Position Purpose 
The Health Promoter delivers public health education, advocacy and community 
engagement to raise awareness about factors contributing to gambling harm and how to reduce harm for individuals, families and communities. To promote gambling host responsibility to communities, venues and societies. 

Behavioral Expectations 
Through The Mapu Maia Way, the Health Promoter demonstrates and upholds 
organizational values, promoting trust, excellence, collaboration, and cultural integrity. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Support the delivery of the Mapu Maia National Public Health Plan. 

• Territorial Local Authority submissions and public health campaigns. 

• Meet all agreed public health targets. 

• Complete all public health activity reporting accurately and in a timely manner. 

• Support Gambling Harm Awareness activity. 

• Work with the Class 4 sector to promote safe gambling environments. 

• Engage effectively with local community groups to support local advocacy. 

• Engage effectively and build relationships with Pacific communities to build support for gambling harm minimisation.

• Support stakeholder relationships and ensure stakeholder engagement is documented on the Stakeholder Database.

• Establish quality relationships with local Pacific community groups. 

• Develop relationships with organisations that work with people who have experienced gambling harm and related issues to encourage help-seeking behaviour to support achievement of vision.

 

Experience and Expertise 

• Tertiary level qualification in health promotion and/or public health. 

• Experience in working with Pacific communities including Maori.

• Full and clean drivers licence. 

• A passion to work alongside Pacific communities. 

Workplace Competencies 

• Support colleagues and managers. 

• Shows initiative and able to work in a role-operator for extended periods of time. 

• Supports and promotes cross-cultural understanding inside the organisation. 

• Bi-lingual - speak one of the Pacific languages. 

• Knowledge of Pacific cultures. 

• Be able to work cross-culturally both with clients and colleagues. 

• Willingness to gain an understanding and support LGBTQIA+ individuals and groups. 

• Understands the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and its impact of work practices and service delivery.

• Understands and complies with health and safety requirements. 

• Works to the standard of the Quality Management System. 

• High level of competency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note, etc.) and with telecommunications database systems.

• High proficiency with Salesforce, Onedrive, Cloud-base Systems, Canva, Zoom, Team tools to facilitate engagement with the team. 

• Organised with a high attention to detail. 

• Ability to multi-task.

• Knowledge of all useful directory and sharing platforms. 

• Ability to work in environments which require a high level of confidentiality. 

General duties 

• Be punctual and work the hours and times specified. 

• Prioritize workload to ensure work of the greatest importance to the business is undertaken with urgency and to a high standard. 

• Support and help develop a positive workplace culture. 

• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills. 

• Responsibly, manage all business resources within accountability levels. 

• Undertake all duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description and all other duties as required by the business.

• Comply with all employment obligations. 

• Promptly undertake to complete all reasonable and lawful instructions and directions given.

• Serve the business in good faith, promoting and protecting the business's best interests. 

• During work time, and such other times as may be reasonably required, dedicate all effort to the execution and fulfillment of the duties, responsibilities, obligations, and instructions related to employment.

• Demonstrate through own actions a commitment to Health and Safety at work when undertaking work or observing others in the workplace.