Principal Adviser Stewardship Engagement

**Want to help lift living standards for all New Zealanders?**That's the mission of **Te Tai Ōhanga - The Treasury**, and this role helps us do just that.

**If you're keen to help make a better tomorrow for all, then we have the role for you.**

Communications and Engagement work at the heart of the Treasury, supporting our leaders to deliver on this mission. We are seeking a fixed term **Principal Advisor - Stewardship Engagement**to join our team.

If you're looking your next opportunity to make a real difference, where you can work at the heart of government as part of a small and agile team, then this is the chance to make a real difference in this critical role that will benefit the living standards for all our children and mokopuna in the decades ahead.

**Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role**

We're looking for an experienced and dynamic **Principal Advisor Engagement Advisor** to lead the Treasury's communications support for our Stewardship and Engagement work and set us up to maximise the public debate generated by the publication of three of our key Stewardship Reports in 2025.

The Principal Advisor Stewardship Engagement is a fixed term role until Friday 27 June 2025, and is about delivering an uplift in the Treasury's engagement activity and stewardship communications and embedding it for future.

The purpose is twofold, creation of compelling content and delivery of engagement activity.

Firstly, it is to deliver a programme of engagement events for Treasury Executive in support of our economic stewardship role. In doing so you will create the systems and processes to allow it to be carried on from within the existing team afterwards.

To succeed you'll need established networks with business, public and third sector organisations, and a track record of delivering engagement events for senior leaders and Ministers.

Secondly, working with Treasury data and analytics colleagues as well as partner organisations, create a compelling engagement tools to support our stewardships narrative being published in 2025.

To succeed here you'll need established expertise in creating dynamic infographics and communications collateral that support our Stewardship narrative, and the ability to 'translate' long term economic challenges into the language and priorities of a range of sector audiences.

We're looking for an experienced communications professional, with a head for numbers as well as words, and who can build strong relationships with stakeholders quickly with their can-do attitude and solution focussed approach.

In this role you will get to use your already extensive skill set to provide high-quality, relevant and timely communications and engagement support and delivery - helping coordinate a wide range of activity across a range of internal and stakeholder channels.

You'll be part of and contribute to a busy professional team that sits within the wider Strategy and Executive Services Directorate. This is a great opportunity to use your existing skills to great effect in a supportive and high-performing team and working with and supporting a wide range of teams across the Treasury.

**Ko wai koe | About you**
- You're a highly experienced communications and engagement professional looking for a challenging build and deliver role in the heart of government.
- You are energetic, positive person with outstanding interpersonal skills, adept at quickly building rapport, trust, and relationships.
- You have excellent planning and administrative skills.
- You can see the 'big picture' and can also dive into the detail of complex information quickly.
- Your skills span across words, numbers and imagery to get the story across - and can tailor that to engage different sectors of our society on their terms in an easily understood format.
- You've developed a fast, proactive and collaborative working style.
- You have well developed skills at creating audience focused content for a wide range of channels.
- Experience in project and event management environments.

**Ko ngā hua | What we Offer**

This is an important job and that's why we'll do all we can to support your success. Flexible work arrangements and five weeks annual leave, along with a range of other health and wellbeing initiatives, will help you enjoy a positive work/life balance. Our numerous social events, sports teams and employee networks will enable you to connect and have fun.

The wharenui, at the heart of our workplace, embodies our commitment to diversity and making this an inclusive place that will welcome the unique experiences and perspectives you bring to our collaborative team culture.

We'll prioritise your development, offering you opportunities to train and advance your chosen career. The work will stimulate and challenge you, helping you learn, grow and build valuable experience and skills.