Kaitohutohu Matua Senior Advisor

Flexible on Location
- Supportive of Flexible Working

Mō tēnei tūrangi mahi | About this role
We are seeking an experienced sponsorship and brand and experience specialist to join our busy and dynamic team as a Senior Advisor.
You'll have an excellent track record in event management and sponsorship, including leading the development and implementation of strategy in these areas.You'll have experience developing and implementing brand guidelines to help improve and manage how an organisation is perceived in the public domain and by our many stakeholders. You'll dive straight into leading important projects that shine the light on the Ministry for the Environment's identity in public arena, which requires your ability to ensures the performance of the Ministry grows and is positioned well to support staff across the organisation to be advocates for the brand.
This role sits within the Brand & Experience Team and reports to the Manager - Brand and Experience. Each member of the team holds both unique and general brand and experience skills, we work collaboratively and creatively to be the go-to-team to advise the entire Ministry on the below areas:

- Strategic management of sponsorship opportunities
- Event planning and coordination
- Brand development and implementation
- Overview of design outputs for campaigns, events, and sponsorship
- Support with channels planning and implementation
- Publications management.
- Our Environment Aotearoa report has shown that our natural environment is under pressure, and overwhelmingly our research shows that New Zealanders want to make a difference. You'll be part of a team leading an integral and important piece of work to shape and reinforce our identity and build trust and credibility through branding implementation, events, and sponsorships. The role sits within the team, which is tasked with inspiring Kiwis to take action in their daily lives, to help influence the system to create change and encouraging businesses to act.

People want to know more about what they can do - and here at the Ministry, we have evidence, facts and information that can help shape the debate.

**If you are the following we want to hear from you**:

- a data-driven strategic thinker and doer with excellent project management skills,
- a self-starter with plenty of initiative and confidence in your advisory skills, and
- a team player who enjoys working with diverse internal and external stakeholders

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
- Tertiary level qualification in marketing and/or communications-related disciplines, with a sound relevant experience
- Experience in strategic sponsorship/partnerships and activations, agency experience would be an advantage
- Experience developing and maintaining a national brand and systems that support brand management
- Sound knowledge of marketing and brand planning and channel implementation
- Ability to analyse complex information from a variety of sources to identify risks and opportunities
- Experience leading projects with a demonstrated understanding of best practices to support internal and external activities and engagement
- Demonstrated experience working with different stakeholder groups and their needs, especially advising and influencing mid to senior level staff
- An understanding of TeAo Māori
- An excellent relationship manager - can build and maintain trusted relationships at all levels of an organisation and externally
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Understanding of Government processes and procedures would be an advantage.

Whānuitanga Utu ā-Tau | Salary Range
Salary range for this role is $101,802 to $124,424 pa. Appointment within this range will be based on skills and experience.
Mō mātou | About us
The Ministry's purpose - He taiao tōnui mō ngā reanga katoa - a flourishing environment for every generation.

**We offer**:

- a flexible by default approach to support your work-life balance
- agile working, allowing you variety and challenges across the organisation as we work as ‘One MfE'
- generous leave entitlements
- active employee networks including Māori, Asian, Neurodivergent, Women, Pasifika, Rainbow
- opportunities for development and education.

A key priority for the Ministry is Te Ao Māori. This means we work with our Treaty partner to advance Māori priorities for the environment and for environmental success. We will be confident and coordinated in our ongoing engagement with Māori and lead the natural resources system in engaging for success with tangata whenua. We will grow our capability and capacity to accurately reflect Māori views in our work. An organisational priority is that we accurately reflect Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Te Ao Māori into our everyday work, by living our Te Ao Hurihuri Strategy through capability and capacity building.
The location for this role is flexible which means you can work anywhere in New Zealand and there is an option to wor