Principal/senior Advisor

**_A unique opportunity to make a difference to living standards for M_**_ā_**_ori in a role at the heart of the government's thinking on economic strategy and policy._**

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He whai wāhitanga ahurei kia whaitake ki ngā paerewa noho mō te Māori i roto i tētahi tūranga i te iho o ngā whakaaroaro a te kāwanatanga mō te rautaki ōhanga me ngā kaupapahere._**

**Mō mātou | About Us**

Here at **Te Tai Ōhanga - The Treasury**, we are committed to _Tiakitanga_ (our role of stewardship) to make Aotearoa a better place for people today and in the future. We safeguard New Zealand's finances and are the Government's trusted economic advisor. Our vision is to lift living standards for all New Zealanders.
I konei i **Te Tai Ōhanga**, e pūmau ana mātau ki te _Kaitiakitanga_ kia pai ake ai a Aotearoa hei wāhi mō te iwi i tēnei rā, ā, me āpōpō. E tiaki ana mātau i ngā pūtea o Aotearoa, ā, ko mātau te kaitohutohu ōhanga piripono a te Kāwanatanga. Ko tā mātau matakitenga kia hikina ngā paerewa noho mō ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa.
**Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the Role**

We are looking for a high-calibre **Principal Advisor or experienced Senior Analyst** to lead the development of practical policy advice to support the Māori economy to thrive and improve social and economic outcomes for Māori, both in response to challenges from COVID-19 and the longer term.

Reporting to the manager of the Economic Performance Team, you will work across the Economic Strategy Directorate, Puna Aronui, (a network of analysts across the Treasury with capability in Te Ao Māori and Pacific perspectives), economic agencies and directly in te ao Māori.

In this role you will:

- Lead Te Tai Ōhanga's Māori economic development work programme, which includes deepening our analytical evidence base on the Maori economy and how to support it to thrive
- Embed the Māori economy into our advice about improving New Zealand's economic performance.
- Lead our engagement on key Māori economic development policy underway across the public sector
Support and influence economic and regulatory strategy projects so that they consider how to improve the performance of the Māori economy.
- Improve Treasury's capability to consider te ao Māori in our work, including through improving our external networks and assisting others to meaningfully engage with Māori using appropriate tikanga

This role does not have line management responsibility. However, you will be responsible for the delivery of your work programme and help support the work and development of other members of the team.

E rapu ana mātau i tētahi **Kaitohutohu Matua tino pūkenga, Kaitātari Matua matatau rānei** hei ārahi i te whanaketanga o ngā tohutohu kaupapahere tōtika hei tautoko i te ōhanga Māori kia momoho, kia pai ake ngā putanga pāpori me te ōhanga mō te Māori, e pā ana ki ngā uauatanga o te KOWHEORI-19 me te wā roa hoki.

Ka noho i raro i te kaiwhakahaere o te Rōpū Whakatutukitanga Ōhanga, ka mahi koe i roto i te Wāhanga Rautaki Ōhanga, Te Puna Aronui (he rōpū kaitātari puta noa i Te Tai Ōhanga e mātau ana ki ngā whakaaro o Te Ao Māori me Te Moananui-a-Kiwa), ngā tari ōhanga, ā, me te ao Māori tonu.

Ko tāu mahi i tēnei tūranga he:

- Ārahi i te kaupapa mahi whanaketanga ōhanga Māori a Te Tai Ōhanga, a, kei roto ko te whakawhānui i tā mātau whakaaturanga tātaritanga e pā ana ki te ōhanga, ā, me pēhea te tautoko kia momoho
- Whakaū i te ōhanga Māori ki roto i ā mātau whakamāherehere mō te whakapai ake i te whakatutukitanga ōhanga o Aotearoa.
- Ārahi i tā mātau kōrerorero tahi mō ngā kaupapahere whanaketanga ōhanga Māori kua tīmata puta noa i te rāngai tūmatanui
- Te whakatinana i He Ara Waiora: Te pou tarāwaho tikanga a Te Tai Ōhanga e āwhina ana i a mātau ki te whakatinana i tētahi aronga matawhānui, tuku iho ki te oranga.
- Te tautoko me te whakaawe i ngā kaupapa rautaki ōhanga me te waeture kia whakaaroarohia me pēhea te whakapai ake i te whakatutukitanga o te ōhanga Māori.
- Te whakapai ake i te kaha o Te Tai Ōhanga kia whai whakaaro ki te ao Māori i roto i ā mātau mahi, tae atu ki te whakapai ake i ō mātau hononga ā-waho me te āwhina i ētahi atu kia whaikiko te whakawhitiwhiti tahi me te Māori mā ngā tikanga tōtika

Kāore he kaimahi i raro i tēnei tūranga. Engari, kei runga i a koe anō te kawenga mō te whakatutuki i ō kaupapa mahi me te āwhina ki te tautoko i ngā mahi me te whanaketanga o ētahi atu mema o te rōpū.
**Ō pūmanawa | About You**
- Lived experience and understanding of Māori policy and engagement in Te Ao Māori - The Māori world view
- Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills
- Highly developed communication, influencing and relationship management skills
- Some ability to speak and understand te reo Māori, with a commitment to develop further
- An organised, proactive mind-set, where you take initiative an