Seeking School Services Manager
Desired location: Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), or Ōtautahi (Christchurch).
We will accept applicants based anywhere in Aotearoa. However, we currently only have office spaces available in Wellington and Palmerston North. This role is likely to involve travel from time to time.
Full-time permanent employment: 40 hours
$63,000 – $75,000 salary range dependent on experience
Budget for professional development and external supervision, flexible hours and remote working options.
InsideOUT Kōaro is seeking a full-time School Services Manager to oversee and support our national school services and our team of regional Schools Coordinators working to make schools across Aotearoa safer places for rainbow young people.
You will have responsibility for overseeing national support and advocacy for schools and rainbow ākonga. This includes oversight and distribution of resources, our Schools Tracker database, monthly newsletters to schools, delivery of Q’D UP Aotearoa, facilitating professional development and engaging with external stakeholders.
The key responsibilities of this role are:
- Direct management and support of School Coordinators (a team of 15 staff) and the School Campaigns Coordinator
- Supporting and guiding the team with knowledge of best practice
- Supporting recruitment, hiring, induction, professional development, performance reviews and exit interviews for your team members
- Responsibility for regular qualitative and quantitative funding reportbacks, and regular meetings with funders
- Overseeing the management and reporting of our CRM/database to track interactions with schools
- Delivery of a monthly newsletter for schools
- Facilitation of a monthly Zoom peer support space for school staff
- Assisting with the delivery of professional development workshops to schools as needed
- Overseeing the delivery of a monthly zoom hui for rainbow young people in secondary schools
- Representing InsideOUT Kōaro in external engagements with the education sector, the government sector and the community sector
- Taking part in relevant training, meetings or other tasks to support InsideOUT Kōaro’s journey to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Supporting InsideOUT Kōaro and your team to deliver on the annual plan and strategic plan.
- Responsibility for the establishment of processes and procedures to help your team work effectively
Experience required:
Essential Skills:
- Able to self manage and take initiative
- Administrative skills, in particular using digital tools such as Google Suite, Zoom, Asana, Slack, Mailchimp, CMR or database systems
- Time management skills
- Communication skills (written and verbal)
- Excellent people skills, emotional intelligence, good judgement, ability to be calm and discrete
- Experience with stakeholder engagement/external relationship building
- Strong knowledge of rainbow communities and the challenges facing rangatahi in schools, including those at the intersections of different minority experiences
- Knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and a commitment to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi, maturanga Māori and tikanga Māori
- Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
- Comfortable with a lot of Zoom-based interactions
Desired:
- Qualifications in education, youth work or social work (or a similar field)
- Management or leadership experience, ideally in a community setting
- A proven ability to motivate and inspire staff
- Knowledge of schools/education sector
- Experience with written reporting on your work
- Experience writing policies or process guidelines
- Facilitation experience
- Familiarity with youth work in Aotearoa
- Full driving licence and own vehicle
InsideOUT Kōaro is a growing organisation that works to support youth, whānau, schools, community groups, youth services, government agencies and other relevant organisations to provide safer schools and communities for rainbow young people.
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E-mail your CV and cover letter to tabby@insideout.org.nz by 11:59pm on Wednesday June 7, 2023 to apply.
InsideOUT Kōaro is an inclusive employer and we value diversity. Applications will be considered regardless of ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, sexuality, physical or mental ability. Work hours and locations can also be flexible.