Principal Advisor, Maori Strategy

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Nau mai ōu pūkenga ki tēnei tūranga hōu
- Permanent role - Wellington
- Salary range: $112,856-$138,028 Tēnei tūranga - About the role:
A newly created opportunity has arisen within the Market Integrity branch of Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery group of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, as a Principal Advisor - Māori Strategy.

The Principal Advisor will be a trusted advisor to the General Manager and the wider leadership team of Market Integrity.

This role will support colleagues across Market Integrity in successfully delivering priority work, with a particular focus on genuine partnership with Māori to ensure that Market Integrity is well positioned to deliver partnership responsibilities with Māori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

This role will require significant expertise and perspective in regard to Iwi and Māori related matters and will be able to build and maintain partnerships with external stakeholder groups, as well as in business, Iwi and other key Māori organisations and support the General Manager and wider leadership team in developing and maintaining relationships with Māori, Māori organisations and Iwi.

This is a highly collaborative and influential role that will need to actively build and maintain relationships with the Market Integrity leadership team and their teams.
Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required:

- Expert understanding of Crown responsibilities under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the aspirations and needs of Māori
- Demonstrated experience of advancing both Crown aspirations and the aspirations of Māori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Confident with Te Reo Māori me on tikanga - take part in general conversation with speakers of Te Reo Maori, be comfortable in marae and/or other Te Ao Maori environments
- Proven experience working in a policy and/or service delivery agency where partnership with Māori communities, Iwi, Hapu and key Māori organisations are prioritised
- An ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing with a wide range of people at all levels, both internal and external to MBIE
- A proven track record of experience and achievement in working with leadership teams and providing high level strategic advice in a complex environment
- Strong systems thinking skills, able to quickly develop an understanding of context in relation to the insights required and provide strategic advice
- A strategic thinker, politically aware, able to operate as a credible and trusted strategic advisor to the Market Integrity leadership team
- Able to successfully establish and maintain relationships with high-level stakeholders inside and outside government
- An understanding of Kaupapa Māori models and Matauranga Māori 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, 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, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori 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 Māori 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 mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tām