Ministerial Adviser

**Job Title**:Ministerial Adviser

**Role type**: Permanent, full time

**Location**: Wellington City

**General Salary Range F,**$74,964 to $87,466 depending on skills and experience_ _

**Korero mo te Turanga - About the Role**

Due to an internal promotion, we are looking for a Ministerial Adviser to join our supportive, and collaborative team within MPI's Government Services directorate in the Public Affairs business unit.

This role is the heart of our Government Services directorate, providing high quality, impartial advice, and support across both MPI and our Ministers' offices. This team delivers ministerial correspondence and advice, ministerial responses, answers to written and oral parliamentary questions, event briefings for ministerial visits, and engagements with select committees, while upholding MPI's processes and procedures in accordance with DPMC guidelines.

Due to the reactive nature of this role, you will be required to assist and service our Ministers from our **Wellington office, five days per week.**

In this role, you will:

- Manage and foster essential relationships at all levels across the Ministry.
- Control competing priorities across many ministerial and stakeholder requests, while ensuring compliance with MPI's policies and standards.
- Facilitate and advise on correspondence to the Minister's office, staying accountable for deadlines and the quality of advice.
- Assess trends and issues and engage with others to seek solutions to continually improve the performance of the Ministry.

**Mou - About You**

We are looking for someone with an interest in the Primary Industries and the machinery of government, and value those with a commitment to develop, and have a passion to advance their career within Government.
- Understanding of the machinery of government and ministerial processes, with sound political nous and judgement;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an eye for accuracy, detail and quality;
- Ability to identify and effectively mitigate risks;
- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to work at all levels of an organisation and be comfortable in advising senior leadership; and an ability to self-manage your time and remain calm, flexible, and focused to deliver to tight timeframes as needed.
- Ability to react quickly and thrive in rapidly changing environments as the Ministerials team frequently manage sudden surges in volume, such as if a biosecurity incursion occurs.

**Desirable**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience

**Mo to matou Ropu - About the Team**

The Ministerials team is situated in our Public Affairs business unit within our Government Services directorate. We are a team of ten, comprising of Ministerial Advisers, Senior Advisers, and a Principal Adviser, all from a variety of work and national backgrounds.

The team is welcoming, supportive, and value each other's input. While you would be managing your own portfolio independently, the wider team is constantly collaborating and problem solving together.

**Mo te Manatu Ahu Matua - About MPI**

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most trusted provider of high-value food and primary products.
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**Nga hua o te mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI**
- Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames
- Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
- Mentoring and coaching programmes

**Kua rite koe mo tenei 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, hapu, whanau and hapori.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; 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 midnight on**Monday 10**th** February**

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