- 2 x part-time, permanent roles available + Central Auckland location
- Additional Employer KiwiSaver + 2 Wellbeing Days
- Senior role in a new service based on an internationally renowned peer crisis care model
Draw on your lived experience to
inspire, support, and mentor others in a senior peer support specialist role
within a new acute mental health service.
Kia ora, Tālofa lava, Mālō e lelei, Bula Vinaka,
Fakalofa lahi atu, Kia Orana, Sastrikal, Namaste, Salam and warm Pacific
greetings to you.
“Ehara i te mea ko te haerenga, ko te taenga atu rānei
te kaupapa. Ko te whanaungatanga kē! It's not the journey or the
destination its the company you keep”.
Pathways | Mō mātou
As a leading mental health and addiction service in Aotearoa, we believe
in the power of lived experience and the impact of the peer workforce. We have
well established and effective peer workforce infrastructure which supports you
in your mahi. Our collective mahi is to empower individuals to live full lives
in their communities. We foster strong whānau connections.
The
Service
We are
building an exciting, new peer-led community-based acute alternative to
hospital within the Central Auckland Te Toka Tumai region. This is an
opportunity for you to step into an exciting Senior Peer Specialist role.
The service will be staffed by lived and living experience kaimahi
who are trained to deliver inspiring peer services alongside other clinical
kaimahi. You will role model and support our kaimahi to use recovery tools,
models, and practices to inspire resilience, hope, and wellbeing. The service will be delivered in
partnership with other mental health and addiction providers and will be
informed by a rights and values-based approach to care. You’ll be reporting to
a Team Coach and working with the support of your wider team.
The benefits | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou
- Access to monthly Co-Learning (Peer Supervision sessions) and coaching
- Professional development opportunities including our targeted peer training programme Kia Mataara
- Increased Employer Kiwisaver contribution
- Fifth Week of Annual Leave after 1 year
- Paid Wellbeing Days (2 days a year)
- HealthNow Payment Card - $250 per year to support Health and Wellbeing for you and your whanau
- Perk & Perk Plus discount app
The Role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi
We need an inspiring Senior Peer Support Specialist to provide
leadership, coaching, and support within our peer team. Drawing on your
knowledge of the core peer competencies and peer values, you will oversee the
running of shifts, role model core peer values, and support Peer Support
Specialists to grow and reach their full potential.
You will foster a culture of recovery, wellbeing, continuous improvement
and innovation, while ensuring high-quality peer support practice. Through
authentic leadership, coaching, and mentoring, you will empower kaimahi to
achieve their personal best and provide meaningful support to the people we
serve.
We have 2 permanent part-time positions available based in Central
Auckland;
Saturday & Sunday, 7am – 3:30pm
Friday & Saturday, 3pm – 11:30pm
You | Mōu:
We are seeking experienced peers who can lead, inspire and support
others while ensuring practice reflects peer values and principles.As well as having great leadership and people
skills, you will have a demonstrated ability to work well with other services
such as Te Whatu Ora, PHOs and the wider community sector. You will thrive on
the challenge of helping to establish and grow a new team in an innovative new
service.
Skills and Experience | Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako
- A working knowledge of the peer workforce competencies and have completed recognised Peer Support training
- Completed Level 4 certificate in Health and Wellbeing or equivalency or intention to commence training within three months
- Able to speak to your lived and living experience and journey to wellbeing
- Proven networking skills
- Knowledge of, and demonstrable commitment to, the principles of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Applications Close:
Friday, 13th November 2026. Please
note, that this role may closer early if a suitable candidate is
found.
Position Description: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/PW-Senior-Peer-Support-Specialist.pdf
Contact: Melanie Govender, Service and Relationship
Manager on [email protected] for any further information.
For further
information, visit our website www.pathways.co.nz
Pathways is committed to healthy lifestyles and actively supports a smoke free environment. We encourage people with lived and living experience of mental illness and addictions to apply.