Partnership Co-ordinator

Tēnā koe. Nau mai ki te Kuratini Tuwhera.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

Partnership Coordinator - Social Services, Health & Wellbeing  - Fixed term to the end of 2025

This is an exciting role where you can use your skills to support the delivery of the polytechnic's social work, mental health and addiction, and disability programmes where our students are engaged in workplace-based learning. The coordinator's role is key to establishing, building, and sustaining effective relationships with sector organisations and providing placement opportunities to our students.

The Partnership Coordinator will be part of the Learning Delivery Directorate reporting to a Programme Delivery Manager.

Ngā pūkenga mo te tūnga | What you will bring to the role

You will have a passion for impacting the lives of everyday people and seeing them achieve their educational goals and dreams. You will also constantly be striving to be the best you can be, just as our students do and pride yourself on the quality of your work.

You will have:

• Experience in building and maintaining partnerships with a range of stakeholders, especially in an education delivery setting relating to workplace-based learning.
• A post-graduate qualification in social work and/or related discipline would be preferable.
• Current Social Work registration would be an advantage
• Experience with engaging in cultural activities with an understanding of mātauranga Māori (values, culture and tikanga)
• High level of organisational and record keeping skills
• High level of interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively develop and implement processes while meeting deadlines
• An understanding of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi as it relates to the education sector

Mō mātou | About us

The Kuratini Tuwhera is Aotearoa New Zealand's leading distance and online learning provider. Open Polytechnic is a business division within Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. Set up as part of the Government's Reform of Vocational Education , Te Pūkenga is creating a national network of online, on-campus and on-job learning.

We specialise in taking the learning to our students, focusing on enabling the success of almost 40,000 students each year. We're a place where you can make a difference. We offer a wide range of learning disciplines from Real Estate to Social Work, Construction and Education. From our Academic Staff Members to our Student Journey Centre, we ensure our students are at the heart of everything we do, every step of the way.

Ngā hua o tō tomo mai ki a mātou | Why you should join our team

We offer our people free education (50% off for whanau), free car parking on campus, flexible working options (including some working from home), a modernised working environment, subsidised school holiday programmes for your children, free fitness classes, and an on-site café.

We are proud of our kaimahi and value every contribution from all of our people.

Tono mai | Apply now

If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Applications must be submitted online via our career's website. Contact Shannon, [email protected] with any questions about the role.

Applications close 11pm 10 April 2024.

Noho ora mai. Tēnā koe.