Senior Private Secretary

1 week ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Type**: Events Based **Hours**: Full time **Location**: Wellington **Business Group**: Ministerial Services **Branch**: Partnerships and Commissions - Work in the heart of the government - Leadership role | Based on site at Parliament | $109,697 - $156,214 **The opportunity**: Ministerial Services is seeking a Senior Private Secretary to join their team. In this high impact role, you will lead a tight knit, trusted, and high performing team who support their Minister. It is unique and rewarding work, in a high impact and genuinely fast-paced environment. This is an events-based position based on the present parliamentary term. The likely appointment range for this role is $109,697 - $156,214 per annum, with starting salaries reflecting whether the Minister is Inside or Outside cabinet, relevant skills and experience, as well as internal parity. **What skills or experience would I need to be successful?** - Experience in staff management and leadership of high performing teams - Experience in fostering a culture based on mutual respect, collaboration and teamwork, and be able to maintain high levels of employee engagement through effective communications, coaching and development of individual team members. - Knowledge of the machinery of Government - Experience developing best practice processes and procedures in order to support the preferred working style of the Minister. - Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to quickly build effective working relationships within the Minister's team, with your peers and with key internal and external stakeholders. - A well-developed risk radar - you will be accustomed to anticipating and mitigating risk, operating on a "no surprises" basis, keeping the Minister and wider team informed of issues that impact on the workings of government. - Proven success overseeing all activities associated with the effective and efficient management of a senior leaders diary and expenditure. **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. To review the full job description, please click here.

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