Job Advert: District Manager (Kaitohu ā-Rohe) Te Tai Tokerau
Management Role to lead the operations of our Te Tai Tokerau Office and Kōhanga Reo

Organisation: Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust
Reports to: Pou Whakahere ā-Motu (General Manager Operations)
Location: Moerewa, Northland

About Us

We are a kaupapa Māori organisation focused on growth, wellbeing, and learning success of tamariki Māori through Te Kōhanga Reo. Our mission is to nurture the cultural identity and language development of tamariki through full immersion Māori language transmission in a supportive and whānau-centred environment.

This role is key to ensuring that our support services and procurement enable us to serve our kaupapa.

About the role:

The District Manager role is part of the management structure of Te Kohanga Reo National Trust. They will work with the General Manager Operations, to affect the delivery of quality services through Trust Districts to Kohanga whanau, ensuring a strong national network of quality providers of early childhood education.

District Managers will have responsibility for:

• professional leadership as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

• developing and maintaining strong and constructive relationships within the Trust and Kohanga Reo movement, and with Government departments, Maori and other groups; and

• contributing to development of the Kohanga Reo National Trust as an organisation highly regarded for its measurable contribution to Maori development.

• Distrcit Managers are provided a work vehicle.

What you’ll bring:

• For success in this position, it is likely that the person will have a relevant tertiary qualification

  and/or approximately 3 years demonstrated experience in relevant fields.

• Professional expertise in the areas of one or more of:

  - operational policy development and implementation/service delivery;

  - education and training design and delivery; playing a leadership role within an organisation; or

  - community or business development;

• Previous success in building a high performing team, including creating and managing robust management systems.

• Success in providing leadership which gives focus and motivation to staff who come from

  a wide range of disciplines and who bring a variety of experiences to their work.

• Experience in working collaboratively with a diverse group of professional and/or cultural

  perspectives, and contributing professional knowledge to ensure group success.

• Exposure in a management or leadership role in an educational context.

Desirable:

• A genuine understanding of, and alignment with, the vision and kaupapa of Kōhanga Reo, and the application of Treaty of Waitangi based relationships with both traditional and contemporary Maori organisations.

• An in depth understanding of Te Reo Māori me ōnā tikanga.

• Experience establishing and maintaining good working relationships at all levels

• Existing relationships, networks and credibility within the district would be useful.

To view Job description visit: https://www.kohanga.ac.nz/kaupapa/turanga-watea

Applications Close: Friday, 27th November 2026