Senior Adviser

6 months ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Job Title**: Senior Adviser

**Role type**: Permenant

**Location**: Wellington

**Salary range**: $96,073 to $112,321 depending on skills and experience

Would you like to learn more about finance and budgeting within government?
You do not have to be in a role working with finance and budgets right now, that's ok As long as you are passionate about expanding your existing skillset in these areas.
If so we would love to empower you with the tools to be able to help you develop and this business unit expand?

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
The Food Regulation Performance team in New Zealand Food Safety is looking for an experienced multidisciplinary advisor who embraces big-picture thinking and is outcome focused.
This is a role will have opportunities to initiate and improve processes that would add value to both Food Regulation Directorate and across New Zealand Food Safety business unit.
This position requires someone with business planning background who will be able to scope, plan and collaborate with the team to design projects & work programs in an efficient way to deliver business needs. They will bring their budgeting and forecasting experience to help plan and prepare the directorate annual work programs and projects, by identifying ways to use resources in an effective way and to be able to articulate business needs for decision makers.
The Senior Adviser will also collaborate with collegues across NZFS such as our finance business partners and senior leadership teams closely to understand the needs and what forward planning will require and how to deliver this.

Ngā kawenga mahi - What will you be doing?
- Create, maintain and improving the services and systems that food businesses use to comply with the legislation in the New Zealand Food Safety System, and support the activities of the Food Regulation directorate that enable businesses to find their own ways to meet the regulatory and suitability outcomes;
- Writing business justifications for budget forecasting;
- Scope future projects and plan budgetary requirements;
- Collaborate with teams to come up with alternative and new improved ways of forward planning;
- Understanding of finance and budgeting within government;
- Reporting on performance measures within food regulation.

We are looking at increasing our capability within the team to understand more around budgeting, accounting, cost modelling and cost recovery so we can support our Food Regulation Directorate and get more from our team.

Mōu - About You
This opportunity may suit an existing Adviser, looking to deepen their domain knowledge or even someone in business planning with an interest and experience with numbers but looking to take the next step in their career.
This is an unique opportunity to make a role your own and have the tools and support you need to advance you career, develop and learn more about the financial cogs that turn in government.
If you have experience with the below and would like to develop your skillset, please get in touch today.
- Understanding organisational priorities, and work with leaders and managers to prioritise possible solutions
- Ability to persuade leaders and managers that problems require action
- Experience in formulating advice on change initiatives, including assessments of benefits and cost of potential options.
- Proven track record in summarising and presenting complex information in a way that it can be easily understood by various internal and external audiences.
- Success in collaborating with others to achieve mutual outcomes.

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
Food Regulation Performance team is made up of mixed talents - Advisers, Business Analysts, Data Analysts, and Specialists. Our people are from various ethnic background, culture and walks of life who appreciates and shares passion towards food - both eating and making it safe for others.
We are dedicated to protecting consumers from the risks associated with all types of food in New Zealand, and our standards form the basis for New Zealand's food export system.
The primary functions of New Zealand Food Safety's (NZFS) Food Regulation directorate are setting the bar, helping people meet the bar and enhancing the food safety system.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most sustainable provider of high-value food and primary products.

Ngā hua o te mahi te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
- Annual Wellness payment
- Mentoring and coaching programmes

See the benefits of working at MPI

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Wai

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