Director Missions and Events

Auckland or Wellington based.
- Ka rere a kupu mihi ki te mata o te whenua e tau ai ki tēnā, ki tēnā huri noa - e mihi atu ana. I tēnei wa tonu nei e tonoa ana ō pūkenga nui, ō wheako me ō mōhiotanga kia whakaeke mai ki te waka whakatutuki kaupapa e mea nei ko Te Taurapa Tūhono. Kua takoto te mānuka, ā, tautoko mai, ārahi mai i ngā pakihi hohoko o Aotearoa kia whāia nei ngā pae tawhiti hōu, hihira anō hoki.- To those near and far, greetings to you all. We look forward to you bringing your valuable skills, experience and knowledge to join our team aboard the forever moving waka, Te Taurapa Tūhono | New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE). This is the call, to rise to the occasion, and help guide New Zealand export businesses to exciting new horizons._

**Who are we | Ko Te Taurapa Tūhono tēnei**

Te Taurapa Tūhono | New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is the government agency charged with helping New Zealand businesses to grow internationally. By supporting New Zealand businesses, we boost New Zealand's economy and reputation, and help to share what's special about New Zealand with the rest of the world.

**What you’ll be doing | Te whakamahere**

The Director Missions and Events leads and empowers a team to deliver world-class events and experiences, providing a centre of excellence across our global network, ensuring we embrace digital innovation and best practice for how we approach events internationally.

You will provide New Zealand based leadership for international trade missions to generate impactful outcomes for customers. You will also provide a lead role for NZTE working across NZ Inc to ensure cross-government initiatives and our major events strategy and sponsorships make a real and positive difference to New Zealand.

Click here for more information on - NZ Inc and NZTE.

For more information on the role - Position Description.

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**What you’ll need to be successful | Ō Pūkenga**

To be successful in this role you will have worked at a senior level within a commercial/business environment with proven experience developing and delivering on strategy and operational plans. You will be a seasoned people-leader who is skilled at enabling a team to deliver impactful outcomes for customers. A background in events is an essential requirement for this role along with an understanding of government processes and the subtle balances required in public/private partnerships.

**Why you’ll love working here | Nau mai ki Te Taurapa Tūhono**

NZTE is a truly global organisation, giving you a wonderful experience of working with different cultures with over a hundred countries as part of our everyday. We know that life is not all about work and flexible working at NZTE is standard practice. We will give you the right technology to allow you to work anywhere and balance your time. On top of this, we also offer 5 weeks annual leave so you can have that extra time in the year to enjoy what you love doing

Career development is another huge part of working at NZTE and we will help you with your aspirations and work with you to get you there - being a learning environment that encourages adventure and experimentation, what better place to grow your career For example the current incumbent is now moving into a Trade Commissioner role

At NZTE, we are one whānau (family) and we embrace two important Māori values, Manaakitanga and Kaitiakitanga, which are focused on promoting collective wellbeing, sustainable development and collaboration. This is evident throughout NZTE, and we are pleased to say that, based on our 2020 OurVoice Survey:

- **We have an employment engagement score of 82%**:

- **95% of NZTE employees feel supported to make flexible working arrangements**:

- **93% of NZTE employees believe our leaders care about their wellbeing**

**What's next | Te ara ki tua**

**midday Friday 14th October.**
- NZTE is committed to uplifting the mana of Māori as tāngata whenua and recognise Te Tiriti ō Waitangi/ the Treaty of Waitangi as New Zealand's founding document._