Kaitohu Matua Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Te Puni Kōkiri Full time

Senior Advisor | Kaitohu Matua

Ministerial Services | Te Toko Minita

Critical Projects and Governance | Te Puni Kaupapa Hiranga me Mana Whakahaere

  • Are you looking for a permanent opportunity within a small, fast paced team?
  • Do you build excellent working relationships and have the "know how" to guide and provide advice on official correspondence for the ministry?
  • Are you a proactive team player with a strong eye for detail and can use common sense, initiative and good judgement in your mahi?
If this sounds like you, then you could be just the person we are looking for and we welcome hearing from you

Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The opportunity
As Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services, you will provide advice, support, and coordination of official correspondence requests.

This is a great opportunity for a team player who thrives on being able to use initiative to achieve results.

This role will suit an experienced Advisor who has an excellent reputation for co-ordinating official correspondence processes and a strong eye for detail.

You will be joining a small, passionate team of kaimahi who are dedicated to contributing to the Ministry's success. In this role you can shape, influence, and contribute to better Ministerial Services outcomes for Te Puni Kōkiri.

Reporting to the Manager, Ministerial Services, you will:

  • Contribute to the Ministry being well positioned to meet the servicing expectations of Ministers now and into the future
  • Support provision of high quality, timely advice and information to the Minister for Māori Development, the Minister for Whānau Ora, and other Ministers as required
  • Support consistent improvement and the development of new tools, templates, and resources to assist staff and stakeholders
  • Assist with official correspondence related reporting
  • Provide guidance and support to colleagues
  • Have an interest in contributing to Māori wellbeing and development.

Ko wai koe | About you

To be successful in the role you will:

  • Have significant experience in public sector Ministerial correspondence, with sound knowledge of processes
  • Be technically proficient with the ability to critically analyse official correspondence for quality assurance purposes while also ensuring timely delivery of high quality outputs
  • Be proactive and use your initiative, maturity and common sense to coordinate, guide and prioritise your activity
  • Demonstrate the ability to develop strong and effective relationships with colleagues and kaimahi across Te Puni Kōkiri and in the Ministers' offices
  • Have a sound understanding of the machinery of government and government processes, combined with demonstrable public sector 'savvy' and political awareness
  • Demonstrate ability to critically review current processes and practices with a view to improving and enabling better practice into the future.

Ngā uara ka whiwhi koe ki Te Puni Kōkiri | Working at Te Puni Kōkiri
Te Puni Kōkiri is the Government's principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development.

To do this, we must exert leadership and influence on the public sector system to enable and support the Government to deliver positive wellbeing outcomes for Māori.


Our vision of 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau' supports whānau, hapū and iwi to succeed and underpins everything that we do.

We draw strength from our past to build an Aotearoa New Zealand where whānau can all stand, thrive, and belong.


Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting Māori collective success by creating and maintaining relationships with iwi, hapū and whānau Māori, and government at both a local and national level.

We are guided by our values of excellence, valuing people and relationships, working collectively and being creative and innovative. We invest in our people and you will be encouraged to develop and contribute to your fullest potential. We believe strongly in work/life balance and understand that your whānau is important. We are also committed to your wellbeing, and ongoing learning and development.

In-house Te Reo Māori training is available to our employees as well as the opportunity to join Te Puni Kōkiri Kapa Haka group.


  • Applications close Friday 10 March 2023 at 5:00pm_

Job Details:

  • Reference #
9243- Posted on
06 Mar 2023- Closes on

10 Mar :00- Location(s)

Wellington- Expertise
Advisor, Government- Job level(s)
Senior Advisor- Work type(s)
Permanent full-time

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