Senior Advisor Governance and Executive

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand Full time

Permanent- Salaried Full Time- Wellington, NZ, 6011
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.

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Me mahi tahi
CollaborationWe work together to achieve and succeed.
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Me mahi pono
TransparencyWe are open and honest communicators.
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Me mahi tika
IntegrityWe do the right thing.
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Me manaaki
RespectWe treat all people with consideration and kindness.
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Kia tū rangatira ai
ProfessionalismWe 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 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.

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.

Applications close
Sunday 11 June 2023

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