Kaitātari Matua Senior Analyst, Policy

**Kaitātari Matua |**Senior Analyst, Policy (Māori Sector Partnerships) - Fixed Term up to 12 months **Te Puni Kaupapa |**Policy **Te Puni Kōkiri |**Ministry of Māori Development **Location: Te Tari Matua, Pōneke** | National Office, Wellington - Could 2025 be the year your mahi aligns with a greater purpose? - Can you build relationships quickly, and are you motivated by the values of Manaakitanga and Te Wero? - Are you an Analyst with experience mentoring junior kaimahi and building their knowledge base? If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then we want to hear from you Te Puni Kōkiri is the government's principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development. We achieve strategic influence with a focus on providing high quality policy advice and holding other agencies to account for delivering public services to, for, and with Māori. This includes our mandate to promote Māori achievement in education, training, health and economic resource development along with performing our monitoring and mentoring roles. Based in Pōneke, Wellington, our Policy Puni leads across the public sector to understand and prioritise issues, needs and opportunities impacting on Māori development and wellbeing. The Puni consists of 8 teams focusing on specific Policy areas. **Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The opportunity** Māori Sector Partnerships focuses on strengthening the Māori Sector by ensuring mechanisms and arrangements for Māori entities, organisations and institutions are fit for purpose. This includes legislative reform relating to Māori Development. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Analyst, Policy to join this small, dynamic, professional team on a fixed term for up to 12 months. Providing a high standard of advice to the Policy Manager, Māori Sector Partnerships, other key stakeholders within Te Puni Kōkiri and across the wider public sector. You will help to shape and influence policy and will: - Uplift capability within the team through coaching and mentoring kaimahi, and promoting a culture of continuous feedback - Provide credible, evidence-based advice anchored in the context of iwi, hapu, whānau and Māori as it applies to Māori Sector Partnerships - Conduct thorough and detailed analysis of complex policy issues to understand their implications and identify potential solutions - Work collaboratively with peers at Te Puni Kōkiri and with other key stakeholders across government. Build and maintain strong relationships with Māori entities and organisations. - Provide advice and support to Senior and Executive Leadership teams, Ministers and key stakeholders **Mōu | About you** An experienced policy professional, you will have previous experience in a government policy shop where te ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi frameworks underpin your mahi. You may be familiar with legislation and have lead and have collated response from Māori organisations to legislation and policy development in the past. You will have: - The mix of knowledge, skills, practices, and behavioursrequired by a modern policy practitioner to be able to deliver quality policy advice - Experience mentoring kaimahi, and building their knowledge base and skills, preferably within a Policy tīma - An understanding of, and ability to prioritise the flow of information and manage complex policy issues - Some knowledge of the legal frameworks in Aotearoa - Proven ability to lead and manage cross-government policy development. Prior experience in a government policy setting - Have highly developed communication skills, including written. Experienced in building key stakeholder relationships. Skilled at explaining complex issues clearly to diverse audiences, including non-technical experts - Are comfortable in a te ao Māori environment and are comfortable in situations where tikanga is observed. A level of competency in te reo Māori is ideal or having the willingness to learn. **Tāu e whai ai | What you will get in return** Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focussed on discovering solutions that will assist in serving our communities. We are guided by our values of excellence, valuing people and relationships, working collectively and being creative and innovative. We invest in our people, and you will be encouraged to develop and contribute to your fullest potential. We believe strongly in work/life balance and understand that your whānau is just as important as you. We are committed to your wellbeing and learning and development. **Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development** Te Puni Kōkiri is committed to our vision of 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau'. We consider that when whānau are thriving, so do their communities, hapū, iwi and all of Aotearoa. This underpins everything we do. Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting Māori collective success by creating and maintaining rel