Mediator Employment Manukau or Auckland

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

**Discover a career with purpose at MBIE**

**Salary Range $96,000 - $121,000**
**Fixed Term or Secondment until December 2026**
**Manukau or Auckland**
- Are you an experienced Mediator?
- Do you enjoy making a difference for people who need help resolving an employment dispute?
- A vibrant work culture that values diversity and inclusion
- This is an opportunity to add specific mediation experience and work in one of the most dynamic areas in dispute resolution.

**Tenei turanga - About the Role**:
Mediators play a critical role under the provisions of the Employment Relations Act, and they're involved in a wide range of employment relations activities - from helping people to resolve employment relationship problems and disputes to working with employers and employees to help them maintain constructive relationships.

We're looking for a person who enjoys working with people in high conflict to help them work through a process in a way that is culturally appropriate and meets diverse needs.

**Nga pukenga me nga wheako e hiahiatia ana -**

**Skills and Experience Required**
- You must be comfortable working on a wide range of employment situations
- Experience working with relevant employment legislation and understanding of dispute resolution processes
- Mediation accreditation or equivalent experience
- Experience working with culturally diverse parties in professional and emotionally sensitive environments
- Any volunteer work or qualification that is relevant to the skills and experience for the role.
- Good written and oral communications with people of various levels and backgrounds
- Flexible, agile and resilient for a fast-paced environment
- Must have legal right to live and work in NZ
- You must have the ability to travel

**Etahi korero mo 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
- Maia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Maori identity - Hikina Whakatutuki - which broadly means 'lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Maori 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, Maori, other Maori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Maori 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 Maori 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 mohio ana a Hikina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kotuinga I waenganui i a ngai Maori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a, kei te whai ia ki te whakau ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ma te whai kiko o nga kotuinga ahungaroa o ngai wi, o ngai Maori, me etahi atu ropu Maori ki te Karauna, katutuki tenei. He ahuatanga nui tenei e ahei ai nga mahi whanaketanga a-ohanga, a-papori hoki ki a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui. E whai tonu ana matou ki te kotui atu ki nga iwi mo te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i nga kaupapakua roa nei e tami ana i a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui, a, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i nga aheinga kokiritanga ma nga iwi, me te tautoko i nga iwi kia whai mana ake ai enei aheinga.

**Me pehea te tono - How to Apply**:
**Applications close on 27 January 2025