Principal Policy Advisor

4 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
- Join a high performing team in an exciting and topical policy area
- Help solve policy challenges that have a real impact on New Zealanders
- Permanent, full time, Wellington Central
- Salary range $132,417 - $160,472 + kiwisaver

**Tēnei tūranga - About the Role**:
We are seeking a Principal Policy Advisor to join the Skills and Employment Policy team.

You will play a leading role advising how the labour market can support New Zealand’s economic, labour market and societal goals.

This role will involve leading advice, shaping the work programme, developing team members, and working constructively with government partners, unions and business. Value is placed on an enabling and collaborative team culture and teaching policy craft.

About the team

The functioning of the labour market plays a key role in improving employment, social, and economic outcomes in New Zealand.

The Skills and Employment Policy team provides strategic advice on the labour market to the Minister for Social Development and Employment. Our work supports New Zealanders to develop skills to engage in meaningful employment and employers to access the skills they need to grow. We work across MBIE and with other agencies and external stakeholders including unions and business.

The Skills and Employment Policy Team provides analysis and advice on cross-system labour market issues, including:

- the overall effectiveness of the labour market
- the Government’s Employment Strategy, which provides strategic direction for the Government’s approach to the labour market and objectives to improve employment outcomes for all New Zealanders
- the population focussed Employment Action Plans to support the most disadvantaged groups and make our labour market more inclusive
- ways to support better labour market matching and skills supply in occupations, sectors and regions.

**You will have the opportunity to**:

- Develop, set and influence the labour market and skills policy agenda, to build stronger connections with the government’s economic growth objectives
- Influence and lead others

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required:
The Principal Policy Advisor is a leadership position in MBIE. We are looking for motivated people with experience leading high-profile policy projects and a track record of problem solving and providing quality advice in complex situations.

You will be working in partnership with the Policy Manager and other Principal Policy Advisors to lead and develop the team. In this context. importance is placed on supporting team members to lead advice themselves while refining their policy skills and judgement.

Experience in labour market and economic policy would be valuable, but most important is the ability to think analytically and strategically through issues and balance principled and pragmatic considerations.

**We are keen to hear from you if you have**:

- Experience leading complex policy projects within central government
- Wide ranging knowledge of policy development disciplines and processes
- Strong stakeholder relationship building, influencing and engagement skills to gain the cooperation and commitment of others
- Demonstrated capability in working with Ministers, senior public service officials, internal and external stakeholders
- Passion for leading and coaching others to develop their policy craft and take their careers to the next level
- The ability to work through ambiguity and deliver results
- The legal right to live and work in New Zealand

**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



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