Kaiārahi Toiora (Start Term 1 2027)

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu; Waikato; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) invites applications for a Kaiako to join Te Kāhui Hauāuru as Kaiārahi Toiora. This full-time role is split 0.8 FTE leadership and 0.2 FTE teaching, based in Hamilton, Tauranga, or Rotorua offices.

You will lead pastoral care, engage with learners, kaiako and whānau, and strengthen wellbeing responses across the region. You will report to the Te Kāhui Hauāuru Regional Manager and work with a regional leadership team to develop wellbeing practice nationally,

Qualifications

• Experience leading pastoral care practice across a regional education setting.
• Ability to monitor and analyse engagement and wellbeing data.
• Strong relationship management with kaiako, ākonga and whānau.

Responsibilities

• Lead and strengthen regional pastoral care across the region.
• Oversee wellbeing initiatives and respond to learner wellbeing needs.
• Develop people and systems for consistent wellbeing practice.
• Collaborate with whānau, community agencies and specialist services.
• Report to the Regional Manager and contribute to national wellbeing development.
• Focus on at-risk gateways and improving engagement for Māori and Pacific ākonga.

Skills

Pastoral care leadership

Learner engagement

Relationship management

Team leadership

Culturally responsive leadership

Strategic planning

Tools

Data analysis

Job description

Middle leadership, Secondary (Years 7–15) / wharekura, Middle leadership

English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

3 units

At Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura), we have an exciting opportunity for a Kaiako (teacher) to join our Te Kāhui Hauāuru region as Kaiārahi Toiora. This is a full-time role that currently consists of 0.8 FTE (32 hours) leadership and 0.2 FTE (8 hours) teaching and can be based in our Hamilton, Tauranga or Rotorua tari (office).

You will bring strong experience in pastoral care, learner support and educational engagement, together with the ability to lead others in responding to a wide range of learner wellbeing needs. As a leader of your own regional team, you will combine excellent relationship management skills with a collaborative and culturally responsive leadership approach. Your team will include kaiāwhina who work alongside kaiako, ākonga and whānau to strengthen engagement, wellbeing and successful learner pathways. Drawing on your experience of developing people and systems, you will help ensure a consistent and effective pastoral response across the region.

You will report to the Te Kāhui Hauāuru Regional Manager and be part of the regional leadership team where you will work collaboratively to develop and strengthen wellbeing practice and system developments nationally.

A key focus of this role is leading and strengthening pastoral care practice across the region. You will build the confidence and capability of kaiako, kaimanaaki, kaiāwhina and other kaimahi to respond effectively to learner wellbeing concerns, barriers to engagement and educational re-engagement. You will provide oversight of regional wellbeing initiatives, support the monitoring and analysis of engagement and wellbeing data, and work collaboratively with whānau, community agencies and specialist support services to improve learner outcomes. Particular areas of focus include learners enrolled through at-risk gateways, hauora, Te Ara Pounamu, and improving engagement and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and Pacific ākonga.