Kaiarahi Family Court Navigator

New Zealand Government; Southland; On-site; NZD 86,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4.4 weeks holiday leave

Flexible work hours

Online professional development portal

Inclusive networks

Job summary

The New Zealand Government/Ministry of Justice in Invercargill is seeking a Kaiarahi Family Court Navigator for a permanent full-time role. You will engage with communities, iwi, and service providers to ensure accurate information reaches families and the court where applicable.

This position is community-facing, requires travel across the region, and may include weekend work to meet community needs. Strong relationship-building and knowledge of Family Court processes are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent relationship management skills within diverse communities.
• Proactively identifies opportunities and suggests solutions for families and court users.
• High comfort working with Whanau, Hapū and Iwi; respectful to Maori cultural practices.
• Understanding and appreciation of Tikanga Maori in service delivery.
• Technical knowledge or experience in Family and District Courts is advantageous.
• Ability to understand and communicate complex documents including legislation and financial information.

Responsibilities

• Engage with iwi, service providers, and communities to share accurate information with families and the court where applicable.
• Build and maintain relationships between communities and the justice system to facilitate access to justice.
• Travel regularly across the region to support communities across Aotearoa.
• Work flexibly, including weekends and outside normal hours when needed to serve communities.
• Communicate complex documents and court processes clearly to participants and the court.

Skills

Relationship management

Opportunity identification

Cultural awareness

Tikanga Maori understanding

Family and District Court knowledge

Document literacy (legislation, etc)

Job description

Kaiarahi Family Court Navigator - Invercargill, Permanent Full Time

Te Haeata/The Opportunity If you want to make a difference to the lives of our tamariki and whanau, enjoy engaging with communities, have existing networks with iwi and community organisations, take a collaborative approach and like to work on your own and as part of a team, then this role is for you. As a visible role within the community, you will actively engage and collaborate with local iwi, service providers, community groups, and agencies to ensure accurate information is being communicated to families and the court where applicable, as well as understanding the availability and suitability of their services and resources. A key aspect of the Kaiarahi role will be relationship building between these communities and the Justice system, bringing your knowledge of the Family Court and Judicial Services processes to the conversation to work with participants and the court to facilitate access to justice. While this position is based in the Invercargill District & High Court, you will also be required to travel in and out of the community on a regular basis. This is not your standard 9-5 role, and from time to time you will need to be able to work weekends and outside normal work hours, to meet the needs of our communities. Travel across your region will also be required to ensure all communities across Aotearoa are receiving consistent, quality support.

Ō pūkenga/Skills and Experience

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we have outlined and believe you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you! We are looking for people who reflect the community we are serving in and who can effectively assist Te Tāhū o te Ture in honouring our commitment to the people of Aotearoa. Your experience working with community groups and a wide range of socio-economic family situations is important to successfully implementing this service. A full driver's licence is also required. This position is operating at a community leadership level, so the ability to be self-managed and work both independently and with your regional team is key. We are also looking for someone who has the ability work fairly independently as well as part of a team, and brings in a good level of creativity and innovation to our space.

Key skills and experience include:

• Excellent relationship management skills
• Proactively seeks opportunities, identifies trends and solutions within the current climate
• A high level of comfort working with Whanau, Hapu and Iwi
• Have an understanding and appreciation of cultural issues and concerns in particular Tikanga Maori
• Technical knowledge and experience in Family and District Courts would be highly advantageous
• The ability to understand and communicate complex documents, including legislation, financial, numerical, and business information.

Mō mātou/About us

At Te Tāhū o te Ture - the Ministry of Justice, we're committed to strengthening people's trust in the law of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Joining Te Tāhū o te Ture means you will become part of an organisation that welcomes and supports people of all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disabilities and religions.

Ngā painga o tēnei wāhi mahi/What's great about working here

We offer you a range of benefits to support your wellbeing and help make the Ministry a great place to be. These include:

• 4.4 weeks holiday leave
• flexible work hours where possible
• an online professional development portal
• access to a variety of inclusive and proactive networks

Utu ā-tau/Salary

The appointing salary for this role will be between $85,562 and $109,862 based on skills and experience.

Applications close on 11 November; however, we will be reviewing CVs as they come in and inviting successful candidates to interview before the close date.

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