Senior Advisor

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand NZ Ministry of Education Full time
Full time, Permanent Position - Wellington National Office

  • Key role in ensuring the machinery of government runs smoothly in Te Poutāhū
Help shape the future of Education
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga
We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people around Aotearoa, from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.

While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for our ākonga in our education system.

Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown.

We are committed to having Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the forefront of our work for and with Māori students, their whānau, hapū and iwi.

We are making significant changes to how we deliver our mahi by

  • Taking practical action to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi.
  • Giving priority to regional and local voice.
  • Delivering greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support.
  • Improving feedback loops and information flows.


Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people across Aotearoa from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.

While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for every child, young person and adult student in our education system.

About our group and team
Te Poutāhū | Curriculum Centre sets the system-level learning for every child and student.

Working between policy and customer facing functions, there is a significant political, stakeholder and public interest in the high performance of this group and the education curriculum outcomes we seek for New Zealand.

This Senior Advisor role sits within the Government, Commissioning and Ministerials team; consisting of the Manager, two Senior Advisors and three Advisors.

The Senior Advisor has expertise in the Machinery of Government and provides ongoing and consistent coaching and development support - especially in parliamentary processes and the machinery of government - to the Advisors.

Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role
The Senior Advisor is responsible for commissioning and coordinating:

  • Quality and timely Ministerials (correspondence, Official Information Act requests, Parliamentary Questions)
  • WholeofTe Poutāhū | Curriculum Centre advice to support cross Ministry requests
  • Media responses
  • Material to support the Estimates and Annual Review processes.


In any given day the Government, Commissioning and Ministerials team processes correspondence, Official Information Act requests, information requests from Ministers, written and oral parliamentary questions, media queries, select committee questions and Estimates and Annual Review material.

In addition to this BAU work, the team is also responsible for delivering and facilitating workshops and training sessions on the Machinery of Government.

Mōhou ake | About you

We want to hear from you if you:

  • Are comfortable working in a challenging and fast-paced environment
  • Can manage multiple priorities at once
  • Want to share your expertise in parliamentary processes, the machinery of government and the Official Information Act.


If you think that you can make a strong contribution to the success of this organisation and you can demonstrate the required skills we encourage you to apply.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi? | Are you ready to make a difference?
We want to provide flexible working environments where everyone feels relevant, valued and supported.

So, if working from home and/or having a flexible start and finish to the day will help with this, we can usually make it happen.

We'd love to hear what this might look like for you, so feel free to outline this in your Cover Letter.


In your cover letter we'd like to know:

  • About you, your values, your whakapapa
  • Your interest and motivations for this role
  • The abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation.
Applications close - Midnight Wednesday 10 May 2023.
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