Group Manager Addictions - Planning, Funding and Outcomes

Group Manager Addictions - Planning, Funding and Outcomes

• All Locations | Permanent Full-time
• Lead transformational change in addiction services across Aotearoa
• Make a meaningful impact on equity and wellbeing for communities nationwide
• Opportunity to pioneer new funding models, shape long-term addictions strategy

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders.

We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

As the Group Manager, Addictions , you will lead the national addictions system work programme, overseeing system design, service development, workforce initiatives, and the creation of a long-term addictions strategic roadmap.

Your work will involve deep collaboration with regional commissioning teams, iwi partners, service providers, lived experience leaders, clinicians, central government agencies, and community groups. You will guide strategic commissioning approaches, support sector-wide change, and help transform funding, service models, and access pathways.

This role also provides leadership advice for Board, Ministerial, and sector engagements, steward national Budget initiatives relating to addictions, and ensure that equity, Te Tiriti obligations, and whānau voices are embedded throughout every aspect of design and delivery.

This is a role for a leader who sees addiction support as a vital pathway to wellbeing, connection, and dignity — and who is ready to influence the direction of the system at scale.

About you

You will bring senior-level leadership experience and a deep commitment to transforming addiction services in ways that uplift equity and honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi. You are confident navigating complex, multi-agency environments and experienced in influencing at national scale.

You move confidently between strategic planning, sector partnership, and operational delivery, and you do so with a commitment to transformation grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. You recognise that equity is not achieved through isolated initiatives but through long-term shifts in investment, capability, models of care, and how whānau and lived experience shape decision-making

You will likely bring :

You are someone who sees the bigger picture, connects the threads across regions and agencies, and can steward a national addictions system into a more integrated, culturally grounded, and equitable future. Most importantly, you bring commitment, integrity, reflective leadership, and the ability to create environments where people feel valued, supported, and inspired.

Working at 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.

How to Apply

To apply, please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 11 : 59 PM Wednesday, 26 November 2025 . Forfurther information,please contact Jenita Spencer on .

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.

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