Senior Advisor - Clinical Leadership

# Senior Advisor - Clinical Leadership at Te Whatu Ora, Auckland## Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role* **Lead high-quality advice, briefings, and ministerial responses*** **Support national clinical leadership and health system delivery*** **Work in a fast-paced role driving reform and continuous improvement**Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.**About the Role**The National Clinical Leadership Team has a new opportunity for a Senior Advisor to join the team on a permanent full-time basis. Reporting to the Head of Office, and working closely with the Project Manager, Business Manager, Advisor, and the wider clinical leadership team, this role will play a key part in ensuring we meet our requirements to provide quality products to the Minister's offices in a timely manner. You will be responsible for drafting key ministerial products for the office (PQs, OIAs, Aide Mémoires, briefings), ensuring attention to detail and timeliness are prioritised, as well as leading on other key documentation where required (regular reporting, ELT papers, memos, guidelines, etc.).Although the role will have a focus on government services, there will also be the opportunity to lead and support projects that contribute to the wider work programme of the National Clinical Leadership Team.**About the Service**The National Clinical Leadership team comprises the National Clinical Chiefs, Pacific Health, National Clinical Networks, Quality and Patient Safety, Safe Staffing Healthy Workplaces and the Resident Doctor Support Services teams. This role is located in the Clinical Leadership Office, who provide support across the wider team in the areas of government services, executive and board level requirements (including reporting), project and programme management and oversight of the team's wider work programme.The National Clinical Leadership Team is a national team; the preferred location for this role is Auckland; however, applicants from Wellington or Christchurch will also be considered.**About you**You will bring excellent writing skills with an ability to adapt your style to the audience. Your analytical and detail-oriented approach will allow you to take on board complex and technical information and synthesise. This role will have significant interaction with the wider clinical leadership team and across the organisation - the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with senior leaders and external teams is therefore crucial. You will be a team player and be able to work in a collegial manner.You will be comfortable managing multiple priorities at once, quickly assessing what needs attention first, and delivering high-quality work to tight timeframes. You will bring excellent time management and prioritisation skills, with the ability to plan ahead, stay organised, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Experience in writing key ministerial and government services products and an understanding of the machinery of government and the health sector are advantageous. This role could suit a superstar Advisor ready to move into their next challenge, or an existing Senior Advisor who would like to gain wider experience. It could also be suitable for someone with an executive assistant, policy oranalyst background who is able to quickly understand new information and use this to craft clear communications.**Working for Health New Zealand**Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community**.** We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.**How to Apply**To apply please click “apply now”.All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by **Sunday, 19 July 2026.** If you have any questions about the role, please contact Maria Bennett via**[email protected]*****Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.***## Ngā taipitopito tūranga mahi | Job details| | || --- | --- || Employer: | Te Whatu Ora || Location: | Auckland || Position type: | Permanent Full time || Category: | Health || Date listed: | 19-Jun-2026 || Salary range: | N/A || Closing date: | 19-Jul-2026 || Reference: | HNZ/1921556A || Attachment: | PD Senior Advisor - Clinical Leadership.pdf (PDF, 237KB) Job Description | #J-18808-Ljbffr