Principal Advisor, People, Strategy and Performance

5 months ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Niche Full time

**Principal Advisor - People Strategy and Performance**

Are you a talented and highly experienced strategy, planning and performance advisor seeking a new challenge? Would you like to join an organisation that genuinely values and actively supports its kaimahi? Niche is looking for a Principal Advisor to join a growing team and assist in leading the key strategic initiatives within the People Experience Group.
- Join a newly established, transformative team
- Develop and lead the PX strategies and roadmap
- Working in a talented, inclusive and diverse team

Niche are looking for an exceptional Principal Advisor to join an innovative and transformative environment, to create, develop and deliver the organisation’s statement of intent into measurable actions. This role allows you to have design input into this new function and work with an open-minded and supportive senior leadership team. This organisation is strongly values-based, and this is a genuine opportunity to make a difference to the future of New Zealand. Drawing on the best organisational development, learning, ER and human resources practice, the People Experience team aims to fully leverage initiatives designed to make this workplace a great place to be, and ensure that people who work here thrive professionally and are deeply fulfilled in their work.

**Mō te Tūranga | About the Role**

This is a newly created opportunity that sits in the People Experience team within the People Strategy and Performance Group. This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively to enable the organisation to better deliver on its strategic intentions, work programme, and performance requirements within the People Experience team. This role will offer you an opportunity to design and lead the development of its roadmap and performance measurement framework. You will provide a combination of in-depth expertise and intellectual leadership on the process and practice relating to the group's governance. You will be a highly trusted member of the team, delivering practice advice, guidance and support.

**He pūkenga tou | Skills and Experience**

We're looking for someone with a strategic mindset and strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work independently and with a wider team. To be successful in this role you will bring:

- Proven experience of working and leading organisational strategy, planning and performance reporting preferably within the Public Sector
- A track record of providing high quality and evidence-based advice to senior stakeholders
- Proven relationship management and influencing skills - can build trust and facilitate cross organisational work programmes and bring people along on the journey
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to synthesis complex ideas
- Demonstrated experience managing and leading projects, including strategic change
- Sound knowledge of machinery of government
- Experience in developing ministerial services frameworks, policies, and processes
- An understanding of te Tiriti of Waitangi, te ao Maori and tikanga

Te Ao Māori and te Tiriti sit at the heart of everything this organisation does, and as Principal Advisor People Strategy and Performance, you will help bring that to life. You will work across the organisation to create a positive workplace culture where development, inclusion and diversity, and cultural competence are highly valued.

This organisation offers an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and provides supportive and flexible working arrangements.


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