Advisor - Governance, Commissioning and Ministerials

Looking to take your next career step?
Small supportive team environment
Deliver quality and timely ministerials and information requests across Te Poutāhū.
- Full time, permanent - Wellington based

Help shape the future of Education
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga
We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes
At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whānau.
We help shape the policies, settings and performance of the education system for early learning, schooling and tertiary. We do this by building relationships and understanding the needs of those who receive our services.
We are making significant changes to how we deliver our mahi by
- Taking practical action to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Giving priority to regional and local voice.
- Delivering greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support.
- Improving feedback loops and information flows.

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people across Aotearoa from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for every child, young person and adult student in our education system.
About our group and team
Te Poutāhū (Curriculum Centre)sets the system-level learning for every child and student. Working between policy and customer facing functions, there is a significant political, stakeholder and public interest in the high performance of this group and the education curriculum and teaching workforce outcomes we seek for New Zealand.
The Office of the Deputy Secretary supports Senior Management; facilitating effective communication processes with Ministry Senior Leadership and Ministers' Offices, and leading planning and reporting processes.
This Advisor role sits within the Governance, Commissioning and Ministerials team within the Office of the Deputy Secretary. This team is responsible for the efficient commissioning and co-ordination of quality and timely Ministerials, Te Poutāhū advice to support cross Ministry requests and wider information of Te Poutāhū governance requests as they arise.
Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role
This is an ideal role for a confident and capable Coordinator/Administrator looking to take their next step. You will work as part of a small, agile and responsive team that are responsible for the efficient commissioning and co-ordination of quality and timely ministerials and information requests across Te Poutāhū.
In any given day the team processes correspondence, Official Information Act requests, information requests from Ministers, written and oral parliamentary questions, media queries, select committee questions and Estimates and Annual Review material.
In addition to this BAU work, the team is also responsible for delivering high quality and timely advice to the Deputy Secretary and the teams within the Business Group, to achieve strategic and operational objectives.
Mōhou ake | About you
Our successful applicant will have a strong coordination/administration background and will be comfortable working in a challenging and fast-paced environment. With a desire to take on a new challenge, you'll be able to manage multiple priorities at once and will be eager to learn new skills and undertake new areas of work.
The following skills and experience would also be advantageous:

- Strong written communication skills
- Public sector experience
- Expertise in parliamentary processes, the Machinery of Government and the Official Information Act.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi? | Are you ready to make a difference?
We provide flexible working environments where everyone feels relevant, valued and supported. So, if working from home and/or having a flexible start and finish to the day will help with this, we can usually make it happen. We'd love to hear what this might look like for you, so feel free to outline this in your Cover Letter.
For more information on the role, please take a look at the job description. For additional information on the changes Te Tāhuhu are embarking on, please visit our careers centre. If this opportunity interests you, please submit your cover letter and resume by using the ‘apply' button.