Programmes Coordinator

Programmes Coordinator - Digital & Community Engagement, Starship Child Health

• Starship - New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
• Fixed term (6 months), full-time (1FTE) position

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Service

Starship’s Digital and Community Engagement service is continually transforming and is dedicated to upholding and actualising Te Tiriti o Waitangi and championing Māori and Pacific health equity. The service works alongside Māori and Pacific communities, ensuring their voices, values, and lived experiences shape our programmes. In this way our work supports community, policy and advocacy, and digital engagement across the breadth of Starship, Te Toka Tumai’s services, as well as Ririki Haumaru Safekids Aotearoa.

About the role

This is a fixed term (6 months), full-time (1FTE) Programmes Coordinator role at Ririki Haumaru Safekids Aotearoa (part of the wider Starship Digital and Community Engagement team). This role provides administrative, planning, procurement, and logistics support for key Community Engagement programmes aimed at helping whānau, aiga and family to protect the wellbeing of tamariki. Typical tasks include the collection, aggregation and reporting of programme data, and maintaining an effective and timely supply chain.

In addition to maintaining efficient processes, there are also a range of customer service responsibilities and scope to progress into a community facing role in the future. Applicants with the added ability to build trusting relationships with whānau and communities, and who have a passion for supporting programmes that strengthen the wellbeing and safety of tamariki Māori and Pacific children are encouraged to apply.

About you

To be successful you will have:

• Proven experience in roles requiring a high level of autonomy, proactivity and initiative
• Excellent organisational skills including experience working with logistics, organising events and preparing comms material
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Excel
• Experience working in a similar area or role
• An understanding of kaupapa and tikanga Māori and/or Pacific cultural values and practices
• Proficiency in Te Reo and/or a Pacific language, or evidence of undertaking learning (an advantage)
• Appropriate tertiary qualification, such as public health, health promotion, health science, social work, operations and logistics, project management, health leadership, injury prevention, public or social policy, social sciences, marketing, commerce, business or other relevant tertiary qualifications (desired)

For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the position description. 

For further information about the position please contact the Pōu Tāhū – Relations and Accounts Manager, Mako Kendall at Ririki Haumaru Safekids Aotearoa via MalcolmK@adhb.govt.nz

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities and particularly encourage those who share our commitment to the wellbeing and safety of tamariki.

Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

Ririki Haumaru Safekids Aotearoa (RHSA) focuses on unintentional childhood injury prevention (CIP), mainly in and around the home, for tamariki aged 0-14 years. Our flagship kaupapa, the Home Safety Programme (HSP) promotes CIP, particularly for 0-4 year olds through the supply of safety devices into the home to prevent accidents before they happen.

How to apply

We’ll be reviewing applications and conducting interviews as they come in, so the position may close before the listed deadline. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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.

If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Anel Foord, Recruitment Consultant at Anel.Foord@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz quoting ADHB23365 to discuss how we can best support your application.