Business Advisor

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Great opportunity to utilise your strong organisational, analytical, relationship and communication skills
- Development opportunity for those wanting to get more experience as a Business Advisor
- Salary range $75,114 - $88,266 - central Wellington CBD location

**Tēnei tūranga - About the Role**:
This is an exciting permanent opportunity for an experienced individual looking to join our Business Support Team, in the Customer branch. You will become a key part of a small and supportive team.

As a business advisor you will bring and further develop your business understanding and perspective to work across INZ and MBIE to ensure our branch’s strategic and operational projects are delivered to best practice.

The role will be varied and will be ideal for someone who is wishing to further develop themselves both professionally and personally - plenty of support will be provided to help you achieve this.
- Customer branch makes it easier for our customers to use the immigration system by educating and hearing our customers, and turning insights into change
- The team supports the branch leadership team and wider branch by providing high quality functional business support and advisory services for business planning, risk management, incident response, ministerial reporting, and statutory accountabilities.
- You would deliver and contribute to the day-to-day work of the branch including planning, performance and reporting, risk management, business continuity planning, continuous improvement and assurance processes.
- You will deliver and provide quality advice and support to teams within the branch to contribute to the continuous improvement of services, systems and processes.
- You will also maintain a well-developed awareness of branch issues, and provide, wherever appropriate, a branch perspective through support and advice, for inclusion into Immigration and MBIE projects, policies and procedures.
- MBIE supports a wide range of flexible working arrangements. Talk to us about what might work for both you and us.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

**We are keen to hear from you if you have**:

- Experience in a large and/or complex business organisation would be advantageous with knowledge and experience of the machinery of government
- Proven experience in delivering outstanding quality service to internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to quickly assimilate new information and understand unfamiliar issues
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to consistently meet deadlines
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, including an ability to quickly identify risks and issues and possible pathways forward
- Good communication skills, both written and oral
- Political awareness and sensitivity to anticipate areas of potential risk and inform decision-making
- Proven ability to develop trust and credibility with managers and staff
- High integrity and ability in handling sensitive and confidential information

**Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE**:
MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.
We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Māia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki - which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.
E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutu