Massey is seeking to develop and enhance the Research and Researcher Development Support cluster which is hosted in the Research and Enterprise Office of the University. Following a recent restructuring the position of Research Development Advisor, Māori and Pacifica is one of the new roles created to advance the research and enterprise support services offered to staff and students.

We are seeking a career minded professional who is passionate about working in a dynamic environment across a range of academic units and with other services providers. The position calls for an individual with excellent communications skills, proven capability to engage with and support researchers and a person with the relevant experience and authority to provide purposeful advice, guidance and support to all researchers in our community to advance the goals and objectives of the Massey University Strategy, The Road to 2020.

This is a rewarding and varied role with responsibilities including liaising with course coordinators and supervisors, facilitating group and departmental meetings, word-processing, database and spreadsheet management, and general administration related to teaching and research within the Department. The ability to work in a team is essential, as is the capacity to work independently and contribute to the development of the Department.

Department of Anatomy with Radiology

Schoolof Medical Sciences

Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

The Department of Anatomy with Radiology seeks to appoint an Administration Assistant to provide parental leave cover from early June to mid-January 2014 for this dynamic academic and research unit.

This is a level 3, part-time position, primarily providing support to the Medical Imaging Postgraduate Programmes.

This is a rewarding and varied role with responsibilities including liaising with course coordinators and supervisors, facilitating group and departmental meetings, word-processing, database and spreadsheet management, and general administration related to teaching and research within the Department. The ability to work in a team is essential, as is the capacity to work independently and contribute to the development of the Department.

Located at the newly refurbished Grafton Campus this role is ideal for a candidate with experience in general office administration with great communication skills.

We are looking for someone customer focused with plenty of drive, enthusiasm and nous to help manage the special education study awards and scholarships.

You’ll be part of a high performing team focused on supporting our frontline staff and making a real difference to special education services in New Zealand.

In the role you’ll be:

• Marketing and promoting the awards and scholarships
• Managing the day to day operations, including application and assessment processes
• Developing and monitoring contracts for specialist qualifications
• Evaluating and improving the effectiveness of the study award and scholarship programmes, and contributing to our specialist workforce development strategy
• Providing quality advice, information and support to Ministry staff and the wider special education sector.

You’ll need to be able to see the big picture and deal with the detail and:

• Build and manage relationships with a variety of staff and stakeholders across the education sector
• Analyse data and develop ideas and strategies to improve services
• Manage contracts, projects and work streams
• Develop and manage budgets and support excellent financial reporting
• Use Microsoft Access, Excel, Word and Outlook at an advanced level.

Starting salary from $39,476 to $49,345 (full time equivalent)

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to work in our Regional Operations team. You’ll be focused on supporting our frontline staff to deliver quality assistive technology services to students with special education needs.

The role involves:

• Maintaining an up to date knowledge base of a wide range of assistive technology options that support students with special education needs
• Providing staff with up to date advice, support and information to support their work
• Developing relationships in the education sector and the assistive technology field
• The day to day operation of the national assistive technology loan pool and provision of supporting information and resources.

You will be able to:

• Research, critically analyse and synthesise a wide variety of information about current assistive technology options
• Work independently and prioritise work
• Build and manage relationships with a wide variety of staff and stakeholders in the education sector
• Provide face to face training and written information that communicates complex specialist knowledge clearly and concisely.

The Greater Wellington District has an Advisor on Deaf Children position available.

Applications are invited from a suitably qualified and experienced Advisor on Deaf Children to join our innovative team providing services to deaf and hearing impaired children and their families.

The successful applicant will provide specialist advice and guidance to children and young people with sensori-neural or long term conductive hearing loss, their families and support services.

A Postgraduate degree in Special Education (Sensory Disability) and a Diploma of Advisor on Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children or equivalent qualification is required.

Travel within the Greater Wellington district may be required. Applicants must have a current driver’s licence.

Start date is negotiable.

Equity Office

The Equity Office –Te Ara Tautika leads The University of Auckland’s commitment to be a fair and inclusive place to study and work.

The strong relationship between the Equity Office and the Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor, Māori and the Rūnanga supports The University of Auckland to meet its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Equity Office works closely with the Director for the Centre for Pacific Studies and the Pacific Reference Group.

This exciting role will work within the Student Equity team and will be responsible for providing support to the Tuakana team and working with key people across the University.

Reporting to the Senior Analyst – Student Equity, you will have demonstrated strong administrative, planning, organisation and communication skills and will have strong financial literacy. Ability to support evaluation and research projects will be an advantage. Te Reo and/or a Pacific language will also be an advantage.

Your collaborative style of working will be enhanced by your ability to develop and maintain diverse relationships across the University.

This is a part time (15 hours per week) position. For queries about the position please email Catherine Dunphy, Senior Analyst – Student Equity.

Please note that all applications must be submitted online via the University careers page.

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HBDHB is currently recruiting for a dynamic and results driven internal Recruitment Advisor to join the recruitment team for 32 hours per week. Working closely with our hiring managers to understand their recruitment needs, you will deliver end-to-end recruitment support and advice.

Based in Hastings and a member of the Human Resource Services team, the Recruitment Advisor will:

• Support hiring managers to provide advice on best practice recruiting methods
• Devise and implement innovative and cost effective strategies to source candidates
• Coordinate advertising
• Develop and manage talent pools to ensure we establish and maintain relationships with potential candidates
• Develop social media abilities and initiatives to enhance candidate sourcing strategies
• Support and assist candidates and hiring managers with the use of our online application management system
• Assist with developing recruitment processes and systems
• Quality control ensuring data integrity and the recruitment process is robust and compliant
• Provide a high standard of candidate care
• Complete on-boarding of new employees; offer letters, joining forms and personnel files

Keys to your success are:

• Recruitment experience within a dynamic organisation
• Experience developing recruitment tools, systems and processes
• Consultative approach, “can do” attitude and a good sense of humour
• Exceptional candidate management and customer service skills
• Excellent coordination, time management and multi-tasking skills
• A professional attitude and embracing transformational change
• Working with online application management systems – Taleo an advantage
• Ability to ‘hit the ground running’
• Ability to contribute to and support effective strategies in achieving responsiveness to Maori.

If you are highly motivated, experienced in recruitment and ready for a new adventure then apply now to join our recruitment team and support our managers to deliver a high performing health workforce.