- Shape the people and culture for a new era of community healthcare
- Join a new leadership team at a pivotal point in Nurse Maude's growth
- A rare combination of people strategy, OD, leadership development and equity
About The Role
Are you an organisational development leader who wants their work to matter?
This is a newly shaped role and sits at the heart of the organisation's strategic ambitions. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer and as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the General Manager People, Capability & Equity will shape the people and capability architecture that enables Nurse Maude to grow, adapt, and continue delivering exceptional community care.
This is not a transactional HR role although operational HR sits within the portfolio. It is a strategic organisational development leadership position, calling for a leader who can think systemically, build capability across a large and complex workforce, and embed inclusive and equitable practice as a genuine organisational commitment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the development and implementation of Nurse Maude's People and Capability strategy to ensure long-term sustainability, resilience, and growth.
- Driving organisational design and development, leading change, and building workforce and leadership capability across the organisation.
- Overseeing workforce planning and management aligned with service demand, organisational priorities, and future workforce requirements.
- Working closely with the Director of Nursing to ensure professional learning and development pathways support the attraction, retention, and development of a skilled clinical workforce.
- Leading the equity portfolio, encompassing accessibility, inclusion, and culturally responsive practice across a diverse workforce and community.
- Working with the Kaihautū/General Manager – Te Tiriti to ensure that Nurse Maude’s people plans align with and deliver a demonstrable commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Delivering an exceptional end-to-end employment experience that supports attraction, retention, and engagement across a workforce of 1,250 staff and 250 volunteers.
- Advising the CEO and Board on workforce risks, employment relations, and organisational health.
Skills & Experience
You will bring:
- Tertiary qualification in organisational development, human resources, business management, or a related discipline; postgraduate qualification preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading organisational culture, design, and workforce transformation initiatives.
- Proven experience developing and implementing people strategies aligned with organisational objectives.
- Strong understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its practical application within organisational settings.
- Proven ability to promote culturally responsive approaches and equitable outcomes across a diverse workforce.
- Experience working with unions and managing employment relations in complex environments.
- Experience in healthcare, community services, or the public sector is preferred.
- A strong affinity with Nurse Maude's mission and values.
This is a rare opportunity to build something from the ground up — to design the people and capability framework for an organisation entering a new chapter. The breadth of this role is genuinely attractive: workforce strategy, organisational development, leadership capability, change leadership, and equity practice sitting together under one mandate. You will work alongside a new CEO and a committed Executive Leadership Team, with the platform and the purpose to make a lasting difference to one of New Zealand's most respected community healthcare organisations.
About the Company:
Nā te manaaki kairangi ki ngā tāngata Māori o Aotearoa, me te whakaute hoki, ka whakatū mātou i te mauri me te mana o Nurse Maude. By providing the best care for all the people of Aotearoa today, and treating every person with respect, we honour the spirit and mana of Sibylla Maude.
Founded in Christchurch in 1896 by district nurse Sibylla Maude, Nurse Maude is New Zealand's oldest community care and nursing organisation. The founding conviction that high-quality care belongs in people's homes and communities remains its purpose today.
Nurse Maude delivers services across Te Waipounamu (Canterbury, Nelson Marlborough, with Dunedin planned) and Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Capital Coast and Hutt Valley), including district nursing, home care, palliative and hospice care, specialty clinics and a care home. With 1,250 staff and 260 volunteers delivering over 1,000,000 visits each year, Nurse Maude supports some of the most vulnerable members of our communities.