Principal Advisor Te Tiriti

We're looking for a Āporei Te Tiriti, Principal Advisor Te Tiriti to join our future focussed tīma in Te Hunga Whiriwhiri. This is a full time, permanent role is based in our central Wellington office, with regular travel across our region.

About the role:

You will play a pivotal role in policy analysis, strategy development, and research for the leadership team. You'll provide expert guidance on how Greater Wellington upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi and fosters Māori participation in decision-making processes.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, can manage competing priorities, and enjoy contributing to high-quality service standards, this role offers a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Reporting directly to Te Pou Whakarae | Group Manager - Te Hunga Whiriwhiri, your responsibilities include leading organisational strategy development, advising on past, present and upcoming relevant legislation, maintaining information resources, and providing expert Te Tiriti based advice on Māori and environmental policy matters. You will also help cultivate relationships with mana whenua and Māori community leaders, influencing governance arrangements and advancing shared priorities.

Skills and experience required:

With at least 10 years of senior level leadership experience, you'll demonstrate expertise in providing advice, developing strategy, influencing stakeholders, and engaging leaders from governance tables to marae.

Your track record should reflect:

• Deep understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tikanga Māori, particularly kaitiakitanga and the management of natural resources, the Resource Management Act and the Local Government Act.
• Sound knowledge of local government processes, strategic acumen and political savvy are essential in navigating the sometimes ambiguous and politically complex environment.
• Sound application of business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, change management, and coordination of people, projects, and resources.
• Effective teamwork, coaching and mentoring abilities are required as are strong networking, influencing, and relationship-building skills to bring together diverse groups with multiple stakeholders together working towards a common purpose.

What we offer:

• Work to suit your life and whānau with our flexible working policy.
• We'll encourage you to grow and prosper with a range of learning and development opportunities, internal secondments and career progression.
• Your wellbeing is our priority - we'll provide medical and trauma insurance, support through our employee assistance programme, including Rongoā Māori partner providers, along with Tangihanga leave and support.
• We want you to have a sense of belonging, where you can reflect your personal and cultural identity in the way that you work.
• Social clubs, staff networks and a friendly and inclusive culture.
• Great working environments across our beautiful region.

Come help treasure and grow our rohe together

Our rohe and its lands, waterways, animals, plants and people can only grow stronger if they are nurtured.

To join our team is to step up and commit to playing an active part in this important mahi. That means restoring nature, connecting people and places, reducing environmental impacts and helping this rohe and its people prosper.

We are part of a collective movement alongside mana whenua and community members whose hopes for the future of this region are just as high as your own.

Our efforts across environmental management, public transport, flood protection, regional parks and water supply are interconnected and integral to treasuring our rohe and growing our future.

Te Hunga Whiriwhiri rōpū embrace their privileged role upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the values of the partnership between Greater Wellington and mana whenua in the region. They provide support and advice on governance relationships, strategic and operational leadership, policy and planning which unlocks the potential of Māori communities, effective communication and engagement with Māori and leadership on te reo, tikanga and mātauranga Māori.

How to apply:

Greater Wellington is proud to be a member of Te Uru Tāngata Centre for Workplace Inclusion. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and welcome the unique talent and experience you will bring to our team.

We are passionate about ensuring our recruitment processes are fair and equitable. Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs or adjustments that need to be made so we can offer a recruitment process that is more accessible to you.

Click on the Apply link to view the position description and to apply for the role with a cover letter and CV. All applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand as we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.

For further information, please contact Tania Parata at tania.parata@gw.govt.nz.

Applications close: 5.00pm, Monday 23 November 2026. However, we will be shortlisting applications as they come in and will interview as soon as possible to secure the right person.

Greater Wellington is an accredited Living Wage Employer. We're committed to making sure our people, including people in our supply chain, earn enough to meet life's basic needs, support their whānau, and participate fully in their communities.

The total remuneration for this position, including all benefits, is $126,303 to $189,455 per annum, with a midpoint of $157,879. Starting remuneration will depend on the skills and experience of the successful applicant.

Agency applications won't be considered at this time.

E kimi ana mātou i tētahi Āporei Te Tiriti ki te kawe i tētahi kawenga hirahira i roto i te tātari kaupapa here, i te waihanga rautaki, me te rangahau mā te rōpū ārahi. Ka haria mai ō tohungatanga mō tā Te Pane Matua Taiao hāpai i Te Tiriti o Waitangi me te āhua o tana whakawhanake i te whai wāhitanga mai o te Māori ki ngā tukanga whakatau. He tūranga ukiuki, e pūmau ana mō te 18 marama, ā, kei tō mātou tari ki Pōneke, ki Cuba Street.

Mēnā koe e kaha ana i ngā taiao nekeneke, e mōhio ana ki te whakatutuki kaupapa ahakoa e tukituki ana ngā kaupapa mātāmua i ōna wā, ā, e pai ana ki te hāpai i ētahi ratonga kounga, mā tēnei tūranga koe e whai wāhi ai ki te whakaputa hua whai take.

Kei raro tonu tēnei i te tūranga o Te Pou Whakahaere me Te Hunga Whiriwhiri, ā, e mahi tata ana ki te Āporei mō Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ko ngā haepapa: ko te arataki i te waihanga rautaki mā te whakahaere, ko te whakarite kupu āwhina e pā ana ki ngā ture hāngai o mua, o tēnei wā, me ngā ture ka puta, ko te whakahaere i ngā rauemi, me te whakarite kupu āwhina e hāngai ana ki Te Tiriti mō ngā take Māori me ngā take taiao. Ka āwhina hoki koe ki te manaaki i ngā hononga ki ngā iwi mana whenua me ngā rangatira Māori i ngā hapori, mā reira e whakaaweawe ai koe i ngā whakaritenga mō te mana whakahaere me te kōkiri ngātahi i ngā kaupapa mātāmua kei ngā taha e rua.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako me whai wāhi mai:

He tangata mātau koe ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi me te tikanga Māori, otirā ko te kaitiakitanga me te whakahaere i ngā taonga o te taiao, ko te Resource Management Act me te Local Government Act. Mā tō mātau hoki ki ngā tukanga o ngā kaunihera, ki te mahi rautaki, me ngā āhuatanga tōrangapū koe e ārahi i tētahi taiao e rehurehu ana, ā, e matatini ana nā te tōrangapū, i ōna wā.

Kua 10 tau, neke atu rānei, i tētahi tūranga whai mana, ka whakaatu mai koe i tō mōhio ki te whakarite kupu āwhina, ki te waihanga rautaki, ki te mahi tahi ki ngā hunga whai pānga, ki te kōrero ki ngā kaiārahi, atu i ngā tēpu whakahaere ki ngā tēpu marae. Me kite i roto i ō mahi o mua, ko te whakahāngai pai o ngā mātapono whakahaere, tae ana ki te whakarite rautaki, ki te tuku rawa, ki te whakahaere panonitanga, me te ārahi i te tangata, i te kaupapa me ngā rauemi.

Me mōhio ki te mahi ā-tīma, ki te whakaako, ki te whakatipu kaiārahi hoki, ā, me mōhio hoki ki te whakawhanaunga, ki te whakaaweawe, ki te whakatipu hononga e kotahi ai ngā rōpū huhua, tae ana ki ngā hunga whai pānga, e takahi ai i te ara ki te whāinga kotahi.

He aha ngā whakapoapoa:

• He kaupapa here mō te mahi pīngore, e hāngai ai tō wāhi mai ki tō ao me tō whānau.
• Ka ākina tō whanaketanga mā roto mai i ētahi whiringa hei whakawhanake i a koe, mā te kimi tūranga taupua, me te āki i a koe ki te piki tūranga.
• Ka whakamātāmuahia tō hauora - ka āwhinatia tēnei mā roto i te hōtaka āwhina kaimahi, tae ana ki ētahi hoa mahi rongoā Māori, ki ngā rā wātea huhua, mēnā me hararei, e māuiui ana, me peka rānei ki tētahi tangihanga.
• E pīrangi ana kia tau koe ki konei, e māia ai ki te whakaatu i tō āhua me te ahurea i roto i ō mahi.
• He karapu whakawhanaunga, he hononga kaimahi, me tētahi wairua ngangahau.
• He taiao mahi pai puta noa i tēnei rohe ātaahua.

Haere mai, poipoia, whakatipuria hoki tō tātau rohe

Ka pakari ake tō tātau rohe me ōna whenua, awa, kararehe, tāngata hoki mehemea ka poipoia.

Ko te uru ki tō mātou tīma, ko te ū ki ēnei mahi hirahira. E mea ana tērā ko te whakarauora i te taiao, ko te tūhono i te tangata me te wāhi, ko te whakangāwari i ngā putanga ki te taiao, me te āwhina i tēnei rohe me ōna tāngata kia tōnui ai.

E ngākau titikaha ana mātou ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi me ngā mahi hāpai i ngā mana whenua hei kaitiaki. Kei tētahi kaupapa nui hoki mātau i te taha o ngā hapori e tūmanako nui ana mō tēnei rohe pēnā i a koe.

Ko ngā whakapaunga kaha i ngā mahi tiaki taiao, i ngā momo waka tūmatanui, i te ārai waipuke, i ngā pāka ā-rohe, me te whakarato wai, e whai hononga ana, ā, e whai wāhi nui ana ki ngā mahi hei poipoi, hei whakapakari hoki i te anamata.

Māringanui ana Te Hunga Whiriwhiri i ana haepapa tāpua ki te hāpai i Te Tiriti o Waitangi me ngā uara o te kōtuinga i waenga i Te Pane Matua Taiao me ngā mana whenua i te rohe. Ka tautoko, ā, ka tuku kupu āwhina hoki mō ngā hononga ā-mana whakahaere, mō te rautaki me te arataki, mō ngā kaupapa here me te whakamahere e puāwai mai ai te pitomata o ngā hapori Māori, o te whakawhitinga kōrero whai take hoki i waenga i te Māori me ngā kaiārahi mō te reo, ngā tikanga, me te mātauranga Māori.

Me pēhea te tono mai:

Poho kererū ana a Te Pane Matua Taiao he mema nō Diversity Works. Ka whakamana mātou i te kanorau, ā, e ngākau titikaha ana ki tētahi wāhi mahi pīngore, ka kaha ki te kauawhi i te tangata, ahakoa pēhea. E āki ana i ngā kaitono katoa, ahakoa tō ara, e mihi ana ki ngā pūmanawa me ngā wheako motuhake ka kawea mai e koe ki te tīma.

E ngākau whiwhita ana ki te whakarite i ngā tukanga rapu kaimahi e tōkeke ana, e tautika ana. Whakamōhiotia mai mātau mēnā he āhuatanga me whakarite e uru pai ai koe ki tēnei tukanga e tika ai ēnei whakaritenga māu.

Pāwhiria te paehono 'Apply' e kite ai koe i te whakamāramatanga mō te tūranga me te ara e tono ai koe ki te tūranga mā te tuku mai i tētahi reta me tō tātai pūmanawa. Me whakaatu mai ngā kaitono katoa i tētahi taunakitanga o te āheitanga ki te mahi ki Aotearoa.

E whiwhi ai i ētahi anō kōrero, whakapā mai ki a Tania Parata ki tania.parata@gw.govt.nz.

Ka kati ngā tono hei te: 5.00pm, Rāhina, 23 Noema 2026. Engari, ka whakawhāiti i ngā tono ka tae mai ana, ā, ka wawe te uiui e whiwhi ai i te tangata tika.

Ko te utu ki tēnei tūranga, tae ana ki ngā whiwhinga katoa, kei waenga i te $126,303 me te $189,455, ā, ko te wawaenga ko te $157,879. Ko te utu tika kei te āhua o ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako o te kaitono ka angitu.

Kāore e tirohia ana ngā tono e ahu mai ana i ngā umanga i tēnei wā.