Senior Business Performance Advisor

5 months ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Leads branch accountability processes and reporting for the Business and Consumer leadership team
- 6 month Secondment/fixed term opportunity supporting the Business and Consumer branch to implement and deliver on its branch priorities
- Enhance the overall capability of the Business Services team
- Salary $101,911-$121,196, based in Wellington Central Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:
The Business and Consumer branch work to create thriving businesses and confident consumers in Aotearoa by developing trusted relationships, pathways, guidance, products and services. The branch is located within the Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery group.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team as a Senior Business Advisor. We are looking for someone to bring their business understanding, risk management experience and perspective to work across Business & Consumer, leading branch accountability processes and reporting. This role reports to the Business Services Manager, Business and Consumer.

**In this role you will undertake**:

- Planning, performance and reporting, risk management, business continuity planning, continuous improvement and assurance processes
- Provide analytical support for the branch leadership team
- Deliver quality advice and support to teams within the branch to contribute to the continuous improvement of services, systems and processes
- Provide advice and support to ensure branch projects are managed in accordance with the project plan and to the agreed timeframes and budgets. Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required
- A strong understanding of the machinery of government processes that underpin the operations of the public sector environment, accountability, and the performance, reporting and financial management regime
- Excellent political awareness and sensitivity to anticipate areas of potential risk and inform decision-making
- Strong reporting and data visualisation skills (Excel is a must, Power BI an advantage), including in analysing and interpreting data to ensure performance narratives give a clear and true view of performance
- Ability to quickly assimilate new information or areas of work and come to an understanding of unfamiliar and complex issues
- Proven ability to think strategically, develop frameworks, manage organisation wide systems and processes and provide analytical support for the branch leadership team
- Demonstrated ability to identify ways of thinking about risks and issues and developing possible pathways forward
- Strong relationship management skills, with the ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. 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 Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki



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