Senior Policy Advisor

2 days ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Influence the policy and regulatory settings that underpin trade and commerce in New Zealand
- Engage with a variety of stakeholders both nationally and internationally
- Make a difference to New Zealand’s economy and the wellbeing of New Zealanders
- Salary Range: $103,290 - $132,417, plus KiwiSaver and wellbeing benefits

**Tēnei tūranga - About the Role**:
The Small Business, Commerce and Consumer Policy branch is the Government’s lead advisor on the commercial environment in which all New Zealand businesses and consumers operate. We look after the laws and institutions that underpin how businesses and consumers interact with each other including: competition and influencing monopolies, fair trading and consumer guarantees, financial conduct, corporate governance and intellectual property.

We are seeking multiple Senior Policy Advisors to deliver on our large work programme and think about how we adapt our systems to improve fairness for consumers, respond to mega shifts like climate change, and help lift the contribution of small firms to the economy.

**We have opportunities across five teams**: Competition Policy; Consumer Policy; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance and Intellectual Property Policy; and Small Business Policy.

We are keen to hear from you if you are interested working in one or two of these areas in particular, or are interested to explore the opportunities available. Is intellectual property your thing, are you fascinated by financial markets or do you want to be part of promoting competition and making things better for business and consumers including small businesses? If so ,let us know
Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

We are looking for motivated people with experience in solving tricky policy problems and formulating high-quality policy and regulatory advice for a range of issues and projects.

**For the role of Senior Policy Advisor, ideally you will**:

- Have a good base of experience in public policy as a Policy Advisor/Senior Policy Advisor or transferrable skills from an advisory, regulatory, legal or similar role.
- Be a logical thinker, problem solver, and have a healthy level of curiosity.
- Bring knowledge of policy development disciplines and processes.
- Enjoy working on tricky problems, generating ideas and coming up with solutions.
- Have or want to improve your cultural capability and knowledge of te ao Māori, te reo Māori and how Te Tiriti o Waitangi informs our work.
- Have the ability to build relationships with others and work collaboratively.
- Have the ability to work through ambiguity and deliver results.
- Have been involved in leading complex projects.
- Enjoy and be passionate about leading and coaching others to develop their policy craft and take their careers to the next level.
- Display strong stakeholder relationship building, influencing and engagement skills to gain the cooperation and commitment of others.

**These new opportunities are in the following teams**:

- Small Business Policy
- Corporate Governance and Intellectual Property Policy
- Financial Markets Policy
- Competition Policy
- Consumer Policy

Why work for our Branch?
You will get to mix both strategic and regulatory thinking helping us to encourage businesses to compete, innovate, invest and trade, as well as increase business and consumer confidence in market. This will place you at the forefront of fresh thinking to ensure New Zealand has adequate commercial laws, policies and infrastructure for our businesses to flourish and deliver outcomes consumers demand. You will be doing this in a supportive environment within a branch that empowers its staff to make decisions, supports them to build and use their cultural capability, and takes the time to celebrate its successes and grow its people to the next stage of their careers.

**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 effecti

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