Job Description
Advisor, Learning and Development (Fixed term until June 2026)
Te Haeata/The Opportunity
Make a real impact: Become part of our vision to eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand
Are you ready to be part of something bigger?
We are a unit with a significant system role, working across government to take collective action against family violence and sexual violence.
We steward the family violence and sexual violence system and drive realisation of the cross-agency strategy—Te Aorerekura.
We work in partnership with communities across Aotearoa New Zealand, placing survivors, families, and whānau at the heart of everything we do.
As an Advisor, you will support evaluation, and continuous improvement to ensure learning initiatives are violence- and trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and aligned with The Centre's workforce capability frameworks.
This role is grounded in the five principles that underpin the Family Violence Entry to Expert Capability Framework (E2E) and the Specialist Family Violence Organisational Standards (SOS).
You will help operationalise these principles by ensuring learning initiatives prioritise equity, accountability, collaboration, wellbeing, and continuous improvement.
How You Will Work Grounded in These Principles
Kotahitanga – Relationships & Inclusion
- Support workforce capability building initiatives and approaches that are inclusive and reflect diverse community needs, ensuring programmes prioritise equity and incorporate Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles.
Kaitiakitanga – Protection & Accountability
- Evaluate capability building programmes to ensure they enhance safety and effectiveness while maintaining accountability measures.
Mahi Tahi – Collaboration & Advocacy
- Work alongside The Centre member agencies to ensure capability building approaches align with workforce capability frameworks.
Ora – Wellbeing & Restoration
- Ensure workforce capability building programmes are victim-survivor-centred and promote whānau-centred, strengths-based approaches.
Koi Mahi – Innovation & Learning
- Support the continuous improvement of workforce capability initiatives, using evaluation insights and best practice to refine learning programmes.
What You'll Do
- Support FVSV workforce capability programme evaluation and development.
- Analyse training data to improve workforce capability initiatives.
- Engage with partner agencies to align learning with workforce capability frameworks.
- Assist in improving and developing violence and trauma informed, culturally responsive learning resources.
- Contribute to continuous improvement in workforce capability development.
Ō pūkenga / Skills and Experience
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification.
If your experience looks a little different from what we have outlined and believe you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you!
To be successful in this role, you will:
- Be committed to the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi and equity in learning.
- Hold a tertiary qualification in a relevant field (e.g., Learning & Development, Education, Research and Evaluation), or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience in a related field.
- Have experience in learning & development, capability-building, or programme evaluation at an operational, including conducting training evaluations and applying data insights to improve workforce development.
- Be comfortable working collaboratively with multiple agencies and stakeholders.
- Understand violence- and trauma-informed, culturally responsive learning approaches and their role in workforce capability development.
Ngā painga o tēnei wāhi mahi/What's great about working here.
- Our Values: We are guided by values such as Kotahitanga (equity in relationships and inclusion), Kaitiakitanga (protection and accountability), Mahi Tahi (collaboration and collective advocacy), Ora (wellbeing and restoration), Koi Mahi (learning and innovation), and Tiki-Pono-Aroha (integrity).
- One Team: As a small unit, we work as one team to deliver maximum impact.
We are flexible, working in cross-functional teams to ensure we have the right mix of capability to do the right work.
We are innovative and harness the people across the Family Violence and Sexual Violence system to deliver collective impact.
- Professional Development: We support continuous development of technical capability and leadership expertise.
We offer you a range of benefits to support your wellbeing and help make the Ministry a great place to be.
These include:
- flexible work hours where possible.
- an online professional development portal.
- access to a variety of inclusive and proactive networks.
See our full range of benefits .
With a wide range of jobs, you also get the chance to gain a variety of skills and experience while developing your career.
Utu ā-tau/Salary
The appointing salary for this role will be between $73,634 and 100,846 based on skills and experience.
Tono mai/Apply