Manager | Information + Education at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Multiple Locations

• Are you looking for your next exciting people-leadership opportunity? 
• Come join our rōpu and influence decision making on how MBIE engages with the public.
• Permanent role, Wellington or Auckland based 

About the role:
 

The Manager, Information and Education is a leadership position that reports to the Director, Information & Education in MBIE’s Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery group.

In this role you’ll responsible for leading and empowering a team to help build the knowledge, skills and attitudes people and businesses need to do the right thing in our regulatory contexts.

You’ll primarily lead our employment and residential tenancy information and education programmes, finding innovative, inclusive ways to engage with external audiences. We’ve got some big initiatives on the horizon, so now’s a great time to join us.

You’ll be expected to connect across our portfolio and externally to achieve an integrated approach to our public information programme. You’ll collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders across the regulatory systems we support. 

You’ll bring knowledge, or at least a demonstratable commitment to improving knowledge, of tikanga, te reo and te ao Māori world view. In this role you’ll have an awesome opportunity to play a visible leadership role integrating a Group-wide Partnership with Māori strategy into the I&E programme.

MBIE supports a wide range of flexible working arrangements. Talk to us about what might work for both you and us.

Skills and experience required:

• An experienced people leader who can motivate and bring teams together to deliver measurable outcomes.
• A strategic thinker who is able to make the connect across various aspects of the organisation.
• Extensive and proven experience in providing marketing and communication support within or across regulatory systems.
• Experience in designing information and education strategies and programmes for a diverse audience.
• Ability to lead through change.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining an environment focused on continuous improvement to enhance organisational performance.
• Strong stakeholder engagement with an ability to quickly establish and build strong trust and credibility with senior managers.
• A tertiary qualification in related discipline.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand
   

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
• Maia – 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 with a detailed cover letter and CV

Email jane.ransfield@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/3062 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on 3 July 2022

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