Principal Policy Analyst

4 months ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Role Type**: Permanent Full-Time

**Location**: Wellington

**Salary Band**: $113,626 - $152,318 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role
The diverse nature of MPI keeps the work varied and interesting. The Cost Recovery Directorate works across all MPI branches and legislation to ensure the cost recovery regulations remain accurate and fit for purpose. This includes ensuring cost recovery is enabled in new legislation, the business units understand our charging practices, and opportunities are identified to amend regulations to make them simpler for Ministers, MPI and fee payers.
As a Principal Analyst you will provide thought leadership to the team and support the manager with delivery of the work programme. You will lead key cost recovery policy work streams, including policy analysis to establish new charging arrangements, periodic fundamental reviews, and regular reviews to ensure charging regulations are kept up to date. At least some regulations are amended annually - you will use your experience to ensure this process runs smoothly.

**In this role, you would have the opportunity to**:

- Help the team drive the Cost Recovery directorate's work programme, contributing to its core policy work streams and annual review processes
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships across a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Build and deliver priority cost recovery workstreams for MPI
- Develop cost-effective policy options for Government action related to the primary sector
- Provide coaching, mentoring support, and advice to analysts

Mōu - About You

**We are seeking an applicant who**:

- A proven ability to use data and insights to identify trends, risks and opportunities, to influence and guide organisational and system-level decision making.
- Provides clear, concise, well-reasoned and practical advice
- Has a sound political awareness and knowledge of Government processes, with proven ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Has excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills and the desire to make a positive contribution to the team
- A track record of bringing people together and leading, coaching and mentoring others to achieve outcomes.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team
MPI provides services which are critical to protecting New Zealand's biodiversity and the success of the primary industries. Cost recovery policy is important for ensuring MPI has sufficient funding to effectively deliver these services, and ensuring the right people pay the right price for the right service.
We ensure that MPI's price and price setting mechanisms are accurate, fair, encourage good behaviours, and are well regarded by industry and across the public service.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
We're a large organisation with massive scope from the frontline to policy development and beyond.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Up to 3 additional MPI leave days
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

Applications close at 11:59pm on 23 July.

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