Principal Advisor to General Manager at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Wellington

• A pivotal role providing high quality advice and support to senior leaders in a fast-paced environment
• Be part of a passionate and dedicated team as we reconnect New Zealand to the rest of the world
• Wellington based full time permanent position
• Salary range: $112,856 – $138,028

About the role:

We are seeking a high performing Principal Advisor to join our team and use their experience and knowledge to deliver high quality specialist, strategic and operational advice to support the strategic direction and day to day running of the business, and ensure the quality and consistency of service provision and practices across INZ. This requires thinking across a range of issues, identifying current and future risks and opportunities and working in close collaboration across the business to ensure outcomes are achieved.

You will be a self-starter, with the proven ability to influence, lead and facilitate others to achieve outcomes.  You will work closely with and provide support to the leadership team, leading activities such as operational planning, reporting, and developing specialist papers for presentation at Executive and Ministerial level.

As part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Immigration New Zealand (INZ) makes a difference in people’s lives every day. We are the trusted stewards of Aotearoa New Zealand’s immigration system.

We:

•    grant visas to the people New Zealand needs to work, study and visit here
•    ensure that people crossing the border and staying in New Zealand are entitled to do so 
•    help refugees make New Zealand their home 
•    play our part in the global immigration system.

Skills and experience required:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, engage and create connections with diverse internal and external stakeholders. 
• A strategic outlook with the intellectual capability to analyse large, complex issues and readily grasp and synthesise ideas, analysis and advice.
• Ability to quickly assimilate new information or areas of work.  
• Ability to be flexible and to quickly adapt to the needs of a business’s changing demands.
• Strong systems thinking skills, able to quickly develop an understanding of context in relation to the insights required and pain points of a business area.
• An ability to influence, lead and facilitate others to achieve outcomes.
• In-depth knowledge of processes at the centre of government as well as wider governmental processes and protocols.
• Must be a NZ citizen or hold a residence class visa
• Ability to gain and maintain a security clearance 

About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
 

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
 

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It
   

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.
 

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

How to apply:

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process.  Email Sarah Hutcheson at sarah.hutcheson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/4919 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Friday 20 May 2022