He Pikinga Waiora - Practice Lead Kaupapa Kaihautu Tu Manawa Ora - Purapura Whetu Trust

Join the Founding Leadership Team | He Pikinga Waiora Help build something that could change the future for tamariki, rangatahi and whānau. He Pikinga Waiora is a new kaupapa Māori initiative delivered in partnership by Purapura Whetū Trust and Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust . Funded through the Government's Social Investment Fund, this four-year pilot has been designed to strengthen outcomes for tamariki, rangatahi, and whānau experiencing complex and intergenerational challenges.

He Pikinga Waiora brings together one integrated multidisciplinary team working alongside whānau through mentoring, education, wellbeing, therapeutic support, practical life skills, and cultural connection. Support will be delivered from a purpose-designed community hub and in the homes and communities where whānau live.

This is more than a new service. It is an opportunity to help shape a new way of working. We're looking for an exceptional leader to Join the founding Kaihautū leadership team and help establish this innovative kaupapa from the ground up. Kaihautū Tū Manawa Ora | Practice and Pastoral Lead Grow people. Strengthen practice.

Create the culture. The Kaihautū Tū Manawa Ora provides practice, pastoral, and relational leadership across He Pikinga Waiora. This role supports kaimahi to deliver exceptional kaupapa Māori practice while fostering a workforce culture that is safe, reflective, connected, and sustainable. Working across both hub and home environments, you'll strengthen integrated practice, workforce wellbeing, supervision, coaching, and professional growth while ensuring the kaupapa is experienced consistently through everyday practice.

This role is ideal for someone who leads through relationships and enjoys helping others thrive. You'll bring Experience leading practice, supervision, workforce development, or pastoral support. A strong understanding of trauma-informed and whānau-centred practice. Excellent coaching, communication, and relationship-building skills.

Experience working within multidisciplinary environments. A commitment to kaupapa Māori and collaborative leadership. You’ll work alongside two other Kaihautū He Pikinga Waiora operates through a unique three-way collaborative leadership model. As Practice and Pastoral Lead, you’ll work alongside the Kaihautū Kaupapa

• Programme Lead, who provides strategic, operational, and relational leadership, and the Kaihautū Arotake
• Quality Lead, who leads evaluation, continuous improvement and organisational learning. Together, the three Kaihautū share responsibility for the direction, delivery and success of the kaupapa, bringing programme leadership, strong practice and continuous learning together. Why join He Pikinga Waiora? You'll be joining more than a new service. You'll be joining a kaupapa that has the potential to influence how integrated, kaupapa Māori support is delivered into the future. You'll have the opportunity to: Be part of the founding leadership team. Help establish an innovative kaupapa Māori pilot from the ground up. Work collaboratively across two respected Māori organisations. Shape a service designed around whānau rather than systems. Influence a model with the potential to inform future investment and service delivery across Aotearoa. Lead alongside others in a collaborative leadership model where responsibility is shared and success is collective. Salary is dependent on qualifications and years of experience. Hours of Work He Pikinga Waiora operates outside of standard business hours to ensure tamariki, rangatahi and whānau can access support when it suits them best. Kaimahi will work across a rotating roster that includes daytime, evening and Saturday shifts. While individual rosters will be agreed in advance, applicants need to be available to work within the service's operating hours. Indicative hub operating hours: Day Operating hours Monday 12.30pm – 6.00 pm (rostered shifts) Tuesday – Friday 10.00am – 8.30 pm (rostered shifts) Saturday 9.30am – 3.30 pm (rostered shifts) About our partnership He Pikinga Waiora is delivered in partnership by Purapura Whetū Trust and Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust . Together we bring decades of experience supporting whānau across Waitaha through kaupapa Māori approaches that strengthen wellbeing, belonging, identity, and opportunity. This partnership combines the strengths of both organisations to deliver a new, integrated model of support that places tamariki, rangatahi, and whānau at the centre. To find out more about our organisations, please visit our websites https://www.pw.maori.nz/ https://tepuawaitanga.maori.nz/ Applications If you're excited by the opportunity to build something new, work collaboratively, and help shape the future of kaupapa Māori service delivery, we'd love to hear from you. Click here for the position description: Kaihautu Position Description.pdf Please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining the role you're applying for. Let us know about your key strengths and what attracts you to He Pikinga Waiora. Click here to apply via seek: He Pikinga Waiora
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• SEEK Applications close 6 November 2026. For further queries please contact ronik@tepuawaitanga.maori.nz We will be reviewing applications as they are received and progressing to interviews quickly. We reserve the right to close advertising early if the position is filled during the advertising period.