Press Secretary

1 month ago

Wellington City, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs NZ Full time

**Type**:Events Based
**Hours**:Full time
**Location**:Wellington
**Business Group**: Ministerial Services
**Branch**:Enterprise Partnerships
**Salary**:$84,484 - $113,465

**About us**

Ministerial Resourcing is the team within the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) responsible for ensuring Ministers’ offices are suitably resourced with a range of highly skilled staff, who, in turn, provide a high level of support to the Minister, and ensure the smooth day to day running of their office.

As a Ministerial office staff member, you will be employed by DIA, and supported by our dedicated team of Portfolio Managers. Our purpose is to serve and connect people, communities and Government to build a safe, prosperous and respected nation. In other words, it’s all about helping to make New Zealand better for New Zealanders.

**The Opportunity**:
Hon Chris Penk, Minister for Building and Construction, Minister for Land Information, Minister for Veterans, Associate Minister for Defence and Associate Minister for Immigration is seeking an intermediate level Press Secretary to join his team. This role supports the Minister and his office with the development and promotion of key strategies across his portfolios.

This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the heart of communicating the policies and initiatives of the government to the New Zealand public and is likely to involve a level of travel.

**What can I expect?**

As a Press Secretary in Hon Chris Penk’s office, you will join a highly capable and trusted team responsible for supporting the Minister across his portfolios. Utilizing your knowledge and experience around building and construction, land information, defence and veterans' affairs, and immigration you will be responsible for ensuring that all media communications from the Minister’s office are consistent with the agreed priorities and messages of the Government, providing a strategic outlook, and supporting the Minister with the development and promotion of key strategies. This is an intermediate level role, and you will be supported as you build your skills and experience.

This is an events-based position based on the parliamentary term. The salary band for this role is $84,484 - $113,465 per annum.

**What skills or experience would I need to be successful?**

You will need an understanding of the issues and initiatives of importance to the Minister and his portfolio areas, a great attitude, exceptional organisational skills, and a willingness and interest in building your knowledge and confidence in communicating on both climate change and revenue related matters.

The role of Press Secretary requires you to move seamlessly through a range of complex material, where an eye for detail and the ability to communicate complex ideas to a variety of audiences, through a variety of channels is critical to success. The nature of this position requires a person to both anticipate a story before it happens as well as to create the narrative.

With a highly attuned awareness of both the media and the political landscape, you will be social media savvy and confident in writing speeches and press releases. You will be comfortable and confident in building relationships with members of the Minister’s team, the press gallery, and a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.

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