Reintegration Lead (12 month Fixed Term) - Waikato

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Location

Hamilton, Waikato

Job type

Full time

Duration

Contract

Approximate pay

$80K - $90K annually

Company benefits

$90,867 - $94,951

Description

Location - Hamilton

Reintegration Lead (12 month Fixed Term) - Out of Gate

The Salvation Army Reintegration Service

The Salvation Army Reintegration Service provides short term housing and other support for people reintegrating into the community following their release from prison. With one-on-one case management of allocated clients ensuring support throughout their initial reintegration into the community. It includes working closely with Community Probations and other government and community organizations.

****About the Role:

The purpose of the position is to continuously grow and improve the standard of support provided to clients, and support the implementation and development of this new Out of Gate (OOG) service moving forward and to lead the development of this new service with sound direction and innovative thinking, supporting the operational teams for quality outcomes within the Waikato and Southland/Otago services.

What will your responsibilities be:

To lead, coach, continuously improve the quality of the service to meet the ever changing needs for our people, ensuring high standards are attained, relationship building with our contracted and community partners, risk is managed and practice meets the Salvation Army values and mission, standards, contracts and policy.

Identify opportunities to improve processes and procedures relating to all aspects of service provision.

Workforce - support the recruitment, orientation and professional development of all the Reinetrgation Out of Gate (OOG) Team.

Promote cultural awareness and safety.

Promote wellness and a safe work environment.

Our ideal candidate will:

Be a qualified/Experianced Senior Manager who has social service provision experience and undersatnding of contract management.
Be experienced and skilled at working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Have leadership skills, with the ability to monitor progress and development skills of a team.
Possess excellent written, oral communication and listening skills.
Be able to work cooperatively in a team environment, sharing information, ideas and effective practices while maintaining client and service privacy, and confidentiality.
Be focussed on client needs.
Posses and exercise relationship building skills.
Have a high level of personal integrity.
Be able to work under pressure in a fast-paced and changing environment.
Be able to organise, prioritise and plan work.
Be able to plan, co-ordinate with a nation wide team
Have the ability to show initiative and innovation.
Be able to write accurate records and reports.
Have a responsible and caring attitude towards others.
Understand and be sensitive to cross cultural differences
Have a strong understanding of, and a heart for social issues.
Hold a current clean full drivers licence.
Be able to travel from time to time to support the services
Be legally entitled to work in New Zealand

Our offer to you:

Discounted Medical Insurance with Southern Cross
TSA discount card for discount with various retailors such as Beaurepairs, Noel Leeming and Placemakers
Free confidential counselling services to support your wellbeing
Subsidised flu vaccinations
Flexible working arrangements
Free car parking

This is a 12 month Fixed Term role, from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027.

Hours per week: 40 hours per week.

The salary for this role will range from $90,867 to $94,951 gross per annum.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Applications will be assessed as they arrive and the position may be filled before the application closing date.

TSA is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity Employer.

The Salvation Army is a worldwide evangelical Christian church and human service provider. It is committed to caring for people, transforming lives and reforming society - all through the love of God shown in Jesus. The successful applicant should therefore show an ability to identify with the mission and values of The Salvation Army.

Children’s Worker Classification Statement (per Children’s Act 2014): Applicants with a Schedule 2 conviction must provide an Exemption Certificate for Core Children’s Worker roles or undergo an internal assessment for all other Salvation Army roles.

Application details

Apply online for this role or contact TSA, Careers for more information.

Reference #: 542-5426-16312

Salvation Army

If you’re looking for meaningful work that really makes a difference to the communities we serve, you’ve come to the right place!

But there are other great reasons to jump on board too. We know that to attract and retain the best people, we’ve got to make The Salvation Army one of the best places to work in the country, so here are a few of the ways we support our people:

Competitive salaries.
Employee Assistance programme.
Flexible working arrangements.
Flu vaccinations (subsidised).
Long Service Leave.
Subsidised medical insurance with Southern Cross.
Full entitlement of sick leave at 18 months (first 10 days upon completing six months, and a further 10 days at one year work anniversary).
Two additional leave days a year.
A range of product service discounts at retailers such as Big Save, Resene, Beaurepaires, 2 Degrees, Hertz, Noel Leeming, Placemakers, Torpedo7 and Warehouse Stationery.

We are no ordinary Army. Since 1883, The Salvation Army has fought poverty and social and spiritual distress in New Zealand.

Each year, we help more than 120,000 families and individuals in need with budgeting advice, food and clothing assistance, life skills programmes and other comfort and support. At The Salvation Army, we are committed to our mission of caring for people, transforming lives and reforming society by God’s power.

The Army’s work in over 130 countries is coordinated by our International Headquarters in London, which is the base for our international leader, General Lyndon Buckingham.

To signal the culture we want to see, we have introduced seven values that we believe reflect who we are, how we strive to act and how we make decisions: