Senior Stakeholder Engagement Advisor

September 17, 2024

Plunket

Wellington City

OTHER & FULL TIME

Whānau Āwhina Plunket people are at the heart of what we do, our frontline kaimahi impact the lives of whānau from across Aotearoa on a day to day basis, providing reassurance and clinical advice in homes, clinics and in community settings.
We’re seeking a Principal Stakeholder Engagement Advisor preferably based in Wellington to join our team in a full time fixed term position for 12 months until late 2025.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
We are at an exciting point in our journey as an organisation and this newly created position will play a key role in building capability for leaders to create and strengthen relationships with our key stakeholders.
Reporting to the Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement, you will ensure Whānau Āwhina Plunket is using best practice engagement and communication strategies while supporting the development of our leaders in this area. You’ll develop engagement tools and messaging and work with key partners across the organisation to develop plans to elevate our brand in the community alongside implementing our framework and strategy.
A key focus in our strategy is also how we support whānau in our priority populations, your connection to this as well as a commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi will ensure you thrive in the role.

He kōrero mōu | About you
As a strong communications specialist, you will bring exceptional communication and relationship management skills to the role. You will be a strategic thinker and collaborative worker with strong experience developing engagement plans and tools, implementing them and measuring their results.
Your ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships and be adaptable and flexible will ensure you thrive in this role.
You will also be/have:

A Bachelor’s degree in Communications or similar qualification
Strong experience in a Communications or Stakeholder Engagement Advisor role
Experience working with and influencing senior members of the organisation
Highly developed verbal, written and presentation skills
Strong time management skills - able to handle competing priorities including operational and strategic work

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer
In line with our values, we believe in caring for our people, to support your wellbeing and ongoing professional growth, we offer:

The ability to schedule your mahi in a way that will support work and life balance
Hybrid work from the office and home
Retail discounts
A generous parental leave scheme to support growing whānau
Programmes to build your cultural competence so you can contribute to our goals most effectively

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
To view the position description, please find this attached to the advert on plunket.org.nz/careers. For further information please contact Michelle Mc Guinness (Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement) on Michelle.Mc Guinness@plunket.org.nz.
Applications close 1st October 2024. Please note, we will process applications as they are received and may close this advert early if we find a suitable candidate.

He huanui oranga mo ngā mokopuna whakatipuranga roto i ngā hapori heke iho, heke iho - Setting the path of wellness in our communities for the early years, for generations to come.
Whānau Āwhina Plunket is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of pēpi, tamariki and their whānau/family. We have committed to adopting a pro-equity approach where we give life to the Treaty principles of tino rangatiratanga, partnership, active protection, equity and options in our mahi/work to ensure healthy tamariki, confident whānau and connected communities. This journey is creating exciting career opportunities - If you would like to contribute to the important mahi we do, nau mai, haere mai.

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