Ministry of Education NZ Looking for Resourcing Officer at Wellington City, Wellington Full Time

• Permanent, full-time position
• Wellington

Help shape the future of Education

He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga

We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes

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 shape the policies, settings and performance of the education system for early learning, schooling and tertiary.

We are making significant changes to how we deliver our purpose

So that we:

• Take practical action to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Give priority to regional and local voice.
• Deliver greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support.
• Improve feedback loops and information flows.

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people around Aotearoa, from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for our ākonga in our education system.

Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role

The Resourcing Officer will provide direct telephone and email advice to School staff, Principals, Boards of Trustees, Ministry Staff, ECE centre owners, parents and the general public for the Ministry.They will provide accurate payments to schools and caregivers in a timely manner.

Please note there is further information in the attached Job Description.

Mōhou ake | About you

We are looking for a motivated, flexible and adaptable individual to join our contact centre team.

You will be able to work at pace, manage a variety of tasks, projects and take an initiative on day-to-day work.

Your personal qualities will include:

• taking pride in producing written work, including other forms of communication of the highest quality
• having the interpersonal skills to relate well with all kinds of people
• have the background experience and skills that will contribute to the team
• providing high quality services to the sector and across the Ministry.

You will also offer:

• a tertiary qualification and/or relevant practical experience
• the ability to develop effective working relationships and builds credibility with customers at all levels, team members, and colleagues
• the ability to understand and apply the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Mātau rōpū ake | 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.

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 general public

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi? | Are you ready to make a difference?

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.

For more information on the role, please look at the job description. For additional information on the changes Te Tāhuhu are embarking on, please visit our careers centre. If this opportunity interests you, please submit your cover letter and resume by using the ‘apply’ button.

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 encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated although currently this is a voluntary requirement. There is no requirement to show evidence of your vaccine status as this role is not covered by the Public Health (Vaccinations) Order.

For further information, please contact Holly Busby at [email protected]

Applications close Midnight – Monday 15 August 2022