Kaitohutohu Matua

Kaitohutohu Matua - Whakawhitinga | Principal Advisor - Communication 
Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
- Bring your creativity, passion, innovation, and ideas
- Work in our brand new 6-star green building, or work flexibly 
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa

Mōu | For you
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage people to be their authentic selves.

**Starting salary**: $114,614 - $153,654 negotiable + superannuation 
- Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure), see careers site for other benefits and networks. 

Te tūnga | The role
As Principal Advisor - Communications you will be part of a customer-centric team providing strategic and operational communications and engagement advice across the organisation. The team delivers general communications and engagement services through a portfolio-based approach with each group, providing dedicated advisory support.
This reports to the Director Marketing, Communications and Engagement and is the go-to expert providing support and advice to the Chief Executive and Government Statistician and senior leaders of Stats NZ.
This is a busy role for seasoned communications professional who is comfortable leading high-profile pieces of work as well as influencing and challenging senior leaders. You will take a proactive and innovative approach to the role and will be a key part on the team's leadership group.
You will drive a collaborative environment while mentoring and providing guidance to other members of the team.
Nōu te rourou | What you bring
We encourage and consider transferable skills and experience gained from outside of work e.g., cultural, community work, sports, volunteering, or a comparable role in a different sector or industry. We want to hear about any of the following in your cover letter and CV any information relating to:

- About your knowledge and experience, or willingness to learn about Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori.
- How you've demonstrated, encouraged, or supported diversity and inclusion in or outside of work.
- Examples of key relationships you've built and how and why relationships are important.
- Where you've demonstrated leadership, e.g., led by example, demonstrated problem solving, owned a project or piece of work, spoken up for yourself or others.
- Where you've shown curiosity and tried new things, taken on other perspectives, challenged the norm, learned, and applied or shared your learnings.
- Where you've demonstrated customer centricity, everyone is a customer mentality, collaborated with others and invited feedback, spent time with diverse people and communities to broaden your views.
- Your substantial experience delivering expert communications and engagement advice and support in the public sector.

Ko mātou | About Us
Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of around 1400 people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.