Senior Adviser

3 months ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Job Title**: Senior Adviser x2
**Role type**: Full time permanent
**Location**: Wellington
**Salary band D**: $98,955 to $115,691 depending on skills and experience
Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
Are you ready to step into one of two newly created positions to help prepare New Zealand respond against high priority biosecurity incursions? The role will require you to work with, lead, enable and guide a wide range of stakeholders, both within MPI and externally, to take a systemic and connected approach to preparing for, and tackling biosecurity threats.
This will be perfect for you if you love variety, a fast-paced and dynamic working environment and you take satisfaction from working on complex topics that people care about and are important to protecting the prosperity of New Zealand.
You will use your great time management skills and your knowledge of the machinery of government to provide regular updates to senior leadership teams, ministers, and report to governance groups and various sub committees.
Mōu - About You
You are savvy, can navigate through complex systems, have policy experience, or equivalent thereof, knowledge around the machinery of government, and/or experience leading pieces of work that are involve multiple stakeholders and are complex.
**You ideally will have**:

- Working knowledge of the different components of the machinery of government
- Strong problem-solving and time management skills
- Analytical skills to absorb, interpret and utilise information
- Policy experience and be comfortable bridging the gap between high level strategic thinking and operational planning
- The ability to engage with people to work out a way forward, identify priority issues, flag risks, and work independently
- Comfort in ambiguity, changing dynamics and fast-changing expectations

You don't need a technical background in biosecurity or science, but some working knowledge of the biosecurity system would be an advantage.
Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
You will join a small but high-profile team within Biosecurity New Zealand, consisting of two Principal Advisers, your manager, Manager System Readiness as well as one of these two roles. The entire team is Wellington based. You will be given visibility, raising your profile with Senior Leadership, and the ability to try new things alongside a supportive manager who emphasises work life balance.
Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.
Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Additional MPI leave days
- Annual Wellness payment
- Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.
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, whānau and hāpori.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; 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 midnight 1st October 2024
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