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Tuakana (Team Leader) Whānau Hāpai
Tui Ora Limited

New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Applications close:

16 Jul 2025


The Tuakana role provides day-to-day leadership of their team, ensuring the delivery of high-performing, culturally responsive services to whānau/whaiora. The position enhances service effectiveness and integrity, by being responsible for their team’s performance, nurturing workforce development, and strengthening systems and processes. The role works in partnership with the Kaihautū to ensure service and operational excellence and fosters improvement that is informed by whānau/whaiora and kaimahi voice.

 

Overview


Requirements

Kia ekena a angitū | To promote success in this role, you will have


  • A tertiary education qualification in a relevant field / or equivalent experience
  • Vocational registration where required for service provision.
  • Three years team leader experience (desirable)
  • The ability to lead in a way that reflects te ao Māori values, supporting whānau-centred, culturally safe practice
  • The ability to demonstrate practical understanding of the aspirations and challenges of whānau Māori
  • Honed written and oral communication skills
  • The ability to handle sensitive and confidential information
  • The ability to plan and achieve goals
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work as part of a team
  • The ability to coach and influence others as well as be a critical thinker
  • Excellent organisation skills and able to take responsibility for completion of tasks
  • A strong work ethic, demonstrated by a high level of integrity, reliability and efficiency
  • A full, clean NZ Driver Licence

What we can offer you

As an organisation, we want our kaimahi (employees) to be at their best. This means we look after you and put your health and wellbeing first. If you’re keen to work in a fun working environment where your professional growth and development means you are supported to be the best you can be, Tui Ora is the place for you.

Who we are

We do health differently at Tui Ora. As a holistic kaupapa Māori (Māori approach) primary care organisation which has been serving the Taranaki community for more than 25 years, we provide a wide range of health and social wellbeing services for our whānau (families).


We follow a proven Māori model of care that puts whānau at the centre, empowering them to set their own life goals and create a pathway to reaching them. Our experienced and multi-disciplinary teams walk beside them every step of the way.

 

Please apply online via https://tuiora.co.nz/about/work-here/


For further information, email recruitment@tuiora.co.nz