Principal Advisor Determinations

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**
- Permanent opportunity - can be based in either Wellington or Christchurch
- Join a high-performing branch, which values diversity of thought and is committed to growth and development
- Make a positive impact on how the building system operates in this exciting team
- Provide advice to others who care just as deeply about NZ's building industry
- Flexible working to support your work-life balance
- Salary range: $132,417-$160,472

**Tēnei tūranga - About the Role**:
The Principal Advisor, Determinations is a leadership position in the Determinations team. They consistently provide and deliver top-notch and timely thought leadership and decision making as well as strategic, tactical and specialist technical advice to the Manager and team.

The Principal Advisor Determinations is responsible for issuing decisions on determinations under delegated authority.

As a leader in the team, the main responsibility of this role is to ensure that the determinations function is operating with maximum efficiency and effectiveness. They maintain high standards of quality in decision making in determinations, and communicate any systemic issues found in determinations to key stakeholders in the building regulatory system.

Principal members of the team, contribute to best practice both from a technical and process perspective. An important part of the role will be the coaching, training and mentoring of advisors and senior advisors.
This is your opportunity to step up and utilise your extensive building and/or legislative knowledge to solve some complex issues and support compliance with building regulation. You'll be dealing with others who care just as deeply as you do about New Zealand's building industry to help them better understand the building code.

Play your part in shaping one of New Zealand's leading sectors that employs 250,000 workers and is set to contribute more than $41 billion to New Zealand's economy in 2023.

**Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -**

**Skills and Experience Required**
- Significant experience working with determinations under the Building Act 2004
- A proven ability to clearly explain a regulatory framework (or similar) to a non-technical audience both verbally and in written communications
- Experience working in a demanding and complex environment with statutory timeframes
- Experience managing stakeholder relationships including with customers and technical experts
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills and a passion for continued improvement
- A passion and experience with developing capability in team members
- Come work with smart and driven people that want to make a difference
- Must have 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 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 Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearo



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