Principal Advisor Te Ao Maori

Bring your leadership, strategic vision, and strong Te Ao Māori expertise to influence, guide, and deliver our strategy. We are seeking a respected and experienced leader who can provide intellectual, strategic, cultural, and organisational leadership to support the development of strategy, strengthen delivery, and navigate targeted change that honours Te Ao Māori perspectives and aspirations.

• Wellington- based, permanent role

• Join a collaborative and supportive team

• 5 weeks’ Annual Leave, 15 wellness days.

Te tūranga – The role

As Principal Advisor, Te Ao Māori, you will lead the development, coordination, and delivery of Te Pūtea Matua’s Te Ao Māori Strategy – Te Waka Hourua.

Sitting within our Enterprise Services Group, this role is central to uplifting our cultural capability across the organisation. You will provide thought leadership, cultural expertise and strategic guidance, ensuring our Te Ao Māori aspirations are understood, embedded and supported with integrity.

Working collaboratively with teams across the Bank, you will help shape direction, build confidence, and enable meaningful outcomes for Te Pūtea Matua and the communities we serve.

Ō pūkenga – About you

To thrive in this role, you will bring:

• Proven leadership experience in Te Ao Māori contexts, grounded in tikanga, kaupapa and relationships.

• The ability to shape, develop and implement strategic plans that give life to organisational priorities, including confident decision-making and clear prioritisation.

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, enabling you to work confidently across senior levels and diverse teams.

• Expertise in relationship management, with the ability to build and nurture trusted partnerships at a senior level, including Māori entities.

• Sound judgement and holistic thinking, able to consider broad and interconnected issues.

•  A strong grounding in Te Reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori, with practiced and applied understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its significance within the public sector context.

Ko wai matou – Who we are  

We’re kaitiaki (guardians) of New Zealand’s financial ecosystem – enabling economic wellbeing and prosperity for all New Zealanders. We do this by providing money and cash, helping to keep prices stable and people in work, maintaining safe banking and underpinning the financial system that allows New Zealand to spend, save, insure and do business.  

We do all we can to support, a sustainable, productive and efficient economy built on integrity, innovation and inclusion. We’re building diversity and inclusion into everything we do. Our differences seed our innovation and help us deliver our best work – reflective of the needs of society. We welcome and value knowledge of Te Ao Māori, Te Tiriti and Tikanga.  

Ngā painga – What we can offer you  

Te Pūtea Matua has so much to offer. From flexible working to an inclusive and positive workplace culture, our benefits include additional leave options, a wellness package, working-from-home equipment subsidy, generous parental leave provisions, learning and development opportunities, and access to numerous social, networking and sporting activities.  

Find more information about our benefits here: www.rbnz.govt.nz/careers/our-benefits . Working at Te Pūtea Matua is about more than a job. Here you’ll have a career, a community, and an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of others.  

Bring your talent, curiosity and expertise and we’ll help you do the rest. You’ll be part of one of the world’s most trusted and respected central banks. We’ll invest in you. And with you, we’re investing in New Zealand.

Kōrero tāpiri – Additional information  

We welcome all people and we want everyone to be able to equitably participate in our recruitment process. Get in touch with us if there are any barriers to you applying, or if you have access needs and require support or adjustments: email recruitment@rbnz.govt.nz.

Me pēhea te tuku tono – Interested?  

Check out the job description for this role or email us at recruitment@rbnz.govt.nz for more info. You can also contact us if you need any accessibility support to apply for this role.  

Applications for this role close at Midnight, Wednesday 11th March. Please include a cover letter outlining why you think you’ll be a great fit for the role.  Whilst acknowledging the growing use of AI, we kindly ask that the information you provide outlines why you think you’ll be a great fit for this role and authentically reflects your unique skills and experiences.