Quality Improvement Lead - Te Manawa Taki - Nphs

New Zealand Government; Auckland; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Government in Health NZ seeks a Quality Improvement Lead to strengthen quality and continuous improvement across the Midland Te Manawa Taki region, focusing on immunisation services.

You'll provide leadership and expertise to support effective quality improvement approaches, helping teams identify opportunities, embed good practice and achieve meaningful improvements in the services they deliver.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in quality improvement, continuous improvement or service improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Experience leading and supporting improvement initiatives from planning through to implementation.
• Excellent relationship-building, facilitation and communication skills.
• The ability to influence, coach and support others to build quality improvement capability.
• A collaborative, pragmatic approach and confidence working with a range of stakeholders.
• A commitment to equity, quality and better outcomes for the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

• Lead meaningful quality improvement initiatives that strengthen services and outcomes.
• Build capability and embed a culture of continuous improvement across the Midland Te Manawa Taki region.
• Collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders to turn evidence and insights into sustainable change.

Skills

Quality improvement

Analytical skills

Relationship-building

Facilitation

Communication

Influence and coaching

Collaboration

Equity commitment

Job description

• Lead meaningful quality improvement initiatives that strengthen services and outcomes
• Build capability and embed a culture of continuous improvement across the Midland Te Manawa Taki region
• Collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders to turn evidence and insights into sustainable change
• This is a 12 month Secondmnet / Fixed term opportunity

About the Role

As Quality Improvement Lead, you'll play a key role in strengthening quality and continuous improvement across the Midland Te Manawa Taki region with a focus on immunisation services. You'll provide leadership and expertise to support effective quality improvement approaches, helping teams identify opportunities, embed good practice and achieve meaningful improvements in the services they deliver. This is an opportunity to work collaboratively with a range of teams and stakeholders, using your quality improvement expertise to influence change and support better outcomes. You'll bring a practical, evidence-informed approach and help build capability and a strong culture of continuous improvement.

About the Service

The National Public Health Service (NPHS) within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora works towards Pae Ora (healthy futures for all) by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga / wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.

About you

• Proven experience in quality improvement, continuous improvement or service improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Experience leading and supporting improvement initiatives from planning through to implementation.
• Excellent relationship-building, facilitation and communication skills.
• The ability to influence, coach and support others to build quality improvement capability.
• A collaborative, pragmatic approach and confidence working with a range of stakeholders.
• A commitment to equity, quality and better outcomes for the communities we serve.

Working for 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.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by Monday, 16 November 2026.