Manager, Policy

3 months ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Position Title**: Manager
**Team and Group**: Regulatory Reform, Sector Strategy
**Position Type**: Permanent, Full Time (38 hours per week)
**Location**: Wellington CBD office (Queens Wharf) / 2x flexible WFH days per week
**Salary**: Base salary from $169,590 (+ KiwiSaver)
- Supportive and friendly work environment
- Small agile and performance-focused government agency
- Wellington CBD based (Queens Wharf) | Modern Offices

About the Ministry of Transport
The Ministry of Transport is the system leader for transport in New Zealand. The Ministry is the government's principal adviser on transport policy, regulation and investment. We play a crucial role in ensuring the transport system is working to improve prosperity for New Zealanders.
The Ministry is a small, agile, and friendly organisation which maintains a culture that is collaborative, bold, and invested.
About the opportunity
Working with other Managers and our Senior Leadership Team you will lead your small team to:

- Reform a range of transport rules and legislation, in order to modernise the way our transport system operates and allow it to operate more efficiently
- Improve the quality of advice through coaching and mentoring of staff
- Engage across agencies, with stakeholders, and with the Minister to build support for changes, ensure they can be implemented and achieve the Government's objectives.
- Support the Ministry's wider regulatory quality standards, through leadership of the RIA process internally.

Based on the work or support that may be required, this position is Wellington based only.
What you'll bring
**You will need the following**:

- Exemplary stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills - internally and externally (cross government, ministers and their offices, parliament)
- Extensive experience in providing complex policy advice to Ministers
- Proven ability to lead large projects and programmes with a focus on high standards and delivery
- Previous experience in building and leading a high performing team
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant field is essential (eg Economics, Public Policy, Law)

Salary range
The base salary for this position is from $169,590 with a mid-point of $187,900 per annum (+ KiwiSaver). The salary offered will reflect skills and experience.
What we offer
- Supportive, flexible work environment and individual development plans
- Laptop, mobile and work from home IT equipment
- Modern offices located right on the wharf with collaborative working spaces, showers, storage for bicycles/scooters and personal lockers
- A range of employee led networks

How to apply
Applications close midnight, Tuesday 27 August 2024.
Please note, we are not engaging with recruitment agencies to fill this vacancy and unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

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