Principal Ministerial Services Advisor

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Work as part of a tight-knit team across the BRM Group allowing you to interact with the Ministers’ offices.
- We are a supportive and social team of six senior and ministerial advisors based in the Wellington and Christchurch offices.
- We encourage development opportunities in Māori capability and cultural intelligence, secondments in the Ministers’ offices, etc.
- Salary Range $112,853.00 - $138,028.00

**Tēnei tūranga - About the role**:
We are seeking a confident and capable Principal Ministerial Services Advisor to join the Ministerial Services team within the Building Resources and Markets (BRM) Group at the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE). This is a newly established position within the team, with the purpose of representing BRM Ministerial Services as trusted advisors and experts in Ministerial advisory by developing effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and by demonstrating and sharing best practice across MBIE.

The BRM Ministerial Services team is responsible for the delivery of high quality and timely responses to Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) requests and official correspondence on behalf of MBIE and its Ministers.

The BRM Group is responsible for many of the regulatory systems that govern New Zealand’s markets. This includes building, communications, competition, small business, consumer and commercial, energy markets, financial markets intellectual property and petroleum and minerals. We are also responsible for the external facing New Zealand Government Procurement and Government Property Group.

In this role you will work as part of a tight-knit team across the BRM Group and regularly interact with our MBIE business partners, Ministers’ offices, and wider stakeholders.

MBIE is a flexible-by-default agency.
Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required:
**If you have**:

- An in-depth knowledge and experience in Ministerial Servicing, including a deep knowledge of the Official Information Act and Ombudsman guidelines;
- A strong understanding of the processes that underpin the operations of the public sector environment;
- The ability to think strategically and analytically and can make connections between various aspects of the organisation to prepare a cohesive approach;
- The ability to develop policies, frameworks procedures and practice guides;
- Experience in coaching and training practitioners in Ministerial Servicing best practice;
- Demonstrated experience in leading continuous improvement to enhance performance;
- The ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships and develop trust, credibility, buy-in and collaboration with leaders, staff, and other stakeholders;
- The ability to influence and lead work through others to get the best outcomes where direct reporting relationships do not exist; and
- Knowledge and understanding of the Treaty, Te Tiriti and the Treaty Principles, and a strong interest in developing knowledge of tikanga/kawa and Te Reo

then we would love to hear from you

**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 ngā