Advisor, Compliance and Assurance at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Wellington

• Make a difference and see tangible results from your work
• Play a key role in solving some of the complex and longstanding issues that face New Zealand's building sector
• Help us realise our ambition to be a world-leading building system regulatory steward
• Salary - $71,119-$84,187, Permanent role Wellington or Christchurch locations

About the role:
 

Help us achieve excellence as a regulator in the building system. This is your opportunity to be part of this exciting journey by helping us grow our positive, dynamic and results-focused team. 
 

Due to some recent growth and progression, we’re currently looking for an Advisor, Compliance and Assurance within the Building System Assurance Team.  In this role you will work alongside a highly engaged and capable team of advisors and technical specialists to support the functions of the Compliance and Assurance team. 
 

Your principal focus will be on the continued implementation of our recently devised strategy and approach to enabling and ensuring the proper performance by building consent authorities and territorial authorities of their statutory and regulatory functions.  You’ll do this through monitoring, engagement, education, and also by addressing non-compliance. You will also  have the opportunity to assist the wider team with the implementation of proposed building law reform and other matters.

Skills and experience required:

• Experience in applying the Building Act and associated Regulations
• The ability to work collaboratively across groups or functions and manage effective relationships with stakeholders
• Knowledge and experience with regulatory processes
• The ability to articulate key points/messages in written format and verbally to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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/7642 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Thursday 18 August 2022