Business Manager

Join our diverse and talented people and work at the heart of national security, providing essential intelligence to the NZ government to protect New Zealand and its people._

At the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) | Te Tira Tiaki, our mission is to protect and enhance Aotearoa New Zealand's security and wellbeing. We provide Signals Intelligence and Cyber Security and resilience to organisations of national significance to successfully navigate in an unpredictable world.

**The role**:
Our Technology & Data directorate is seeking a confident business planner and coordinator to play a central role in providing day to day management and support of business activities and operational requirements of the directorate.

As the Business Manager you will work closely with the senior leadership team, and other key leaders, and assist in the effective management of their units by guiding the coordination of business and financial planning. In turn, your role will support the development, refinement and execution of the directorate's strategic plan; enabling effective decision making across the directorate.

Other key responsibilities of the role:

- Leading business improvement efforts
- Managing accurate workforce and business data for the directorate
- Supporting portfolio management
- Risk management
- Business and budget reporting

There will be variety in this role which will give you the opportunity to work alongside other business managers across the NZIC as well as other agencies. You will also lead and develop a business coordinator to ensure seamless administration and operational support across the directorate.

**Who we are looking for**:
This role will suit someone who is confident in their ability to coordinate and manage stakeholder relationships, whilst being able to anticipate needs and manage competing priorities. Strong communication skills will be crucial in this role, and you will be driven to provide trusted support in a fast-paced environment.

We are also looking for someone who has the following skills and attributes:

- Strong analytical and organisational skills
- High level of initiative with the ability to think creatively to solve problems
- Confident working with senior leaders
- Adaptable in a changing environment
- The ability to think creatively to solve problems
- Strong administrative skills and an eye for detail

As this role is all about coordinating, planning and relationship building/management it would be beneficial if you have experience in financial and workforce management, operations coordination or change management.

**Why work for us**

As well as getting to work alongside our talented people, we also offer a range of comprehensive benefits which include:

- Medical Insurance and Vision Care packages
- Enhanced employer contributions to your Kiwisaver
- Generous Leave benefits, including additional paid days off and enhanced sick and parental leave
- Childcare allowance for your pre-schoolers
- Onsite free gym (Wellington only)
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth and career pathways across the intelligence community
- Great work-life balance

**Before you apply**

Working within our unique environment means we have to ensure you're eligible for employment.

You must:

- Have been a New Zealand Citizen for at least 10 years

OR

Hold a current NZ Residency Class Visa and ideally have been a citizen of the UK, USA, Canada or Australia for at least 10 years
- Be eligible to obtain a Top Secret Special (TSS) security clearance
- Ordinarily, this means you'll have a 15 year checkable background in countries NZSIS Vetting can make meaningful and reliable checks.