Principal OD Adviser

• Are you looking for a full-time role leading the Anti Racism Programme?
• Can you give specialist advice and play a connecting role in enhancing workplace culture?
• Do you have experience successfully designing and implementing strategic solutions with positive results?

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Principal OD Advisor within the Organisational Development team in Pūmanawa Tāngata | People & Capability.

Key responsibilities:

• Solution design, development and delivery, with a diversity, equity and inclusion focus.
• Provide organisational development advice.
• Build and maintain key relationships across the university.
• Lead our current strategic priority, the Anti Racism Programme.

Ō pūmanawa - About you

You will bring professional experience, and an understanding of complex issues related to people and their workplace experience. That experience will help ensure deliverables are smoothly absorbed across our University community and create effective connections across different teams. You will balance passion and drive with pragmatism to balance our deliverables.

Key requirements:

• Extensive experience and or a degree in a related field.
• Proven track record of successfully designing and implementing strategic solutions that positively contribute to the experience of staff.
• Experience of anti-racism, cultural capability embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles or using a Te Ao Māori perspective for interventions and outcomes.

Role Description - Click here to see further information, including salary information.

Close date for vacancy: 04 May 2025, however the Seek advertisement will close on 25 April 2025. To apply after the 25 April date, please ensure you are using the University career's page.

We can only consider applicants who are citizens or residents of New Zealand or Australia or on a current working visa. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. Applications from recruitment agencies are not accepted.

Contact details for vacancy: If you have any questions regarding this role please get in touch with Ang Bingham ([email protected]).

How to apply: Please ensure you are applying for this role directly on our career's page and not via email. When applying for this position, candidates must submit supporting documents along with their resume, such as a cover letter.

About Us

Mō Te Herenga Waka - About Our University

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is renowned for its high-quality research and exceptional teaching. We attract people from around the world. Our university campus spans Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington - the creative, scientific and political centre of Aotearoa New Zealand - and our students thrive on the connections we’ve made here.

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