Senior Advisor at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Wellington

• Play a key role in driving Tenancy Services priorities
• Interesting mix of operational and strategic across Tenancy Services
• Flexible and supportive team, culture and work environment
• Porirua based permanent position
• Salary range  $81,942 – $97,832

About the role:

The Tenancy Practice and Stewardship team is responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of operational practice, providing advice and reporting across Tenancy Services, supporting the work needed to  deliver on our strategic and tactical goals.  

As the Senior Advisor - Tenancy Practice and Stewardship you’ll have the opportunity to work on both the operational and strategic elements, including regulatory strategies and action plans, annual business planning, reporting and workforce and capability roadmaps.  

You’ll also have the opportunity to:

• Be involved in a range of projects across Tenancy Services delivering both operational and strategic results 
• Champion the embedding of QMS across Tenancy services
• Be a key person in designing and delivering Tenancy Services reporting and business plans
• Be a key person in the management and delivery of Tenancy Services obligations around OIA and Media responses

Skills and experience required:

• A solid understanding and experience in machinery of government requirements within the public sector
• Experience planning and delivering key pieces of work/projects, to meet business needs
• Strong relationship management skills with proven success building strong connections 
• Well-developed professional written and verbal communication abilities
• Persistent and rigorous approach to problem solving
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• 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
• 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/9838 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Monday 6 February 2023

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