Senior Advisor, Strategy and Planning

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
- Identify, scope and design meaningful insights into programme delivery
- Lead, develop and implement reporting on the Hakili Matagi programme
- Permanant full time, Wellington based
- Salary range $85,537 - $101,911 Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:
The Senior Advisor is a key position within the Pacific Unit which sits within the Refugee Migrant Services Branch in Immigration New Zealand (INZ). The unit consists of teams responsible for delivering INZ’s Pacific migration programmes and must work cohesively across INZ and within the wider immigration system. This requires close collaboration with other INZ branches with Pacific related responsibilities.
The Senior Advisor - Strategy and Planning role includes the following:

- Leading the development and implementation of reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the Hakili Matagi programme.
- Working collaboratively on data and collection analysis with internal and external stakeholders both within New Zealand and the Pacific.
- Identifying, scope, design, and analyse the results of the Programme activities.
- Using both qualitative and quantitative research and analysis to produce written reports which provide meaningful insights to inform programme delivery.

Hakili Matagi is a Tokelauan phrase which means “the origin of the wind”. ‘Which way the wind blows’ alludes to stronger partnerships, understanding needs, and exploration (migration). Matagi means wind in many Pacific languages.
Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required
To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to demonstrate that you have experience in the following:

- Cultural capability: Knowledge and understanding of Pacific people, cultures and values.
- A minimum of four years’ experience working with senior officials or managers in an advisor capacity, ideally in a related field e.g. international relations, policy or programme management.
- Demonstrated achievement in developing, monitoring and evaluation and performance frameworks.
- Proven experience in producing high quality qualitative and quantitative research and analysis
- High level of experience in writing reports, identifying patterns and trends and integrating information from multiple sources into coherent documents.
- Understanding of immigration’s role in preventing risk and transnational crime.
- Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience working in international relationships.
- Proven ability to build and maintain highly effective and trusted relationships with key stakeholders including senior officials or managers in an advisor capacity, ideally in a related field such as international relations
- Excellent political awareness and sensitivity to anticipate areas of potential risk and inform decision-making.
- Must hold a full, current New Zealand driver’s licence.
- Credit check required.
- Police vetting required.

**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 Māo



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