Social Procurement Provide social procurement strategy, advice and mentorship to organisations and procurement professionals Support and grow Akina's social procurement services Lead Akina's social procurement mahi/work About the organisation Akina is a te Reo Maori word meaning 'To challenge, to encourage, or urge onwards'. It's a powerful call to make change through bold action. Be Bold. Challenge yourself. Challenge others. Akina is Aotearoa New Zealand's leading impact consultancy. Akina helps businesses, government agencies, social and community enterprises to improve lives and the environment. Akina is working to create an economy that addresses challenges like poverty, inequality, environmental degradation and climate change. The team at Akina is passionate about doing business differently to create change that will make Aotearoa New Zealand a better place. About the team Akina offers bespoke impact consulting and capability building services to a wide range of public and private sector organisations in New Zealand. We work with government, corporate and philanthropic clients. We help clients develop impact strategies and utilise levers such as social procurement, impact measurement, impact management, impact investing and social enterprise. Through our Social Procurement Buyer Programme, Akina offers social procurement consulting and capability building services to government and corporate clients, building capability within their organisations so they can meet their social procurement goals. About the role Due to an internal promotion, Akina is seeking a Senior Consultant, Social Procurement to join our team. This unique role will support our procurement activities, ensuring that Akina's practices and programmes are developed and executed to a high standard. This includes supporting delivery of the buyer programme to Akina's buyers (current and new) to help influence and embed social procurement practices. You will: provide procurement advisory services to clients starting out and progressing on their social procurement journey. coach, mentor and deliver tailored support and advice to our clients. be a lead procurement expert for the impact sector. nurture and grow existing client relationships and uncover new business opportunities. provide inspirational leadership to our wider team on social procurement. You will have a strong commercial lens, whilst being passionate about social enterprise and the impact sector in NZ. A networker, who brings the knowledge, positivity, insights and expertise to 'stand up' and 'stand out' within the evolving social procurement sector in NZ. You will bring: minimum 3 years procurement experience, preferably with social procurement experience. consulting skills and previous experience in a consulting role. excellent client management skills and the ability to develop and grow business relationships. empathy and collaboration. strong facilitation, presentation, and communication skills. Experience partnering with stakeholders from diverse environments and/ or an understanding of Te Ao Maori would be advantageous. We are committed to our Te Tiriti o Waitangi journey including growing and deepening our cultural awareness, and embedding this into our work. We are committed to upholding our values on equity, diversity, and inclusion in our recruitment and workplace culture. We strive to make our roles and workplace accessible, culturally appropriate, and respectful of diverse needs and identities. We welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities. Our structure is non-hierarchical at Akina and we are looking for someone who is confident in their abilities, accountable, highly competent, and results oriented. Our team has a shared purpose to serve those who strive to create a sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive world and are committed to our values of being honest, ambitious, determined, ingenious, collaborative, and humble. #J-18808-Ljbffr
