Senior Advisor

Engage closely with experts across the organisation, and who take pride in delivering ‘on-point' advice and ‘doing good' for Aotearoa
- Foster continuous improvement and growth across our Ministerial Services and organisational capability
- Poactively engages across the organisation and fosters continuous improvement and growth across our Ministerial Services and organisational capability.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
At Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand we have an opportunity for a Senior Advisor in the Ministerial Support and Official Correspondence (MSOC) team.

MSOC is the key interface between the Minister for Land Information and Toitū Te Whenua. MSOC is a de-centralised Ministerial Support team, meaning we respond to queries internally and externally to the organisation, allocating queries to the relevant area within the organisation for their action.
MSOC are a small tight knit team, supporting each other in achieving our objectives. We engage closely with experts across project teams and take pride in delivering ‘on-point' advice in rapidly evolving situations within Toitū Te Whenua and with others, especially our Ministers and their staff.
As a Senior Advisor in the MSOC team you will play a key role in providing high-quality support to Ministers and facilitating high-quality Official Correspondence. This will involve logging all ministerial service requests and ensuring the quality of responses is to a high standard. You will also assist LINZ staff to develop strong awareness and skill in ministerial services processes. You will also have an important role in leading and/or contributing to LINZ's response to major events in the Parliamentary reporting cycle, such as Annual Reviews and Estimates.
You will ensure that there are processes and systems in place across LINZ to ensure consistently high-quality outputs, while fostering continuous improvement and growth across our Ministerial services capability. You will also play an active role in mentoring other staff in Ministerial processes, both within the team and the wider LINZ organisation.
You will support business groups by providing guidance to ensure that Official Information Act (OIA) and Privacy Act responses are compliant with relevant requirements and obligations.
As a member of the MSOC team you will have a working understanding of government, Parliamentary processes and legislation to be able to effectively liaise with stakeholders to ensure Toitū Te Whenua are meeting our obligations.
The MSOC prepare regular weekly reports for Ministers on relevant Toitū Te Whenua activities, and communicate with Minister's offices and external stakeholders, so you will have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The Salary range for this role is $83,307 - 112,709

He pūkenga tou - Skills & Experience
- Can engage closely with experts across the organisation, and who take pride in delivering ‘on-point' advice and ‘doing good' for Aotearoa in rapidly evolving situations.
- Has excellent written and oral communication skills, with the confidence to mentor and provide guidance and support to individuals and/or groups of people.
- Is a proven self-starter, with the ability to juggle competing priorities and the drive to proactively initiate activities/projects in response to identified risks, issues or problems, and escalating as appropriate.
- Able to foster continuous improvement and growth across our Ministerial Services and organisational capability.
- Able to quickly establish excellent working relationships with a wide variety of people.
- Has an understanding of the machinery of government and government processes and a knowledge of Parliamentary processes.
- Has strong attention to detail, and pride in the quality of their work.

Ngā mea e tukuna ana e tātau - What we offer our employees
- Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai
- Eye & ear care reimbursements
- Annual Flu Vaccinations
- Reduced Health Insurance Premiums
- Diverse groups and networks
- A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave

As an organisation Toitū Te Whenua embraces diversity, encourages work life balance and we have a flexible approach to the way we work which means you will quickly feel connected and valued. Toitū Te Whenua is one of the most engaged organisations in the public sector and people always say what a great place Toitū Te Whenua is to work.

Te Tākinatanga - Our Story
At Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, our key role is to ensure New Zealanders have accurate information about where people and places are, that people have confidence in their property rights and that Crown property is well managed for future generations.
From the best way to develop farmland, build a new suburb, manage a high-country farm or navigate on land or at sea, our work and location information help people make better decisions and create economic, social, environmental