Outreach Liaison: Māori
Job details
Employer: Jolt Charitable Trust
Jolt has 20 years experience working with the disability community in Ōtautahi and has developed a broadranging programme including;
- Weekly classes involving 200 participants of all ages
- New Zealand’s first ongoing dance teacher training for people with intellectual disabilities
- Primary School and Retirement Home workshops led by dancers with disabilities
- Interactive performances developed specifically for audiences with disabilities
- Residency programmes that bring together mainstream students and students with disabilities
- Collaborations with professional arts organisations such as the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Music New Zealand
Reporting to the General Manager, this is a new role offered as a fixed term employee contract, based on 10 hours per week, for three years.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
- Engage with Māori with intellectual disabilities and whānau to support individual needs and encourage participation in Jolt programmes
- Build relationships with kura kaupapa and schools with bilingual units, and Māori health providers
- Initiate engagement with iwi, hapū and whānau to grow an awareness of Jolt’s mahi
- Collect and evaluate data that identifies current awareness of Jolt’s mahi, barriers to participation and the support needed to alleviate barriers
- Co-ordinate performance opportunities on marae
- Take a lead role in the development of a strategy for integration of Te Ao Māori across the Jolt organisation
- Support the development of resources to connect with Māori
Personal qualities
- Possess connections into local and regional Māori communities that have both breadth and depth
- Confident in the use of te reo Māori
- Highly motivated and able to self-start
- Have a passion for disability arts and service to the community
- Have excellent interpersonal skills with a strong moral compass
- Embody integrity and warmth
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
Please send a cover letter and resume to Jolt General Manager Mark La Roche mark_la_roche@yahoo.com