Principal Strategic Policy Advisor

2 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand OCG Full time

**Provide strategic policy advice**:

- ** Growing organisation with strong mandates**:

- ** Focus your legislative experience**

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**Permanent Principal Strategic Policy Advisor role available for passionate legislator.**

**About the organisation**:
With a focus on ensuring better outcomes within national and inter-national legal frameworks for all. Join a team that reviews and reports on countless issues through Aotearoa to ensure that our rights are maintained and adhered to.

**About the role**:

- Provide well-constructed evidence based strategic policy advice
- Collation of data and extracting several action points
- Creating guidance and policy options for the sector and minister
- Report writing and evaluating wider information streams
- Liaise with stakeholders at all levels comfortably

**What you’ll need**:

- Experience with strategic report evaluation
- Legislative expertise, especially interpretation and translation
- Understanding of the Humans Rights Convention
- Resilience to manage competing workloads across sensitive topics

**To apply**:



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