Team Coordinator, Te Waipounamu - People & Culture

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

The purpose of this role is to provide coordination and administrative support to the Regional P&C Officer, Regional Change Manager, and the Directors of HR for the region, ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of P&C-related services. Acting as a key point of contact for the wider P&C team on operational matters, the role works collaboratively with the Regional P&C leadership team to support the achievement of key objectives and priorities.

This position supports the Regional P&C leadership team by helping to prioritise work and deliverables, ensuring timelines are well planned to meet both deadlines and legislative requirements. The position works with the Executive Assistant to support the Regional P&C leadership team by handling data requests, performing data analysis, reporting, and general regional coordination tasks. The role is responsible for recommending improvements to regional workflows, processes, and ensuring alignment with national P&C systems and procedures for Te Waipounamu P&C teams.

The role also supports the regional P&C teams by working closely with team leads and their teams to ensure clear communication and connection on all relevant matters. Additionally, it provides support for projects and programmes delivered through the Regional P&C leadership team into the local group as needed.

About you

You bring experience providing high-quality support and administrative services in complex business environments, working across multiple activities and stakeholders for three or more years. You're comfortable handling confidential, private, and sensitive information with professionalism and discretion, and have experience working in fast‑paced, high‑pressure settings where competing demands and tight deadlines are the norm.

You're skilled in managing and interpreting data, including large datasets, and have experience collating and presenting reporting metrics to support decision‑making. With a solid understanding of New Zealand employment law, employment agreements, and general HR practices, you bring both technical knowledge and practical insight to support effective people and culture operations.

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 Date. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Matt Kelly at

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

Job details

Job Reference : HNZ /

Location : South Island - All values

Job type : Permanent Full time

Expertise : Non‑clinical - Human Resources

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