Advisor, Capability Development

3 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Do you have expertise and experience in Capability or Learning and Development fields?
- Looking for an opportunity to work at the centre of the emergency management system?
- Want a great role in a team helping to strengthen New Zealand's arrangement to respond to its most significant emergencies?

Then this could be the role for you

Advisor, Capability Development, Wellington, Perm full time
Ko wai mātou | About us
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership to New Zealand's distributed emergency management system. NEMA's primary focus is on the performance and capability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all risks and the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery. We are going through an exciting phase of growth and there will be more opportunities with NEMA over the coming months.
NEMA values diversity and inclusion. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our communities. We value and respect the contributions of our people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives. We support flexible ways of working that bring out the best in you.
We are committed to doing our part to deliver on the Crown's commitments to Māori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We strive to actively build te Ao Māori perspectives and capability into our day-to-day work, values and practices.
As part of working within NEMA, there may be a requirement to respond to emergency activations in the event of a national emergency response. This may involve responding to events outside of normal working hours if an emergency response of national significance occurs.

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
In this role you will lead and develop readiness and response initiatives to build and maintain capability and capacity across the emergency management sector to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand is ready to respond to its most significant disasters. You'll do this by providing expertise in the Capability and Learning and Development fields across a diverse portfolio of work.
This position sits with the System Capability Unit which leads the identification, design and implementation of strategies that will build the capability and capacity of the emergency management system across New Zealand.

Ko wai koe | About you
- Flexibility of approach/thinking, able to adapt in constantly changing circumstances
- Comfortable facilitating a collaborative work environment, with a constant eye on completing the objective and goals of the business unit
- An ability to deliver high quality work output under pressure
- High level of judgement with the ability to make effective decisions in complex situations
- Able to manage without authority and ensure work gets completed effectively and on time
- Anticipates complex problems and watches for tell-tale indicators that warrant intervention
- Willingness to grow Māori capability and cultural confidence

Huanga Whaiaro | Key requirements
- An appropriate level of Adult Education and Training knowledge
- Support in delivering training sessions in a blended learning environment.
- Experience in acquiring, adapting, or developing new content and translating it to meet different audience needs.
- An understanding of basic facilitation, coaching and mentoring skills and a willingness to grow these skills.
- Able to travel domestically when required.

Ta matou e tuku | What we offer
We pride ourselves on the quality of our staff and understand the importance of fostering a working environment where excellence is recognised and where staff are encouraged to develop their own talents and potential. We welcome diversity, in all its forms and we believe it is a strength.
All NEMA roles are flexible by default and a positive work life balance is encouraged.

Whakaritenga Haumaru | Security Requirements
Due to the security requirements of this role, applicants must be a New Zealand Citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident.

Me pehea te tono | How to apply



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