Professor in Maori Designed Environments

Mō Te Herenga Waka - About Our University

He wānanga a Te Herenga Waka e whakakanohi nei i te ao, ā, ko te marae kei tōna iho. Ko ngā taonga tuku iho me ōna tūrangawaewae ngā tūāpapa o te iho nei. Kua whakairotia tēnei whakaaro motuhenga i tō mātou nohohanga hei Whare Wānanga whakaihuwaka o te tāone matua o Aotearoa, tae noa ki ngā Whare Wānanga o ngā tāone matua puta noa i te ao.

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is a global-civic university with our marae at our heart. This iho draws off our heritage and is further defined by our tūrangawaewae, in particular Wellington, Aotearoa, and the Asia-Pacific, all of which are expressed in our position as Aotearoa New Zealand's globally ranked capital city university.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Kei te whakamātau a Te Herenga Waka ki te kimi, ki te rapu i tētahi Ahorangi e mātau ana ki ngā āhuatanga o te Hanga Taiao Māori, ka te hono mai ki Te Kura Waihanga. He tikanga whakapoapoa pai tēnei mō te tautōhito ki te kōkiri i tēnei hōtaka hou ka āwhina ai ki te tārei i te huarahi anamata o te waihanga, tae noa ki te Hanga Taiao ki roto o Aotearoa. He tūranga hou tēnei, ā, ko te kaitono ka puta nei te ihu, māna e whakatakoto tikanga mō tēnei kahupeka Māori tauhou ki roto i te Tohu Waihanga me Te Tohu Paerua Waihanga.

Ngā haepapa matua:

• Ki te hautū me te whakawhanake i tēnei hōtaka hou.
• Ngā mahi rangahau.
• Kia eke ngā mahi whakaako e ai ki tā te urupū whakauaua ki roto I ngā tohu paetahi, me ngā tohu paerua.
• Ka whakaara ake i te tāhūhū ki waenga i ngā iwi, hapū, ahumahi, kāwanatanga, mātanga, me ngā hapori matahuhua.

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Professor in Māori Designed Environments to join the Wellington School of Architecture. This is an exciting opportunity for a high-level academic to lead this new programme and help shape the future of architecture and the Built Environment in Aotearoa. This is a new position and the successful candidate will provide leadership of our new Māori Specialisation within the Bachelors of Architectural Studies and Masters of Architecture.

The position calls for extensive experience in academic leadership with a focus on Mātauranga Māori as it relates to designed environments. You will bring a reputation and profile as an accomplished researcher and/ or senior practitioner with the capability to lead the Māori Designed Environments major.

 Key Responsibilities: 

• Leadership and development of this new programme.
• On-going research activity.
• Academically rigorous teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Actively engage with iwi, hapu, industry, government, professions and diverse communities. 

For a full details for this role, please click here .

Role Description (Te Reo)

Role Description (English)

To apply

Please click on the above 'Apply' button, and you will be redirected to our career portal. Please click on ‘APPLY ONLINE’ on this page using reference VUWarc0922, addressing your cover letter and resume to Andrew Norton of Fisher Leadership, or call 800 605 010 (New Zealand) or +61 3 9016 6000 (international) for further information.