Lead - Investments

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Influential and newly created investment leadership role

  • Focus on building enduring relationships with investment programme partners
  • Permanent fulltime position located in Wellington
  • Flexible working options to support your worklife balance


The Policy Implementation and Delivery (PID) - Investments Directorate brings value to our partnerships through direct investment, on the ground project support and connecting our partners to other opportunities and resources.

One of the key issues we hear from our partners is the difficulty in understanding Aotearoa New Zealand's investment landscape.

With over 50+ major investment programmes across New Zealand that focus on environmental activities, finding the right grant programmes for their proposal can be a daunting challenge.

As the Lead for Investments, you will collaborate and build networks with a number of investment and partnership teams internally at the Ministry, as well as across other government, philanthropic and private organisations.

You will be the lead practitioner or 'go-to' person within the Ministry for understanding what funding opportunities are best suited for our partners and helping these partners navigate the funding landscape.

As this is a practitioner role, you'll be heavily involved in both the doing and the guiding of how our teams work within their investment systems, assessing and negotiating proposals, engaging with stakeholders, and collaborating on investments.

The Lead for Investments will also play an important leadership role in further building the Ministry's investment capability and capacity by leading the communities of interest programmes that allows investment agencies or organisations to share lessons learnt, identify common funding interests, build system thinking into fund designs, help facilitate collaboration amongst organisations, and provide thought leadership to the directorate.

This position reports to the Director for PID Investments. You will be part of the Leadership Team that includes managers, principal analysts, team leaders, and programme managers.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

  • Extensive experience administering and leading large environmental grant programmes, preferably with local or central government agencies.
  • Significant relationship management experience with widely established networks you are a connector who builds and maintains enduring relationships.
  • Proven ability to work effectively with various ministry teams, programme partners, and stakeholders at all levels on complex issues.
  • Experience partnering with tangata whenua on programmes, and commitment to developing your cultural capability and capacity in te ao Māori.
  • Strong systems thinking skills, able to quickly develop an understanding of context in relation to the insights required and provide strategic advice.
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing with a wide range of people at all levels, both internal and external to MfE and by using a variety of communication styles appropriate to the setting.
  • Proven ability to represent your organisation and are recognised for your expertise by other Government agencies or external stakeholders.
  • Understanding of the machinery of government and political context iwi, local government and central government, including the broader natural resource sector.
  • Willingness to work in a fastpaced environment and manage competing priorities.
  • Willingness to travel within Aotearoa New Zealand regularly.
Whānuitanga Utu ā-Tau | Salary range
Salary range for this role is $114,872 up to $139,510 pa. Appointment within this range will be based on skills and experience.

Ngā hua ka puta i te mahi ki MfE | Benefits of working at MfE
- a flexible by default approach to create a healthy work-life blend
- agile ways of working, allowing you variety and challenges across the organisation as we work as 'One MfE'
- generous leave entitlements
- active employee networks including Māori Rōpū, Asian Network, Neurodivergent and Disability Networks, Women's Network, Tagata Moana (Pacific Peoples' Network), and Rainbow Network
- opportunities for development and education.


Check out other benefits of joining us and hear what our people say about Working at MfE | Ministry for the Environment.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities and actively strive to be a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture. We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

We are proud to be a Rainbow Tick and Gender Tick certified organisation and are committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for everyone.


Rā Katinga | Applications close:
end of Sunday 21 May 2023.

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