Senior Advisor – Refugee Health
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Senior Advisor – Refugee Health is responsible for developing and implementing a national refugee health work programme in partnership with the Ministry of Health.
The role is responsible for providing leadership and coordination of the refugee health sector to enable delivery of quality refugee health services. It plays a part in sharing best practice and supporting workforce development.
The role also plays a critical part in gathering of information and knowledge from the field to inform plans and strategies for refugee health in New Zealand.
The Senior Advisor provides:
- High level leadership on refugee health issues.
- Leadership and co-ordination in the development and delivery of the national refugee health work programme.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- A background practising in health-related fields: e.g. primary care, mental health, refugee health, public health.
- Expert knowledge of clinical practices within New Zealand.
- Knowledge of global refugee health issues.
- Experience working in the field in refugee health would be advantageous.
- Knowledge and understanding of health care provisions for refugees in New Zealand.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent administrative and time management skills.
- Ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of people and groups.
- Budget management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder and associated relationships.
- Ability to work under pressure while maintaining performance standards, working relationships and personal composure.
- Be willing to travel to fulfil job requirements.
- Must be either a New Zealand citizen or hold a permanent residency class visa.
Qualifications
- Relevant tertiary qualification or extensive and comparable relevant experience.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Advice and Support
- Designs, develops and implements a national refugee health work programme in partnership with the Ministry of Health with the goal of achieving equitable health outcomes for former refugees.
- Supports the Ministry of Health to provide clinical governance.
- Develop appropriate infrastructure to connect strategic and operational groups i.e. governance, building of communities of practice and networks.
- Supports access to education and programmes for workforce upskilling in order to support workforce capacity, capability and sustainability.
- Draws on research and evaluation to develop an informed and critical view of opportunities and challenges related to Refugee Health in the community in New Zealand.
- Collect and analyse data to support programme monitoring and evaluation.
- Identifies the needs or expectations of former refugees, health care providers and other participating agencies.
- Enable and empower former refugees to be part of the development of the work programme.
Relationship Management
- Liaises with representatives from key sectors (e.g. Te Whatu Ora, Ministry of Health, primary care providers, refugee advocacy, mental health organisations) to capture relevant sector information.
- Develops effective working relationships across the branch for a co-ordinated approach to refugee health and resettlement.
- Builds and maintains effective relationships and partnerships with key government and non-government representatives to improve refugee health in New Zealand.
Wellbeing, health & safety
- Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives.
- Ensures own and others safety at all times.
- Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting.
- Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion.
- Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation.
Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry
The Senior Advisor position reports into the Refugee Health Medical Officer within the Refugee and Migrant Services branch. The branch sits within the Immigration New Zealand group.
To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand
Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.
As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).
Ngā matatau – Our competencies
Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.
Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.
Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.
Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.
Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.
Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.
Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service
Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.
In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.
What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission
