Senior Ministerial Advisor

3 days ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Senior Ministerial Advisor**

Location: Wellington
Type: Permanent
Hours: 40

**Salary**: $114,039 - $141,915

**About this role**:
The Senior Ministerial Advisor is an established position within the Ministerial Services team. This is a critical conduit role between the Ministry and the Minister's Office.

The Ministerial Services team's workload is fast paced. It produces or co-ordinates officials' correspondences that spans Ministerial, Official Information Act requests, written and oral Parliamentary questions, and status reports; and responds to information requests from private secretaries.

The Senior Ministerial Advisor will:

- Assist in providing high quality responses to correspondence and questions including Ministerial correspondence and reports, the Chief Executive's correspondence, Official Information Act requests, Ombudsman requests, investigations and reports, Select Committee questions and Parliamentary questions.
- Lead and support the work of Ministerial Advisors within the team and work in collaboration with the Private Secretary.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships within the Ministry and relationships with Ministers' Offices, Executive Leaders, the Office of the Ombudsman and/or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and other stakeholders.
- Experience producing high quality written work in either a professional or academic context.
- A working knowledge of the Official Information Act 1982, and the Privacy Act 1993.
- Working knowledge of the political process, the role of public servants, and the machinery of government.
- Ability to identify and manage risks, and experience in the co-ordination and quality assurance of a wide range of information.
- Experience in the successful mentoring of staff is desirable.
- Ability to work under pressure, juggle multiple assignments, and deliver to deadlines.

**About us**

The Ministry for Ethnic Communities is the Government's chief advisor on ethnic communities, ethnic diversity, and the inclusion of ethnic communities in wider society. We have four key functions;
- We provide advice to the system;
- We develop the evidence base;
- We broker conflict and convene stakeholders to resolve issues; and
- We foster a sense of belonging.

If you're looking for a new challenge that encourages you to think innovatively to help make a difference to Aotearoa and its people, then the Ministry for Ethnic Communities could be the place for you.

Applications close on 3 January 2025.

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