Community Liaison Advisor

Community Liaison Advisor
Company:

Your Way


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Your Way | Kia Roha is seeking a dedicated and empathetic Community Liaison Advisor to join our team. As a Community Liaison Advisor, you will play a vital role in gathering, collating, and providing information on disability, health, education, and community resources to support tangata whaikaha Maori and disabled people.
This is a part-time role consisting of 20 hours per week. For the nature of this role, a driver license is required.
You will also:Provide accurate, up-to-date, and culturally appropriate information to disabled people, their whanau, professionals, and the wider communityCollaborate with team members and external organizations to respond to information requestsEnsure information and support are culturally responsive, particularly for Maori, and promote self-determinationContinuously seek to improve and innovate local disability information servicesValidate information accuracy by engaging with individuals with lived experience, disability and community organisations, and government agencies.For you to be successful in this role you will need:Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to adapt communication skills to the situation at handExcellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to empathiseCultural awareness particularly, tikanga, Te Ao Maori and working with Pasifika peoplesUnderstanding of, and commitment to, the Enabling Good Lives principlesAbility to research, and write easy to understand informationDeep understanding and | or lived experience of disability or personal experience as a whanau member or ally of a disabled personKnowledge and experience of disability or health and | or social sectorsWillingness and ability to travel around the region as and when requiredProven ability to work independently but collegially to achieve engage great results.What's on offer:Work in an organisation where your opinion mattersOpportunities for professional developmentEmployee assistance programme available for staffAn extra day of leave for your birthdayStaff discount app for use at a range of retailers.About Your Way | Kia Roha:Your Way | Kia Roha is a nationally recognised not-for-profit organisation supporting people in their communities from Whangarei to Invercargill. We have been providing support to people and their whanau for over 40 years.
Moemoea | Vision Disabled people thriving, living the lives they choose in their communities.
Enabling innovative community solutions by and with disabled people
Rangatiratanga | Self-Leadership: Choice and control over decisions builds on the mana of every individualManawatoa | Courageous: Innovative, aspirational, and bold in our actionsWhanaungatanga | Connection: Relationships matter, we work together with whanau and othersKohitanga | Inclusion: Everyone is included and respected for who they areKaitiakitanga | Guardianship: Sustain and respect the mauri | life force of those we work with.Your Way | Kia Roha is an equal opportunity employer; we strive to attract and maintain a diverse workforce across the country. As an organisation we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusiveness and ensuring a positive culture for people to work in.
We encourage applications from people with a lived experience of disability or who are close family members of people with disability. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.
We encourage all Your Way | Kia Roha team members to be fully vaccinated when vaccinations are recommended to reduce the risk of the spread of diseases or viruses. 
Applicants for this position must have the legal rights to work in New Zealand. 

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Community Liaison Advisor
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