We're looking for an outstanding individual to join our dynamic team working within Capability Development in a leading Emergency Management Agency.

Ko wai mātou | About

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership to New Zealand's distributed emergency management system. NEMA's primary focus is on the performance and capability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all risks and the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery. We are going through an exciting phase of growth and there will be more opportunities with NEMA over the coming months.

NEMA values diversity and inclusion. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our communities. We value and respect the contributions of our people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives. We support flexible ways of working that bring out the best in you.

We are committed to doing our part to deliver on the Crown's commitments to Māori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We strive to actively build te Ao Māori perspectives and capability into our day to day work, values and practices.

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

In this role you will be working as an integral team member contributing to delivering  the Emergency Management Capability Development Plan through supporting the evolution of the training architecture to meet the variable needs of  emergency management workforces.  This involves being flexible and solutions focused and developing a  range of content, experiences and products including kanohi ki te kanohi and  virtual modules.  You will apply end to end implementation design along with instructional design and work with a fabulous group of stakeholders. A feature of the mahi is to apply  learnings from emergency responses and findings from exercises  to support paid and volunteer staff to grow their ability, understanding and interoperability.

The position sits with the System Capability Unit that is responsible for leading the identification, design and implementation of strategies that will build the capability, capacity and resilience of the emergency management system across New Zealand. This includes the importance of exercises to test current state, apply lessons learnt and assure readiness.

Ko wai koe | About you

We are looking for a candidate with the following attributes:

• A relevant body of knowledge and experience

• Experience in developing training architecture and/or instructional design and demonstrated experience in acquiring, adapting, designing and developing learning and assessment products and implementation end to end design
• Ideally significant experience in delivering and facilitating training sessions
• Experience working with evaluation and continuous improvement processes
• Able to apply strategic and operational lens when designing and planning, with a proven ability to establish achievable and well sequenced milestones and KPIs
• Experience in persuading, inquiring, influencing, building and maintaining effective and collaborative relationships
• Experienced in acquiring, adapting or developing new content and translating it to meet different audience needs
• Experience of working with unit standards, assessments and moderation
• Intermediate level experience in the Articulate suite

• Relevant experience in a similar senior level role working in a collaborative, complex, fast changing and high-pressured environment
• Experience in delivering agile and innovative solutions that also meet national standards

• Experience working with networks, business and/or community groups, Central and/or Local Government
• Experience in contract and project management
• Personal commitment to understanding and applying Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga Māori and Te Ao Māori

Nga whakaritenga matua |Key requirements

• Ability to think strategically with strong initiative and problem-solving abilities
• Solid communication skills with the ability to present to a range of audiences
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, persuade and anticipate complex problems
• A team player, comfortable facilitating a collaborative work environment
• Ability to adapt in quickly changing circumstances whilst delivering high quality work under pressure
• Critical thinking / Conceptual thinking / Systems thinking / Problem solving skills 
• Ability to manage multiple complex work programmes, delivering results on time and to standard
• Highly inclusive approach with customers and stakeholders
• Confident, reliable, resilient demeanour
• Has high standards of professionalism, integrity and accountability
• Personal commitment to understanding and applying Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tikanga Māori and Te Ao Māori
• Able to travel domestically when required