Senior Ministerial Services Advisor

13 hours ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Senior Ministerial Services Advisor in one of MBIE's major service delivery groups
- Be part of a close knit, supportive team delivering high-quality Ministerial services for high-profile portfolios
- Showcase your excellent relationship and process management skills
- Permanent position based in Wellington
- Salary range $81K - $97K plus kiwisaver

**Tēnei tūranga - About the role**:
Your core responsibilities will include providing advice and drafting replies to a range of ministerial products that will include DOIAs, MOIAs, Ministerial Correspondence, Privacy Requests and Ombudsman requests. Your role would include collaborating with branches across TWSD and wider MBIE business groups to source information and advice and contributing to team processes to ensure consistent and quality service delivery.

You will also provide coaching/mentoring and technical advice to other members of the Ministerial Services team.

We proactively support development through on-the-job learning, training courses, conferences and seminars, development programmes and study opportunities.
We provide a wide range of flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance. Talk to us to find out what might work for both you and for us.

About Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery

Our purpose is to work with business, employees and consumers to ensure that New Zealand has fair markets that thrive.
TWSD provide critical functions and services that support businesses, employees and consumers to operate successfully in the marketplace. This includes the delivery of information, advisory, dispute resolution, regulatory and enforcement services for most of the regulatory systems in MBIE.

Our Branches
- Building and Tenancy
- Business and Consumer
- Employment Services
- Engagement and Experience
- Market Integrity
- Strategy, Performance and Design

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required:

- At least 1 year leading and writing responses to OIAs, Privacy Act requests and/or responding to Ombudsman requests
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, rules and regulations
- Political acumen and sound knowledge of Parliamentary and government structures and processes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an eye for detail and a high level of accuracy
- A demonstrated ability to form robust professional working relationships, which includes collaboration and co-operation with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to produce and recognise high quality work
- Can-do attitude and a high level of initiative, sound judgement and discretion
- The ability to work well under pressure, and to tight timeframes when needed
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

**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 competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Māia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki - which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.
E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi a



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