Team Leader Logistics - Whakatakapokai

Oranga Tamariki; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Oranga Tamariki is seeking a Team Leader Logistics to coordinate rostering for residential youth workers and manage working hours across the rostered team. The role includes line management of the escorting function and casual staff, with fast-paced delivery and critical decision-making to cover day-to-day operations.

You'll apply strong planning, resource management and people skills to support tamariki and rangatahi wellbeing, while engaging with diverse stakeholders and leading a capable team.

Qualifications

• Previous resource management experience and capability in managing a shift or rostered environment.
• Proven experience in managing teams and staff development.
• Technically savvy with a broad range of technology.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Strong relationship management with diverse stakeholders.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Empathy for working with children.

Responsibilities

• Oversee rostering and shift management for residential youth workers.
• Manage working hours for all rostered staff, including escorts and casual workforce.
• Provide line management to the escorting function and casual workforce.
• Analyse staff availability to meet operational requirements.
• Make quick decisions to cover day-to-day operations and deadlines.

Skills

Resource management

Team leadership

Tech savvy

Planning

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Empathy

Job description

Mō mătou | About us

Our vision is to ensure New Zealand is the best place in the world to be a child. We are also committed to ensuring Oranga Tamariki partners with hapŧ, iwi and Māori organisations to find appropriate solutions for tamariki in need.

Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children has a commitment of putting children first, we believe aroha is vital, we respect the mana of people, we are tika and pono, we value whakapapa and we recognise that oranga is a journey.

Mō te tūnga| About the role

The Team Leader Logistics is a key position within the operations team and is integral in ensuring the smooth management of the rostering of residential youth workers, co-ordinating and managing the working hours for all rostered employees, including line management responsibility for the escorting function and casual workforce.

The work environment for the Team Leader Logistics is highly pressured and fast paced, due to complex challenges, including short notice absence, illness, and other factors. There is a limitless range of possibilities for staff planning on a daily basis, therefore, your ability to apply sound judgement and make appropriate decisions quickly and regularly is essential. You will need to ensure the most effective solutions have been found to cover day to day, court-imposed deadlines, operations and movements across and in and out of the residence. This includes analysing the availability of suitably skilled staff, ensuring operational requirements are met and maintained, and identifying any issues that may arise.

Due to the immediate and direct impact this position has on operational deployment and capability, you will need to feel comfortable taking direction from, your manager, the Manager Residence Operations.

We want inspired and talented people leaders with the vision, knowledge, capability and drive to help us continue on our residence transition journey.

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been looking for and you have the following skills, knowledge and experience, we want to hear from you!

• Previous resource management experience and demonstrated capability in effectively managing a shift or rostered environment
• Proven experience in managing teams and staff development
• Technically savvy - high degree of working knowledge in the use of a wide range of technology
• Advanced planning and organisational skills
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to successfully engage with a wide range of stakeholders
• Highly effective communicator and strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated empathy for working with children

Nōu te rourou | What's in it for you

Oranga Tamariki offer an impartial remuneration package, that offers progression annually for experience through tenure. Annual remuneration for this position starts between $90,429 to $100,019 dependant on experience.

We welcome diversity and are committed to working in an inclusive and respectful way. This is your opportunity to apply your skills and experience to the wellbeing of tamariki and rangatahi.

Please visit https://mahi.orangatamariki.govt.nz/working-with-us/employee-benefits/

If you are interested, please ensure that you make yourself familiar with our code of conduct as it sets out our expectations for ourkaimahiand requires you to present at work free from the influences of both drugs and alcohol.