Senior Advisor Governance and Executive at Civil Aviation Authority of NZ, Wellington

The Civil Aviation Authority and the Aviation Security Service offer distinctively different career opportunities and embrace diverse talent. All jobs at the Authority contribute to ensuring safe and secure skies to help New Zealand fly.

The Civil Aviation Authority is the regulatory arm of our organisation and the Aviation Security Service is the nationwide provider for aviation security.

Working at our organisation you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to safe and secure skies, for New Zealand.

About the role

Civil Aviation Authority is seeking a Senior Advisor Governance and Executive to join their small team providing high quality advice and support across the Authority. This key internal facing role works alongside the Authority Board, Authority Leadership Team and Leadership and Management Systems (LMS) Committees.

Reporting to the Principal Advisor you’ll be responsible for providing secretariat services and governance advice to the ALT and LMS Committees to ensure the Authority’s overall governance system is aligned and working effectively.

Key to this role will be the close working relationship with the Committee Chair to ensure committees are correctly established, board papers are managed appropriately and considered advice is provided.

This is a great opportunity to bring your knowledge of governance and secretariat functions to ensure the Authority’s governance decisions, systems and processes support its strategic safety and security objectives.

This is a permanent position based at our Wellington office.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience working with, advising and supporting Board of Directors and Committees.
• Strong relationship management skills to establish credibility and trust at all levels of the organisation.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills and can relate with people across all levels and functions of the organisation.
• A person who will be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and be able to provide support to the Manager Governance and Executive, executive leaders and the wider organisation.
• Demonstrate excellent judgement, decision making capabilities, and the ability to influence.
• Excellent administrative capabilities including minute taking and record keeping.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the machinery of government and government accountability processes.

About us

As a safety regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority exists to enable safe flight for social connections, and economic benefit for New Zealand. We believe in keeping people safe and secure in the air, enabling participation in the aviation system, and making a difference to New Zealand aviation. We achieve this through regulatory oversight of the aviation sector and frontline security at our airports.

AvSec is the official provider of aviation security services in New Zealand. As part of the CAA, AvSec’s role is to deliver premier aviation security, while enabling a high quality, responsive passenger experience. We pride ourselves in excellence and you will contribute to our continuous improvement mindset with a pro-active can-do attitude. 

The Authority embraces diversity and is committed to providing an inclusive environment where our people feel respected, safe, and valued for their unique contribution.

The foundation for achieving this is our values, which guide how we work and the behaviours we expect from each other.

• Me mahi tahi – Collaboration
  We work together to achieve and succeed.
• Me mahi pono – Transparency
  We are open and honest communicators.
• Me mahi tika – Integrity
  We do the right thing.
• Me manaaki – Respect
  We treat all people with consideration and kindness.
• Kia tū rangatira ai – Professionalism
  We act in a way that brings credit to ourselves and our organisation.

Why join us?

As a flexible friendly employer, we are happy to discuss solutions that may work for you and us.  We value and care about enabling our people to work in a way that means they can work at their best.

We embrace diversity and inclusion, are committed to equal opportunities, and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We are happy to discuss working arrangements that may work for you and us.

We offer five weeks annual leave and match your Kiwi Saver contribution up to 4%.

We support your ongoing professional learning and development goals.

To support the health and wellbeing of our employees we offer flu vaccinations and contributions towards corrective eyewear.

Apply Now

Apply directly by completing the online application form and submit your CV and Cover Letter.  Note: your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key skills required for this role.   

We strongly encourage and support all our people to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.  Our current policy position is that vaccination is not a requirement for employment in this role but please note that the Authority may, if needed, introduce a vaccination requirement for managing an epidemic. 

We want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, so the recruitment process is fair and equitable for all.  Therefore, please let us know if there is any support, we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible to you.  

For more information on the role please view the position description  or contact the Recruitment team at recruitment@caa.govt.nz

Applications close Sunday 11 June 2023