Community Integration Advisor

JobSpace; Nelson; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Nelson is seeking a Community Integration Advisor to work across subregions, partnering with iwi, mana whenua and health and social sector partners. You’ll help shape planning, strengthen local leadership and move us toward community-centred service development.

You’ll bring place-based planning, strong relationship management and the ability to navigate complex environments, turning local knowledge into practical health outcomes in a collaborative, Team of

Qualifications

• Experience in place-based planning and collective impact approaches.
• Leadership-level experience developing and maintaining partnerships across sectors.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences, including leaders and communities.
• Proven ability to influence and build consensus in complex environments.
• Strong track record in building trusted relationships at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Iwi Māori Partnership Boards, mana whenua and health partners to shape locality planning.
• Support local leadership arrangements reflecting Pae Ora Act goals and community needs.
• Mobilise commissioning capability and enable new ways of working across sectors.
• Turn local knowledge into practical, scalable models of care through cross-organisational collaboration.

Skills

Place-based planning

Strategic relationship management

Influencing stakeholders

Public health knowledge

Cross-sector collaboration

Communication skills

Change management

Team of Teams experience

Self-directed teamwork

Policy navigation

Education

Tertiary qualification in population health or related

Experience in health service planning

Job description

Full-time 12month Fixed Term role based in Nelson

Help shape services and partnerships that can have a genuine impact on community hauora and wellbeing.

Use your strategic thinking, relationship skills and ability to navigate complexity to create lasting change.

About the Role

As the Community Integration Advisor, you will work locally across subregions, partnering with Iwi Māori Partnership Boards, mana whenua, Hauora Māori Services, Pacific Health, providers, local government and wider health and social sector partners. You'll help establish strong subregional and local leadership arrangements that reflect the intent of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 and put communities at the heart of service planning and development.

You’ll be a strategic and pragmatic change enabler, bringing people together around shared priorities and enabling new ways of working. You’ll help mobilise local and regional commissioning capability, support mana whenua to participate as lead partners in service development, and influence the development of high-quality, connected models of care.

This is a role for someone who thrives where relationships, strategy and action intersect. You’ll navigate complexity, build trust across diverse organisations and perspectives, influence system change, and turn local knowledge and community insight into better health and social outcomes.

About the Team/Service

You’ll be part of a collaborative team focused on strengthening local health and social system partnerships and creating the conditions for better outcomes for communities.

Working across organisational and professional boundaries, you’ll contribute to a Team of Teams approach where relationships, shared purpose and collective impact matter. You’ll work closely with Hauora Māori Services, Pacific Health, life course teams and other colleagues to ensure the aspirations and voices of Māori and Pacific peoples are reflected in planning and service delivery.

This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of locality-based change and help build a health system that is more connected, responsive and grounded in the strengths of local communities.

About you

You’ll bring strong community development, strategic relationship management and influencing skills, with the confidence to work across complex environments and bring diverse stakeholders together.

You will have:

• Demonstrated experience in place-based planning and collective impact approaches.
• Leadership-level experience developing, maintaining and influencing relationships and partnerships across sectors and organisations, including with Māori and Pacific peoples and groups.
• The ability to communicate complex information and ideas compellingly, both verbally and in writing, to audiences ranging from communities and providers through to senior leaders, Boards and Ministers.
• Proven ability to influence, persuade and build consensus in complex and sometimes ambiguous environments.
• A strong track record of building and maintaining trusted relationships at senior levels, both internally and externally.
• Experience operating constructively within a regulated environment and working effectively across organisational and functional boundaries.
• A proven commitment to working in self-directed teams and contributing positively to a wider Team of Teams environment.
• A relevant tertiary qualification and/or significant experience in population health, community development, health service planning or collective impact.
• A strong commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and genuine experience working alongside Māori communities, iwi and hapū.
• The ability to work with both strategic intent and practical delivery—turning ideas into action and sustainable change.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.