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Dunedin Location
Unique Opportunity to Lead a College of Residence
Experienced General Manager and Educational Leader

Knox College is a residential college affiliated to the University of Otago in Dunedin accommodating up to 262 residents and shares a 4.57-hectare landscaped site with Salmond College. Privately owned and run independently from the university, it is governed by The Board of Knox College and Salmond College, a body with links to the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Knox College, Te Kāreti o Knox, founded in 1909, is one of New Zealand’s oldest and best-known residential colleges, steeped in history with a reputation for academic excellence.

Working closely with the Board, the Head is responsible for the strategic leadership and administration of the College, the welfare of its students, and further development of the unique character of Knox College. The role works in a collaborative manner with the Head of Salmond College in sharing the management responsibilities for the whole campus and the staff who work across both colleges. Key will be the development of strategies required to lead the College ensuring it remains relevant to the modern student without losing the history and traditions, whilst continuing to provide a safe supportive student environment with a strong academic reputation.

Knox College is looking for a person with:

strong leadership experience and excellent interpersonal skills;
ability to move easily between a variety of social, educational and cultural contexts;
commercial acumen and strong general management skills;
proven experience in a senior role within an educational environment;
experience providing pastoral care & strong empathy with young adults.

Key to success will be your strategic leadership ability and management skills together with empathy with the Christian faith, and a strong affinity for the pastoral care of students contributing to a caring and supportive environment.

If you are an outstanding leader, with a passion for the pastoral and academic support of students, and the ability to lead a unique community and culture of the College we would welcome your application. This is a live-in position which includes meals for immediate family.

To apply in strict confidence now, email your cover letter and CV to [email protected] quoting 7400sk. Applications close on 14 February 2021. Emails will be electronically acknowledged and further correspondence may be by email.

Click Here to view the Candidate Briefing Information.

For more information please phone Louise Green on +64 3 353 4367.

Lead the teams that attract, grow, and retain talent
Ensuring St John realises the potential of its people, develops future leaders
Strategic accountability as well as delivery of organisational development

The Company

St John is a large national organisation with a network of over 3,000 staff and 9,000 volunteers providing Emergency Ambulance Services, Community health services and wide range of customer services. The Deputy Chief Executive – People and Organisational Strategy is one of the more complex and interesting roles of its kind in New Zealand.

The Opportunity

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, this role represents an excellent opportunity to provide strategic leadership and to play a significant role in organisational development across St John.

The Deputy Chief Executive will play a crucial role in ensuring the organisation realises the potential of its people, develops future leaders, and helps shape organisational culture, emphasising diversity, empowerment, involvement, and innovation. The role includes leading internal communications and engagement, and reputation management, ensuring St John remains one of the most trusted brands – and the most trusted charity – in the country.

In addition, working alongside the Board and Executive, this role oversees the development of the organisation’s strategy and business planning, and is also responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving St John’s people and volunteer strategies.

The applicant we are seeking will have significant experience in; leading people within a complex organisation, employee, and union relations, including a demonstrated understanding of the challenges involved in managing a combined paid and volunteer workforce.

As a future-focused thought leader you will also have a demonstrated record of leading strategic change, delivering an effective and highly developed transformational change experience, empowering leadership, and managing a wide portfolio of activities. A track record of the ability to manage the HR functions of a complex organisation is central to success in this position.

To apply in strict confidence now, email your cover letter and CV to [email protected] quoting A007419sk. Applications close on 12 February 2021. Emails will be electronically acknowledged, and further correspondence may be by email.

To request a copy of the position description and related collateral please email Kim Lee-Richards at [email protected]

For more information, please phone David Hammond on +64 27 444 6368.

Help grow the Impact sector in Aotearoa
Strategy and management consulting role in social change
Support our clients to have a positive impact in our communities

The Ākina Foundation is transforming the New Zealand economy through the power of impact and social enterprise. We are Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading impact developers and impact consultants. The positive impact of enterprises, businesses and government can help address challenges like poverty, inequality, waste management, biodiversity loss and climate change.

Ākina’s Impact Consulting team offers bespoke impact consulting 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 impact measurement, impact management, social procurement, impact investing and social enterprise.
We work closely with our clients to:

Identify and measure the impact they’re having on people and our planet
Develop a strategy to maximise their impact
Tell the story of their impact with confidence

The Senior Impact Consultant will be responsible for working with corporate, philanthropy, Maori, government and social enterprises to design and implement strategies, outcomes management solutions and organisational changes that support organisations to increase their social influence and reduce disadvantage.

You will design, implement, and lead key consulting activities that develop innovative solutions to challenging problems as you:

Perform research and analysis, run client interviews
Develop and refine impact/ theory of change models
provide strategic problem solving using relevant frameworks
consult and lead facilitation, presentations and workshops
present findings and recommendations
Manage deliverables and budgets

You will have a passion for enabling organizations to improve what they do you and to ensure you are successful in this role you will bring:

A minimum of 5 years Strategy or management consulting experience
Knowledge of social/ environmental impact/ outcomes strategy, measurement and management
Analytical thinking and the ability to identify and implement creative solutions to challenges.
exceptional relationship and stakeholder management skills,
empathy and outstanding communication skills

Experience partnering with business leaders from diverse environments and/ or an understanding of te ao Māori would be advantageous as would Design Thinking skills.

Our structure is non-hierarchal at Ākina and we are looking for someone who is confident in their abilities, accountable, highly competent, and results oriented. Our team have the 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.

If you feel you align with our values and are ready to be a key influencer in impacting social change in New Zealand, we’d love to hear from you. Applications close at Friday 5th February 2021 (or as soon as the right candidate applies). – Please apply via SEEK with your cover letter and CV.

*Please note due to the holiday period candidates will not be replied to until after Mon 1st February 2021*

Lead the impact consulting practice
Strategy and management consulting in social change
Work with clients in hands-on delivery

Identify and measure the impact they’re having on people and our planet
Develop a strategy to maximise their impact
Tell the story of their impact with confidence

Joining our leadership team, the leader of our Impact Consulting team holds the business strategy for this unit and will be responsible for its execution during the fixed term. You will be responsible for business development, managing existing client relationships, and on-time on-budget delivery of high quality work products. You will manage the resources of the team to best meet Akina’s organisational strategy.
You will:

Ensure Ākina’s practice and programmes are developed, evaluated, coordinated, monitored, quality assured and executed to a high standard.
Manage and grow existing client relationships and lead new business development
Lead programme delivery – create work plans, manage budgets, and deliver high quality work to agreed work plans
Provide support, mentoring and inspirational leadership to programme delivery staff across Ākina.

You will bring a passion for leadership, and inject creativity, innovation and insight into partnerships and programme development. You will bring:

Expertise in impact measurement and evaluation and ‘Theory of change’ work. (Essential)
Proven leadership experience
Strong project management skills and/or consulting experience
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 business leaders from diverse environments and/ or an understanding of te ao Māori would be advantageous as would Design Thinking and Project Management skills.

Our structure is non-hierarchal at Ākina and we are looking for someone who is confident in their abilities, accountable, highly competent, and results oriented. Our team have the 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.

If you feel you align with our values and are ready to be a key influencer in impacting social change in New Zealand, we’d love to hear from you. Applications close at Friday 5th February 2021 (or as soon as the right candidate applies). Please apply via SEEK with your cover letter and CV.

*Please note candidates will not be responded to until after Mon 1st February 2021*

About us
At Humankind our purpose is to lead humanity at work. We are passionate about helping New Zealand organisations create the best workplaces in the world! We want to see organisations have thriving teams and enhanced employee experiences. It’s what gets us out of bed every day.About the opportunity
It’s an exciting time for us as we continue to grow, and we’re now in search of a modern thinking, achievement driven, empathetic Senior Client Partner to join us in Wellington or Auckland who will challenge old ways of thinking and who will open minds to new and innovative possibilities for our clients. This is an amazing opportunity if you’re keen to step outside of a typical people and culture role and make a meaningful difference.
You’ll lead a range of complex yet highly rewarding projects, leading solutions across all aspects of P&C to clients across all sectors. You’ll be joining a team of truly talented and passionate specialists and will:

act as an embedded strategic business partner to your clients, often filling the shoes of what would be an internal P&C function
work on P&C projects such as org design, change management, performance and development and leadership development (to name a few)
comfortably juggle multiple projects
bring an employee-centred mindset to every project
build and lead strong, enduring client relationships – it’s what we do best
identify business development opportunities
be energised by, and live our values every day
bring energy, drive, innovation and focus to everything you do
bring resilience, compassion and conscientiousness.

About you
We are searching for someone who can continually provide innovative, modern, employee centred solutions, so naturally you will have the following attributes and experience.

approximately 8 years generalist P&C experience at a business partner level
experience with the design and delivery of organisational design frameworks
cultural competence
significant experience in a consulting environment
a background that includes a blend of private and public sector
strategic focus and a natural ability to influence
superior communication and client management skills
leadership qualities, with the ability to inspire people and lead relationships
exposure to large and complex change, having developed and led HR frameworks
experience working in a high pace, agile environment
strong commercial acumen

If our values of Delight, Inspire, Unite, Strive and Believe resonate with you and you’re up for a new challenge in 2021, apply online telling us why this opportunity is perfect for you. Or contact [email protected] for more information.

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