Business Advisor

Use your advisory and influencing skills across a range of operational and machinery of government mahi
- Work across functions and teams to deliver and enable a varied portfolio of work
- Unique opportunity to join a close-knit team, in a broad customer-centric business group
- Flexible work environment

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
Toitū Te Whenua - Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is a diverse government agency that impacts most New Zealanders. We do this by pursuing four outcomes: helping ensure geographic and property information contributes to better decision making; that New Zealanders continue to benefit from an up-to-date property rights system; that the Crown's land is put best to use; and that overseas ownership of sensitive assets is in New Zealand's best interests.
We have a Business Advisor or Senior Business Advisor position available. This is a unique opportunity for highly motivated people to join our Customer Delivery group.
This exciting opportunity will see you supporting the planning and delivery of business activities, and aid in the achievement of outcomes across the group. You will also monitor the performance of outcomes. You will be collaborative in style and can effectively build relationships to improve strategic and operational links across your business group and with centralised corporate functions.

**What you will get the chance to work on**:

- 120 Day business planning and performance reporting activities
- Machinery of government operations such as Select Hearing Committees, OIAs & Parliamentary Questions
- Supporting the scoping, planning and delivery of business initiatives

**He pūkenga tou - Skills & Experience**:
This is a position that transforms to support the work and activities of the day. Some of the things you will be responsible for are:

- Supporting key pieces of work that will achieve delivery of business group plans
- Advising on issues, monitoring, and reporting on business performance
- Identification and management of risks using LINZ frameworks, processes, and policies
- Contributing to planning and monitoring activities and ensuring they are completed in a timely, easily understood way and following through to ensure we implement and monitor our performance in line with LINZ's outcome framework

**Additional skills for Senior**:

- Self-Leadership and mentoring and coaching others

**To be successful, it is expected you will bring**:

- Confidence in developing effective networks and influencing others to achieve organisational outcomes
- Exemplary verbal and written communication skills, and proven ability to think on your feet and come up with innovative ways of communicating, and presenting information
- Practical understanding of corporate or machinery of government processes
- Resilience when working, and finding pathways through ambiguity.
- Relevant experience in a similar role.

**The annual salary range for this role is**:
Business Advisor - The appointing salary for this role will be between $83,307and $112,709 based on skills and experience.
Senior Business Advisor - The appointing salary for this role will be between $95,846 and $129,674 based on skills and experience.

Ngā mea e tukuna ana e tātau - What we offer our employees
- Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai
- Eye & ear care reimbursements
- Annual Flu Vaccinations
- Reduced Health Insurance Premiums
- Diverse groups and networks
- If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks
- A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave

As an organisation Toitū Te Whenua embraces diversity, encourages work life balance and we have a flexible approach to the way we work which means you will quickly feel connected and valued. Toitū Te Whenua is one of the most engaged organisations in the public sector and people always say what a great place Toitū Te Whenua is to work.

Te Tākinatanga - Our Story
At Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, our key role is to ensure New Zealanders have accurate information about where people and places are, that people have confidence in their property rights and that Crown property is well managed for future generations.
From the best way to develop farmland, build a new suburb, manage a high-country farm or navigate on land or at sea, our work and location information help people make better decisions and create economic, social, environmental and cultural value for New Zealand.

Tono mai - How to Apply

Toitū Te Whenua is currently undertaking a change programme, known as Organising Ourselves, which is focused on strengthening our connections, our agility, and the way we engage and work with our customers and partners. Note that we will be making changes to our ways of working and how we think about and describe our roles as part of this programme.