Senior Technical Advisor I Petroleum

3 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

**Discover a career with purpose at MBIE**
- Use your skills and knowledge to enhance the Crown's regulation of the petroleum and minerals sectors
- Great opportunity to demonstrate your deep public sector experience, problem solving nous, and expertise at writing for a variety of audiences
- Secondment or Fixed-term for 12 months covering parental leave
- $110,098 - $138,028 + KiwiSaver and Wellness benefit.
- Located in Wellington. MBIE supports a wide range of flexible working arrangements. Talk to us about what might work for both you and us.

**Tenei turanga - About the Role**:
The Senior Technical Advisor is a senior regulatory role, supporting MBIE's regulation of the petroleum and minerals sectors under the Crown Minerals Act 1991 and related legislation.

The Senior Technical Advisor supports the Manager Regulatory Operations in delivering a diverse range of services to the wider Petroleum Minerals team including analytical and written work to drive robust statutory decisions; process improvement; servicing the Minister and other information requests; risk, assurance and governance; contract management; and compliance and reporting.

The Senior Technical Advisor also leads MBIE's integration with other parts of government in relation to the petroleum and minerals sectors. These include WorkSafe, regional and district councils, the Department of Conservation, and the Environmental Protection Authority. Your role will be to ensure that MBIE joins up with other parts of government to ensure that the petroleum and minerals sectors are regulated efficiently and effectively.

**Nga pukenga me nga wheako e hiahiatia ana - **Skills and Experience Required**

You'll be recognised as a senior operator, with the ability to work well within MBIE, across central and local government, with industry participants and with Maori. You will have:

- Demonstrated experience and expertise in preparing written communications for a wide variety of audiences including Ministers and stakeholders.
- The ability to understand a complex new situations, identify risks, design solutions and delivery practical outcomes within required frames.
- The ability to plan and organise a wide range of tasks and projects
- Ideally, experience in local government or another regulator which you can bring to enhance MBIE's Crown Minerals Act regulation
- Ideally, technical expertise or experience in one or more of the following - planning/resource management, natural resource law, geology, environmental science, engineering
- An interest in the regulation of the full life-cycle of minerals and petroleum permits, and commitment to ensure that regulation of these sectors is effective, efficient and risk-based
- Proven ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, and with Maori

**Etahi korero mo 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
- Maia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Maori identity - Hikina Whakatutuki - which broadly means 'lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Maori 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, Maori, other Maori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Maori 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 Maori 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 mohio ana a Hikina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kotuinga I waenganui i a ngai Maori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a, kei te whai ia ki te whakau ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ma te whai kiko o nga kotuinga ahungaroa o ngai wi, o ngai Maori, me etahi atu ropu Maori ki te Karauna, katutuki tenei. He ahuatanga nui tenei e ahei ai nga mahi whanaketanga a-ohanga, a-papori hoki ki a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui. E whai tonu ana matou ki te kotui atu ki nga iwi mo te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i nga kaupapakua roa nei e tami ana i a ngai M



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