Principal Adviser People

**Role Type**: Permanent, full-time

**Location**: Wellington

**Salary Band**: $109,626 to $148,318 depending on skills and experience

The Ministry for Primary Industries are currently recruiting for a Principal Adviser to join our People & Capability directorate, which forms part of Corporate Services business unit based in Wellington.

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
As part of the People & Capability Leadership team, as Principal Adviser you will provide strategic advice and thought leadership to the Director People & Capability to support the delivery of work programmes.
You will work alongside the Director by maintaining oversight of agreed strategic projects and initiatives, assist the leadership team by providing input into strategic documents, and contribute to service design and improvement projects.

**The key accountabilities of this position include**:

- Leading and facilitating the development and delivery of business cases, strategies, plans, and annual review processes
- Maintaining oversight of all directorate reporting requirements; working with the Director and the Leadership team to ensure these are met, including leading the development of processes and systems to enable delivery
- Assisting the leadership team by providing input into analysis of directorate operations and the identification and management of risks and opportunities
- Contributing to the development of workshops, working groups, external meetings, and investigations related to directorate operations
- Contributing to budget planning and reporting, ensuring budget is managed appropriately and stays within resource and budget limits
- Contributing to the development and delivery of the MPI People Strategy and work programme

Mōu - About You
To be successful in this role, you will have experience and working knowledge of the New Zealand government business environment and MPI's strategic priorities.
Your experience will also include the development and implementation of organisational strategies and plans, within the public sector, across a range of work programmes.
Importantly, you will have substantial experience developing and maintaining effective working relationships, both internally and externally, along with strong communication, presentation, and project management skills. You will also have excellent judgement and analytical skills, the confidence to make decisions under pressure and within tight deadlines, and the ability to work within a varied and complex environment.

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
The Whakapakari Pūmanawa - People and Capability team is currently leading a significant change to our service delivery model to continue to improve our service offering to our Senior Leadership Team, Business Units, Managers and our People.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki - guardianship of our natural resources.
To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Additional MPI leave days
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

Applications close at 11.59pm on 16 April.

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