Disability Support Worker (Casual) - Tauranga

• Contribute to strengthen tauira belonging, engagement, learning and achievement.
• Casual basis (on-call, when required) 
• Based in Tauranga 

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) is New Zealand’s second largest tertiary institution and the world’s largest indigenous tertiary educator, and we’ve been providing transformational education opportunities to New Zealanders for nearly 40 years.  Our vision of ‘Whānau transformation through education’ drives our commitment to being at the forefront of tertiary education underpinned by Māori culture and values. 

About the role

Join us as a Disability Support Worker on a casual basis based in Tauranga.

As a Disability Worker, you will be responsible for delivering specific learning assistance for tauira, both in and out of class and including wānanga and noho marae.

Assistance can include typing and/or notetaking; supporting engagement with resources, materials, and online tasks; coaching tauira to break down and understand academic tasks and the steps to achieve them; strengthening independent planning and time management skills; promoting primary relationships between tauira, Kaiako, their peers, Tauira Services, and the learning environment.

Various hours across academic semesters including after hours and occasional weekend noho hours as required.

About you

You will bring with you a range of the following lived experience, transferable skills, and qualifications from the following list: