Senior Advisor - Nutrition and Physical Activity (NPA) - Promotion - NPHS (Fixed Term)

Senior Advisor - Nutrition and Physical Activity (NPA) - Promotion - NPHS (Fixed Term)

• Contribute to making a difference as a Senior Advisor within NPHS's Health Promotion team
• Location : National
• A fixed term, 0.6 FTE position is available for 12 months

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

We have a fixed term opportunity for a Senior Advisor to join the Health Promotion team within NPHS. The Health Promotion workforce sit within both the Promotion National office, and the Regional Directorates of the NPHS. Our team provides a comprehensive health promotion approach is influenced by international and national best practice models such as Te Pae Māhutonga (Durie, 1999) and the Ottawa Charter (WHO, 1986).

In this role, the Senior Advisor Health Promotion is an intermediate level health promotion role, with developed health promotion subject matter expertise, community and stakeholder relationships, cultural capability, digital, written and oral communication skills, and a sound understanding of health inequalities and communities of need. You will lead the implementation and achievement of best practice health promotion by planning, implementing and co‑ordinating activities from national and / or regional health promotion plans. You will also provide insights, and evaluation to measure and track progress on health promotion activities which enable, achieve and sustain positive impacts on health outcomes and equity. A focus of this fixed term role will be to support the Nutrition and Physical activity team and the rollout of the National Food and Drinks Policy

About the Team / Service / Location

The NPHS within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, work 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

As a Senior Advisor, you are confident working in a fast‑paced environment and getting ‘stuck in' with a range of work. You have the ability to draw on relevant longer‑term experience specific to the job and work demands. You have proven experience in an advisory role, applying critical thinking and using sound judgement to develop options and provide advice.

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.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now”. All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by Wednesday, 5 November 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Anesha Pillay via

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

Job details

Job Reference :

Job Reference : HNZ /

Location :

New Zealand - All Locations - Work from where you are

Job type :

Job type : Fixed Term

Expertise :

Non-clinical - Public Health - Public Health

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