Senior Advisor

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

**Discover a career with purpose at MBIE**
- New Zealand Government Property Office
- Permanent position based in Wellington
- **Salary range: $101,911 - $121,196 + Kiwisaver**
- The Government Property Office is accountable for the strategic leadership of the government's office accommodation portfolio and provisioning for the centralisation of components of the government's property function. _
- The Government Property Office is also responsible for delivering on MBIE's own property strategy as well as providing high-quality property management services to MBIE. The government's office accommodation portfolio is significant, encompassing circa 1,000,000 sqm of office space and a rental spend of circa $330 million per year across 73 agencies, including Crown Agents. MBIE is an agency with a significant property portfolio, encompassing both office and non-office sites, across New Zealand and offshore._

**Tenei turanga - About the Role**:
The Senior Advisor reports to the Lead Advisor Strategy, Operations and Standards within the Strategy and Standards Group. This position contributes to providing strategic advice, critical analysis, recommendations, and support for key business decisions, including investment strategies and initiatives, operational practices, and property standards.

The role will also research and prepare:

- Operational policy documents, i.e. Cabinet papers, business cases, OIA requests;
- Business operation processes and practices; and
- Property and workplace standards that enable agency partners across the government office accommodation portfolio and overall property system uplift.

**Nga pukenga me nga wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required**
- Experience in the government sector with an understanding of Ministerial communications, strategy development, financial analysis, investment strategies and business cases, preferably with a government property context.
- Experience in providing advisory services and developing business operational processes and practices.
- Sound working knowledge of the machinery of government.
- Ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships and develop trust, credibility, buy-in and collaboration with managers, staff, and other stakeholders.
- Excellent, oral and written communications, including the ability to present complex issues clearly and concisely.
- A track record of developing and delivering professional guidance and advice.
- Must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand

**Etahi korero mo 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, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Maia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Maori identity - Hikina Whakatutuki - which broadly means 'lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Maori 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, Maori, other Maori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Maori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Maori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mohio ana a Hikina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kotuinga I waenganui i a ngai Maori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a, kei te whai ia ki te whakau ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ma te whai kiko o nga kotuinga ahungaroa o ngai wi, o ngai Maori, me etahi atu ropu Maori ki te Karauna, katutuki tenei. He ahuatanga nui tenei e ahei ai nga mahi whanaketanga a-ohanga, a-papori hoki ki a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui. E whai tonu ana matou ki te kotui atu ki nga iwi mo te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i nga kaupapakua roa nei e tami ana i a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui, a, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i nga aheinga kokiritanga ma nga iwi, me te tautoko i nga iwi kia whai mana ake ai enei aheinga.

**Me pehea te tono - How to Apply**:
**Applications close on**Thursday, 6 March.