Head of Leadership, Talent and Growth

**Location**:
Wellington

Type:
Permanent / Full Time

Reference:
785381
- Bring your ideas to deliver innovative talent and growth initiatives and solutions for MBIE
- Flexible working options that benefit you, your family and our organisation
- Permanent position based in Wellington
- Salary - $ 171,646 min with mid-point - $214,557 (inclusive of 3% super)

In order for MBIE to deliver our Strategy - Te Ara Amiorangi - and achieve our purpose to _Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All _we need to be ‘fit for purpose’ across everything we do. With people at the heart of our function, MBIE’s People & Culture branch helps create a workplace culture and environment that is engaging and inclusive with “fit for purpose” tools and processes that enable our people to deliver their best work.

The Head of Leadership, Talent and Growth is a newly established position responsible for developing and leading the Leadership Talent and Growth Strategy and supporting frameworks and approaches that enables MBIE to deliver on its people strategy.

**Tēnei tūranga - About the role**:
As our Head of Leadership, Talent and Growth you will reimagine the way we develop organisational talent and leadership capability and embed a new leader-led approach to culture, engagement and performance that is people-centred and future-focussed.

You will build your newly formed team as a centre of expertise, providing expert advice, along with coaching and learning on-the-job support that uplifts capability of our people leaders and enables enterprise-wide consistency.
You will be a collaborative and influential leader with ability to engage and partner with the different business groups across MBIE to deliver innovative learning and workforce initiatives and solutions with an emphasis on growing MBIE’s own talent.

This is a great role to bring your ideas and set the direction for learning and growth opportunities for our kamahi (staff) that are linked to better outcomes for recruitment, growing our talent pipeline, diversity and inclusion and MBIE’s workforce culture, engagement and performance. You will also contribute to the People and Culture Leadership team and play a crucial role in guiding the ongoing development of an organisational culture of inclusion and belonging and an environment that fosters quality, innovation, on-going learning, and knowledge sharing.

**What this role offers**
A career with MBIE will offer you interesting, varied and meaningful work that makes a real difference to the lives of New Zealanders. We’re a large, far-reaching organisation undertaking complex and diverse work, this means there are opportunities to take on new and interesting work.
We’ll also help you manage a healthy work-life balance — with flexible working options that benefit you, your family and our organisation. To find out more about MBIE’s culture and benefits click here.

**Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required**:
We are looking for an individual with proven experience and achievement in transforming and embedding new ways of working within a large and diverse organisation.

Further to this, they will also demonstrate the following:

- Experience leading a team to deliver innovative leadership, learning and talent approaches that address the needs of a changing workforce
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally
- Ability to sell the vision and bring others along on the journey to embed sustainable change and continually improve the customer experience
- Knowledge and experience of te ao Māori and te ao Māori practices; tikanga, te reo and a comprehensive understanding of the Treaty, Te Tiriti and the Treaty Principles

**Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE: - About MBIE**:
MBIE’s goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.
We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
People are at the heart of our mahi, we are committed to creating a safe, trusting, inclusive workplace where our people can thrive. Our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Māia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono me te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki - which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful’.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi,