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.
About our group and team

Te Mahau | Te Pae Aronui (Operations & Integration) 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. The Resourcing Group is responsible for delivering operational funding and staffing entitlements to nearly 2,500 schools. We administer annual payments of approximately $5.8 billion to Schools and Kura.

We provide high quality financial advice and support to Schools and Boards of Trustees.  We ensure Schools and Early Childhood centres receive correct resourcing entitlements through our Monitoring programme. We provide resourcing operational policy advice and guidance and produce one-off solutions to resourcing issues.  Our Resourcing Contact Centre also provides direct telephone and email support to Schools', Early Childhood Centres, and the public.
Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role

The Adviser Operational Support will provide advice and support for projects across the team which support students across New Zealand. They will support processes and practices for the activities being delivered as well as providing guidance and improvements to ensure the delivery of high-quality programmes and services. They will work in partnership with colleagues across the Ministry as well as with schools/kura.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the outcomes of young people by ensuring the best funding systems for schools.

Please note there is further information in the attached Job Description.
Mōhou ake | About you

We are looking for someone who can work at pace, manage a variety of tasks and projects, and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. Your personal qualities will include taking pride in producing written work and other forms of communication of the highest quality every time and you will have the interpersonal skills to relate well with all kinds of people.

You also have the background experience and skills that will contribute to the team successfully providing high quality services to the sector and across the Ministry.

You will be able to:

• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to provide timely, creative, quality implementation advice and support
• Undertake detailed planning for project implementation
• Proactively plan and prioritise responsibilities and deliver results by taking ownership of your work
  
  

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 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