Senior Advisor

2 weeks ago

Auckland City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Join a supportive team focused on collaboration, development and celebrating your success.
- Make an impact by driving organisational performance with your passion for monitoring and reporting, and excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Permanent opportunity based in Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
We are seeking a Senior Advisor to join our dynamic Organisational Performance team at NZ Transport Agency - Waka Kotahi (NZTA). We're looking for someone with strong experience who can hit the ground running, bringing a solid understanding of statutory and government processes, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a passion for improving organisational performance.
In this role, you will be instrumental in developing and maintaining performance setting and monitoring tools, systems, and products that support our leadership and the wider organisation in delivering its strategy and core functions. You'll work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure NZTA meets its performance expectations, contributing to key accountability documents,monitoring and reporting products, and delivering meaningful insights on organisational performance.
Joining our collaborative, friendly, and supportive team, you'll thrive in an environment where we put people first. You'll have the chance to work with a people leader who values diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating opportunities for your growth and celebrating your successes.
Ko koe'tēnei | About you
**To be successful in this role, you will bring**:

- Previous experience in a planning and corporate reporting at an organisational or large group level.
- Understanding of and a genuine interest in public sector accountability and management practices, with the ability to implement new requirements.
- Previous experience developing tools and products to monitor and report performance.
- Natural curiosity, critical thinking skills and the ability to connect at all organisational levels and across different professional fields.
- A strong customer focus - and passion for working with others to solve complex problems in a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Highly effective written and oral presentation and communications skills.

You will demonstrate knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori and promote tikanga and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector.
Ko wai mātou | About us
Our Organisational Performance team leads the design and development of performance frameworks and systems to assess how NZTA is tracking against its strategic direction and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the activities NZTA is funded to invest in and deliver. Along with our other benefits we also have NZTA Life, Income Protection and Critical Illness Insurance scheme available for permanent employees.
View the Position Description.
To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
NZTA| Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

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