Senior Adviser

3 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Our team is looking for an experienced and inquisitive Senior Adviser with strong writing and communication skills.
This is a close-knit team reporting into the Engagement & Operations Manager, where you will be recognised for your input and advice, be called upon to mentor and develop team members, and have the opportunity to grow to achieve your fullest potential.
Based in either our Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) or Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) office, this is a 12-month fixed term position.

Mō te tūranga | About the role
This role is primarily to support the team with drafting Ministerial briefings, other policy documents and reports and creating material to engage with stakeholders including consumers, iwi, media, executive and ministerial level audiences.
The team you will join is responsible for supporting the Infrastructure Branch to deliver on its strategic priorities and overall work programme.
We're here for the long-term benefit of consumers and our rules and regulations perform important functions like limiting excessive profits and ensuring businesses have incentives to innovate and invest to deliver the services that their consumers demand.

He kōrero mōu | About you
A true team player, you'll be experienced working in a fast-paced environment and bring a proactive and solutions-focused approach. You'll be able to think, write and communicate clearly, offer sound critical thinking skills and be comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels. A key part of the role will be breaking down complex information into key messages and chapters of our documents to communicate our decisions externally with clarity and accuracy.

**You will also bring the following**:

- the ability to prioritise, focus on high value outputs and resolve challenging problems
- able to work independently or with others as required
- relationship management skills
- a delivery focus, able to drive work forward and deliver tangible outcome
- policy or regulatory experience
- the ability to understand accounting and economic principles and interpret

We know that a diverse team with a range of life and work experiences enables high performance and innovation. Your work experience might include technical accounting analysis, economics, law,policy analysis or similar.
Read more about the skills, experience and knowledge required for this position in the position description.

Te wāhi mahi | Working here
We're friendly and collaborative and enjoy contributing to our shared vision of making New Zealanders better off and are committed to our people's wellbeing. Our flexible working options are key to supporting that goal and our people have the technology they need to make it happen. Our environment is inclusive, and our people know they are free to be their authentic selves at work and structure the way they work to suit their lifestyle.
Click here to find out more about benefits and life here at Te Komihana Tauhokohoko | The Commerce Commission.

Ka pēhea te tono mai | How to apply

Our recruitment process is fair, inclusive and free from bias and we encourage our applicants to let us know if we can make it more user friendly for them. We are an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse perspectives and the contribution every one of our people makes to our culture. Put simply - you can be yourself here.



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