Senior Peer Support Specialist, Auckland
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Pathways

Senior Peer Support Specialist

  • Posted 3w ago
  • On Site
  • Full Time

Auckland

Job Description

  • 3 x Full-time, Permanent roles available + Central Auckland location
  • 5 weeks of annual leave + Additional Employer KiwiSaver + 2 Wellbeing Days
  • Senior role in a new service based on an internationally renowned peer crisis care model


Draw on your lived experience toinspire, support, and mentor others in a senior peer support specialist rolewithin a new acute mental health service based on a WHO-recognised peer supportmodel.


Kia ora, Tālofa lava, Mālō e lelei, Bula Vinaka,Fakalofa lahi atu, Kia Orana, Sastrikal, Namaste, Salam and warm Pacificgreetings to you.


“Ehara i te mea ko te haerenga, ko te taenga atu rāneite kaupapa. Ko te whanaungatanga kē! It's not the journey or thedestination its the company you keep”.


Pathways | Mō mātou

As a leading mental health and addiction service in Aotearoa, we believein the power of lived experience and the impact of the peer workforce. We havewell established and effective peer workforce infrastructure which supports youin your mahi. Our collective mahi is to empower individuals to live full livesin their communities. We foster strong whānau connections.


TheService

We arebuilding an exciting, new peer-led community-based acute alternative tohospital within the Central Auckland Te Toka Tumai region. This is anopportunity for you to step into an exciting Senior Peer Specialist role. The service will be staffed by lived and living experience kaimahiwho are trained to deliver inspiring peer services alongside other clinicalkaimahi. You will role model and support our kaimahi to use recovery tools,models, and practices to inspire resilience, hope, and wellbeing. The service will be delivered inpartnership with other mental health and addiction providers and will beinformed by a rights and values-based approach to care. You’ll be reporting toa Team Coach and working with the support of your wider team.


The Benefits | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou

  • Access to monthly Co-Learning (Peer Supervision sessions) and coaching
  • Professional development opportunities including our targeted peer training programme Kia Mataara
  • Increased Employer Kiwisaver contribution
  • Fifth Week of Annual Leave
  • Paid Wellbeing Days (2 days a year)
  • HealthNow Payment Card - $250 per year to support Health and Wellbeing for you and your whanau
  • Perk & Perk Plus discount app
  • Holiday programme assistance
  • Income protection insurance


The Role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi

We need an inspiring Senior Peer Support Specialist to provideleadership, coaching, and support within our peer team. Drawing on yourknowledge of the core peer competencies and peer values, you will oversee therunning of shifts, role model core peer values, and support Peer SupportSpecialists to grow and reach their full potential.

You will foster a culture of recovery, wellbeing, continuous improvementand innovation, while ensuring high-quality peer support practice. Throughauthentic leadership, coaching, and mentoring, you will empower kaimahi toachieve their personal best and provide meaningful support to the people weserve.


We have 3 permanent full-time positions available based in CentralAuckland;

  • Sunday – Thursday, 7:00-3:30pm
  • Tuesday- Saturday, 3:00pm- 11:30pm
  • Friday- Monday, rotating am/pm role


You | Mōu:

We are seeking experienced peers who can lead, inspire and supportothers while ensuring practice reflects peer values and principles.As well as having great leadership and peopleskills, you will have a demonstrated ability to work well with other servicessuch as Te Whatu Ora, PHOs and the wider community sector. You will thrive onthe challenge of helping to establish and grow a new team in an innovative newservice.


Skills and Experience | Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako

  • A working knowledge of the peer workforce competencies and have completed recognised Peer Support training
  • Completed Level 4 certificate in Health and Wellbeing or equivalency or intention to commence training within three months
  • Able to speak to your lived and living experience and journey to wellbeing
  • Proven networking skills
  • Knowledge of, and demonstrable commitment to, the principles of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi


Applications Close:Monday, 5th October 2026. Pleasenote, that this role may closer early if a suitable candidate isfound.


Position Description: https://www.wisegroup.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/PW-Senior-Peer-Support-Specialist.pdf

Contact: Melanie Govender, Service and RelationshipManager on melanie.govender@pathways.co.nz for any further information.


For furtherinformation, visit our website www.pathways.co.nz

Pathways iscommitted to healthy lifestyles and actively supports a smoke free environment.We encourage people with lived and living experience of mental illness andaddictions to apply.

Desired Hard Skills

  • Peer Support
  • Training
  • Coaching
  • Networking

Desired Soft Skills

  • Communication
  • Mentoring
  • Teamwork
  • Empathy
  • Leadership

Benefits & Perks

Culture

  • ⚖ Work-Life Balance Support
  • 🌿 Wellness Program
  • 📈 Professional Development
  • 🏎 Competitive Salary
  • Increased Kiwisaver contribution
  • Fifth Week of Annual Leave
  • Perk & Perk Plus discount app
  • Paid Wellbeing Days (2 days a year)
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  • 🌐 INZ Accredited Employer

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