Senior Advisor, Iwi/māori Liaison

1 week ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Cyclone Recovery Unit
Fixed Term or Secondment to March 2025

Our Purpose - Ā Mātou Kaupapa
The Cyclone Recovery Unit (CRU) is hosted by the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (DPMC).
The approach to the ongoing recovery from the flooding, and Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle will focus on being locally led and centrally supported. The CRU has been established to support the Chief Executive to lead and coordinate the Government's recovery work programme, provide strategic policy and legal advice, support locally led engagement with communities, iwi, business, local government, regional groups and others, coordinate planning and reporting, provide advice on system risk and assurance, ensure alignment with wider policy decisions on long-term resilience, climate change and managed retreat, and provide the secretariat function for the Cyclone Recovery Taskforce.

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
The Senior Advisor, Iwi/Māori Liaison will support the regional engagement with iwi and Māori groups, and creating partnerships, pathways and relationships.
This role works in coordination with the Principal Advisor and Manager, Engagement, to effectively engage with business, local government, NGO's and iwi and Māori groups, and creating partnerships, pathways and relationships. The Senior Advisor, Iwi/Māori Liaison works collaboratively with the Senior Advisor(s), Regional Liaison.

Ko wai koe | About you
- Significant experience working with and engaging iwi and Māori community representatives at a range of levels.
- Senior level experience working at the political interface, with ministerial offices
- Senior experience delivering communications and engagement strategies.
- Experience within the public sector and sound knowledge of the machinery of government
- Demonstrated experience in advising and supporting people at all levels of an organisation
- Demonstrated experience engaging with iwi, Māori, Pacific, diverse ethnicity groups and disabled communities preferred.

To be successful in the role we are looking for hands-on, self starters, agile and responsive to changing conditions, collaborative in style and natural team players.
Ta matou e tuku | What we offer
Salary range for this position is $100,000 - $120,000 p/a including Kiwi Saver contributions.
The CRU is based in Wellington and the team will operate from offices centrally located.
All roles are flexible by default and a positive work life balance is encouraged
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