Principal Policy Advisor

2 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand OCG Full time

Access to professional development and training courses
- Proactive policy with strong mandate
- Great team with support at its core

**Fixed-term (12months +) Principal Policy Advisor role has opened within a ground-breaking energy reform team focus on the goal of zero emissions in line with 2050.**

**About the organisation**:
**About the role**:

- Develop and review strategic transformational policies
- Analysing and evaluating policy proposals, regulatory frameworks, and legislation to identify impacts
- Oversee and maintain project deliverables across multiple stakeholders
- Stakeholder management - work with several teams and ministers to develop working policies
- Leverage your knowledge of energy and wholesale markets
- Fast paced with constant variety
- Mentor and share learnings with your team to build up capability

**About you**:

- Experience as a Principal Policy Advisor
- Organisational skills - able to not only prioritise, but oversee and coordinate others to meet deadlines
- Clear and concise communication to support great stakeholder management
- Proactive, ability to jump in and uphold deliverables for projects with strong mandates
- Solid knowledge of public policy and machinery of government
- Comfortability to mentor staff and act as 2IC
- Commitment to and respect for the principles of Te Tiri o Waitangi Aotearoa

**To apply**:


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