Regional Health Advisor | Northland - Te Tai Tokerau
Date: 24 Feb 2026
Location: Northland, NZ
Company: Ministry of Social Development
Regional Health Advisor | Northland - Te Tai Tokerau
- Permanent, Full-time Role
- Location: Northland Region – flexible base location, subject to discussion at interview.
- Salary range: $103,815 – $125,958
About the role | Mō te tūnga
The Regional Health Advisor provides specialist health expertise to strengthen employment and wellbeing outcomes for people with health conditions, injuries, or disabilities. This is a regional advisory role. You will work alongside Service Delivery leaders and frontline teams to ensure health-related factors are well understood, appropriately considered, and translated into sustainable employment pathways.
This role does not hold a caseload. Your impact is at a systems, practice, and capability level.
What you’ll be doing | Ko te mahi
You will:
- Provide evidence-based advice on how health conditions, injury, or disability may impact work capacity and sustainability
- Interpret medical and clinical information and translate it into practical employment guidance
- Build staff capability through coaching, workshops, and case consultation
- Provide specialist input into entitlement and service decisions where health factors are relevant
- Identify regional trends and provide insights and recommendations to leadership
- Contribute to service design and programme development where health barriers exist
- Build strong relationships across the health and disability sector
- Travel within the Northland region as required
This role sits within a national network of Regional Health Advisors, contributing to consistent, high-quality practice across MSD.
What you’ll bring | Ōu pūmanawatanga
- A recognised health qualification (e.g. Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Registered Social Worker, or similar)
- Current professional registration and Annual Practising Certificate (where applicable)
- Experience working with people experiencing health-related barriers to employment
- Strong advisory, influencing, and relationship-management capability
- Confidence facilitating professional discussions and capability-building activities
- Ability to analyse complex information and provide clear, evidence-based advice
- A collaborative, culturally responsive approach aligned with Te Tiriti o Waitangi
A full, clean New Zealand Driver Licence is required.
Why this role matters
Strong health advisory practice supports informed decision-making, strengthens employment planning, and reduces barriers for people seeking to participate in work. This role enables MSD to apply a consistent and informed health lens across service delivery, contributing to equitable outcomes for individuals, whānau, and communities across Northland.
Position Description | He Whakaahuatanga Tūnga:
To learn more about the role and determine if it’s the right fit for you, please read the position description. You can copy and paste the link into your browser: http://www.msd.govt.nz/hr/documents/position-descriptions/dce-service-delivery/client-service-delivery/regional-health-advisor.docx
Salary | Utu-ā-tau: $103,815.00 - $125,958.00
Starting salary is aligned to knowledge, skills and relevant experience.
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
To apply, click the 'Apply Now' button to upload your CV, cover letter and complete the online application form.
Your cover letter should outline:
- Your health qualification and current registration
- Your experience working with people with health-related barriers
- Examples of advisory or influencing work
Note: Your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key responsibilities listed in the position description.
All applications must be made online. If this is not possible or if you have any queries, please contact Executive Assistant to Regional Director - Krystle McCleary on Krystle.McCleary004@msd.govt.nz
Internal MSD Employees – please apply through your myHR portal at work. This will ensure that your myHR employee profile is visible as internal candidate.
Closing date: 5.00pm Friday 13 March 2026
Joining us
Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents. We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive, and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. We are a Treaty partner committed to strengthening relationships with Māori, Hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.
If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so we can assist you through the recruitment process.
