Principal Advisor, Organisational Development

Come join our whānau of talented Org Development & Learning & Development professionals, set on a mission to advance our strategic and transformational priorities.
- Enterprise thinker? Have an ability to look across the organisation and consider information from outside your sphere?
- Methodical innovator? Willing to try new ways of doing things, but smart enough to take a planned approach?
- Passionate about people being at the heart of organisation performance?

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.
- Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure), see careers site for other benefits and networks
- State of the art, brand new 6-star green building in Wellington

Te tūnga | The role

This role is a permanent position in the Organisational Development and Capability team (ODPC). You'll work alongside individuals that specialise in leadership development, employee engagement, talent management, Diversity & Inclusion, Learning and Development and Māori Crown Relations Capability, all working together to ensure our talent can flourish.

Reporting to and supported by the Senior Manager ODPC, your main focus will be to devise and lead Organisational Development projects, tied closely to our leadership & culture transformational goals - having the best leadership team in public service and an org culture that enables our people to flourish. We've got the key programmes of work waiting for you, but we need your leadership, your technical knowledge and your ideas to embed key frameworks, concepts and ideas into a busy but open to change business.

You will have people management responsibility for two advisors and one Senior Advisor, all passionate, super engaged and an absolute pleasure to work with.

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:

- 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.
- Your natural leadership abilities and interest in developing others
- Relevant experience in similar role or on similar projects (in or outside paid work)
- Examples of key relationships you've built and why relationships are so important
- Organisation and project management skills
- Where you've shown curiosity and tried new things, taken on other perspectives, challenged the norm

Ko mātou | About Us

Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of around 1500 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.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.

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.