Aukaha Ako (Head - Educational Delivery)

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Supported by a strong team of Kaiarataki Ako (Lead – Educational Delivery) and Kaiwhakahaere Ako (Manager – Educational Delivery), the position oversees academic programmes, ensuring quality teaching and learning, and championing continuous improvement initiatives.
The focus for this role will be:Strategic leadership: Managing managers and achieving outcomes through others in a way that aligns with our values and strategic goals.Academic excellence: Delivering high quality teaching and learning programmes, ensuring success for our tauira and us.Innovating for the future: Championing relevant projects or initiatives that set us up for success in the future.Operational management: Identifying opportunities for efficiencies, allocating resources effectively and ensuring compliance and reporting to a high standard.The Aukaha Ako is also a key member of Tumatakahuki, our Takiwa Leadership Team who lead and manage operations within the Te Kei region.
This aspect of the role gives oversight and input into our people, processes and wide-ranging programmes of work.Key to your success in this position will be your ability to plan and deliver strategic and operational plans in an education setting, and this will be demonstrated through programmes, projects or change initiatives you've delivered as a senior educational leader in past roles.
This experience will help you gain credibility quickly within our wider whanau and with key external stakeholders, while allowing you to identify where opportunities lie for our wananga.Your track record as a builder of cohesive relationships will show in your existing networks across the region, and in your style and experience as a people leader, ensuring your team are appropriately supported, challenged and motivated.As a position with considerable responsibility for delivering quality education outcomes across a wide geographical location, your tenacity, unflappable nature and ability to think and act with flexibility will be key.
You're able to constructively state your opinion and challenge thinking, but equally you're able to take onboard feedback and consider alternatives.You'll have a high level of comfort operating in and navigating Te Ao Maori, and familiarity with tikanga Maori.
The ability to korero Maori would be ideal but isn't essential.Kua whati te tai, tono mai!
| Apply today!If you are passionate about education, committed to excellence, and eager to contribute to our whanau, we encourage you to apply today!Applications close on Wednesday 30 July 2025.Seniority levelSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionJob functionManagement and EducationIndustriesHigher EducationReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Te Wananga o Aotearoa by 2xGet notified about new Head of Department jobs in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand.We're unlocking community knowledge in a new way.
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