Senior Policy Advisor, Building Policy Team 3

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment Full time
Date: 28-Feb-2023- Location: Wellington, NZ, 6011
Discover a career with purpose at MBIE:

  • Solve complex and interesting policy challenges affecting the building and construction sector
  • Opportunity to develop and hone your regulatory and legislative policy skills
  • Work alongside inclusive, collaborative and passionate people across New Zealand
  • Engage directly with stakeholders to make a real difference for New Zealanders
  • Work location flexible options on offer.

Tēnei tūranga -:

About the role:


The Building Policy team provides regulatory policy advice and identifies and solves problems in the building and construction sector to support the construction of safe, healthy, and durable buildings.

Our current focus is on a series of Building System Reforms.

These reforms are taking a comprehensive approach to lifting the performance of the building regulatory system, ensuring building work is done right the first time and providing fairer outcomes if things go wrong.

They seek to make much-needed improvements so that building work can be done more efficiently and buildings are safe, healthy and durable.


This includes:
- a first-principles review of the building consent system to modernise the system to provide assurance that building work will be 'done right the first time',
- improvements to occupational regulation of building practitioners (including engineers, builders, plumbers, electrical workers and architects) and
- improvements to consumer protection measures to ensure consumers are well-informed and are aware of their rights.

In addition, we have a range of other work underway to:

  • contribute to MBIE's Seismic Work Programme, including to implement the system for managing earthquake-prone buildings and ensure we continue to protect life safety as we learn more about seismic hazard and how buildings perform in seismic events,
- improve the retention money regime to better protect subcontractors in the construction sector and
- contribute to the Government response on the Commerce Commission's market study to improve competition for building supplies.

We are a young and dynamic team, with a big work programme. Our people are located across the country and we operate a "matrix management" model.

This means you will have the opportunity to lead and take ownership of policy projects, and work alongside and learn from a whole range of people with different areas of expertise.

We have a strong focus on development.

In Building Policy you can expect to work on the things that you are best at, as well as try new things to broaden your skills.

We will provide you with the right support to succeed.

About our roles:


They work across different levels to learn from experts and build their own knowledge and to share their own knowledge with others.

With the wide variety of work across the different policy areas, there are numerous opportunities to develop their policy craft and build their careers within MBIE.


Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -:

Skills and experience required:

  • We are looking for a motivated person with experience in solving complex problems and formulating highquality policy advice for a range of stakeholders and projects.
For the role of Senior Policy Advisor, ideally you will have:

  • A good base of experience in public policy as a Policy Advisor/Senior Policy Advisor and/or transferrable skills from an advisory, legal or similar role
  • Logical thinking and problemsolving skills, with the ability to think strategically
  • A healthy level of curiosity to generate ideas and solutions to complex policy problems
  • The ability to build relationships with others in the team and work collaboratively
  • The ability to work through ambiguity and deliver results
  • Experience leading complex policy projects and briefing Ministers or senior officials
  • Passion for leading and coaching others to develop their policy skills and take their careers to the next level
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Strong stakeholder relationship building, influencing and engagement skills to gain the cooperation and commitment of others.
Come join us and make a difference to New Zealanders.

The building and construction sector is the fourth largest employer in New Zealand, accounting for ten per cent of New Zealand's workforce, and contributes 7% GDP.

The sector delivers housing, infrastructure, commercial buildings - the places where kiwis live, work and play. It's a challenging policy area to work in and there's a lot at stake. Working for Building Policy means making a difference to one of New Zealand's most important sectors.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE -:

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 compe

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