Community Engagement Manager - Northern Region

Community Engagement Manager - Northern Region

Are you an outstanding people leader and manager, with significant senior leadership experience in a community engagement related role, along with significant links into your community and are you able to demonstrate your capability to leverage those links?

This role will be required to lead the Northern regional Community Engagement team, with staff based in both Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau. The role supporting the building and maintaining of authentic relationships and effective engagement activity in communities with lower rates of participation in democracy - ensuring that efforts consider both the Electoral Commission's Poutokomanawa - our values and our strategic priorities and objectives.

It is essential that you have firm understanding of engagement best practice, applying your extensive community engagement and relationship management experience to build engagement practice and support the capacity of our team to engage with communities and priority partners. This role will be required to drive regional engagement through both evidence informed design and community collaboration that builds trust and confidence.

The salary for this role is $127-$141k

He aha tāu e mahi ana | What you'll be doing

As part of the Strategic Engagement & Partnerships leadership team, the key responsibilities for the role include :

• Leading and developing your regional team to deliver outstanding engagement and educational activities alongside our community partners.
• Providing engagement expertise to initiatives and programmes ensuring these are delivered according to engagement best practice model(s).
• Planning, managing and reporting on the implementation of the Commission's engagement strategies, initiatives, and goals in consultation with the Director Strategic Engagement & Partnerships and broader Operations group.
• Developing and implementing national and localised plans for the area of responsibility.
• Maintaining strategic partnerships and relationships with external parties in support of the wider engagement objectives.

Mōhou ake | About you

To be successful in this role you need the following :

Mā te tūhono mai ki Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri ka aha | What's next?

The Electoral Commission wants every New Zealander to trust, value and take part in parliamentary elections.

This is your chance to contribute to New Zealand's democracy as part of the national team that design, build and implement processes and systems that facilitate Parliamentary elections and referenda. Supporting all voters to understand and navigate our electoral system is at the heart of this mahi.

The Commission is building an inclusive strength focused culture where diversity is encouraged and valued, and we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, orientations and identities. We want to provide a flexible working environment where everyone feels valued and supported. We are happy to discuss what works for you. You will join a team who are here for the right reasons, and we are passionate about what we do.

He aha e whai ake nei | What's next?

To apply, please click the apply button. Please include your Cover Letter outlining your reasons for applying and your CV. Applications close Wednesday 24 September at 5pm.

We will be reviewing applications throughout the advertising period and will meet suitable candidates during the application period. Applications close 5pm Thursday 25 September.

Please note : Applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand.

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