Coordinated Access Facilitator and Connector
Manaaki Rangatahi Youth Homelessness Collective
Tāmaki Makaurau | Part Time | 16-20 hours per week | One Year Contract | Salary (hybrid) Tāmaki based - hours negotiable
Manaaki Rangatahi is a kaupapa mokopuna collective impact and systems change rōpū working to prevent and end youth homelessness across Aotearoa. We are a small, passionate team who move fast, think creatively, and show up fully for rangatahi and the services that walk alongside them.
About the role
We are looking for a part time dynamic and innovative community connector based in Tamaki. Our next coordinated access super star, skilled in working alongside sector leaders and kaimahi in the youth housing and youth services sector in Auckland. This role is for someone who is a qualified and registered (or ability to be a registered social worker) who will also have a leadership role with our other coordinated access kaimahi across Aotearoa (virtually and in person). There will be some travel with this role.
What you will bring
Essential:
- A Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) — non-negotiable
- Registration with the Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB), or meeting all requirements for registration
- A minimum of five years' experience in housing, homelessness, or youth services
- Demonstrated expertise in group facilitation and community development
- Strong experience working with and within Māori and Pacific communities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High level of IT literacy and comfort with digital tools and systems
- Leadership capability — you can hold a room, build trust, and mobilise people toward shared goals
- A full, clean New Zealand driver's licence and access to your own vehicle (mileage reimbursed)
- A good sense of humour and the ability to bring lightness to hard mahi
Additional Key Responsibilities:
- Apply professional social work practice, frameworks, and ethics to inform coordinated access, ensuring safe, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed engagement with taitamariki.
- Utilise social work assessment and intervention skills to support complex cases, provide guidance to partner agencies, and strengthen integrated responses across the system.
- Provide professional insight and advice grounded in social work training to inform service design, policy alignment, and best practice approaches.
- Support public relations activities, including drafting press releases, key messaging, and communications on behalf of the Chief Executive.
- Identify and develop opportunities for community activations, events, and campaigns that align with organisational strategy, with approval from the Chief Executive.
- Coordinate and prepare materials for media, stakeholder engagement, and public-facing opportunities to strengthen our Manaaki Rangatahi profile and impact.
You will also be:
- Deeply organised with strong time management and the ability to manage competing priorities
- A natural networker who builds genuine relationships across sectors
- Culturally grounded, with a working knowledge of te reo me ōna tikanga
- Someone who embodies manaakitanga in how they show up every day
What we offer
- A values-led team environment that walks the talk of manaakitanga
- Flexible working arrangements within a 16- 20 hour week
- The chance to be part of a growing kaupapa Māori movement shaping national systems change
- A leadership model that honours your mātauranga and the taonga you bring
Requirements
All appointments are subject to:
- A full police vet check in accordance with the Children's Act 2014
- Verification of SWRB registration or eligibility
If this is you, we want to hear from you. Send your CV and a covering letter to kiaora@manaakirangatahi.org.nz
