through an in-depth understanding of the kauae runga and kauae raro knowledge systems of Toi Ora. Your responsibilities will include:

• Championing Wellbeing: Overseeing the development, implementation, and refinement of initiatives to support workforce wellbeing, health, resilience, and satisfaction.
• Driving Development: Managing and supporting programmes that prioritise advancing clinical excellence, fostering innovation in clinical practice, and enhancing competence and capability. Additionally, ensuring a broadening of cultural capability and capacity, aligned with Te Tiriti o Waitangi and clinical excellence measures across the organisation.
• Strategic Leadership: Leading the Toi Ora programme by creating a quality management system that defines and evaluates its objectives, and efficacy, and tracks progress, against the Starship Strategy and the wider organisational goals.
• Operational Excellence: Overseeing and responding to workforce trends, collecting data, and refining strategies to promote a healthy and satisfied workforce.
• Collaboration and Partnerships: Building meaningful relationships with communities, externally local and global stakeholders and internal teams and offices to co-design and deliver impactful solutions.
• Change Management: Advocating for systems change to eliminate structural inequities and dismantle racism within Starship Child Health.

This role is not just about managing a programme—it’s about championing and inspiring a vision that cultivates a workplace environment where every kaimahi feels connected and supported with opportunities to thrive, both personally and professionally, enabling them to collectively provide exceptional care for our mokopuna and their whānau.

If you are passionate about wellbeing, workforce development, and advancing equity in child health, we invite you to join our team.

Please refer to the position description here. 

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• A proven commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and a deep understanding of how to implement its approaches meaningfully.
• Proven experience leading wellbeing and development programmes within complex organisations.
• A record of accomplishment of implementing mātauranga Māori concepts and frameworks and embedding cultural competence and tikanga Māori within organisations and/or as part of change management strategies.
• Outstanding leadership, communication, and relationship management skills, with the ability to inspire and engage diverse stakeholders.
• A strategic and solutions-focused mindset, capable of driving innovative, mokopuna-centric. whānau-focused initiatives.

An exceptional ability to inspire and empower others, combined with your cultural leadership, will be critical to your success in this role.

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

Te Toka Tumai Auckland is part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s National Health Service. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. Starship is a part of Te Toka Tumai Auckland and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

Starship Hospital and the Child Health Directorate is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major national teaching centre. Starship provides a wide range of complex medical, surgical, cardiac and mental health services for children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific, using a whānau-centred approach. Starship aims to lead the nation in the provision of world-class equitable healthcare, paediatric training and research, in an environment where kaimahi can flourish, personally and professionally.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

What we can offer you:

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Whatu Ora|Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

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 Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

To apply please click on the ‘Apply’ tab below, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role and attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.

Please note that the closing date for this position may be adjusted if a suitable candidate is identified prior to the original deadline. We encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration. If you are selected for this role, you may receive an offer before the formal closing date, so don’t miss your chance to join our team!

If you have any technical issues with the online process, please contact Anél Foord, Recruitment Consultant at AnelFoord@adhb.govt.nz quoting ADHB22223 to discuss how we can best support your application.