Manager Business Support

Manager Business Support & Office of the DDG

Role type: Permanent, full-time

Location: Wellington

Salary band & range: General Salary Range B: $138,938 to $170,000 depending on skills and experience

About the Role - Kōrero mō te Tūranga

As Manager Business Support & Office of the Deputy Director General (ODDG), you'll lead a team that delivers essential business support services across Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forest Service. You will ensure the business unit operates smoothly and efficiently, enabling it to deliver on its strategic goals and work programme.

This is a leadership role that spans business support, health and safety, and executive support. You'll work closely with teams across Te Uru Rākau to provide assurance, guidance, and consistent support on processes that support the branch operation, while fostering a collaborative and customer-focused environment.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and manage the Business Support & ODDG team, taking strong leadership of a team that enables and support the branch in delivering to its strategy.
• Oversee administrative and logistical support across Te Uru Rākau to enable core service delivery.
• Manage relationships with MPI enabling services and other branches to ensure seamless operational support, and TUR-NZFS works within MPI's machinery of government systems.
• Provide oversight of health, safety, and wellbeing systems and governance within the branch.
• Lead the Office of the Deputy Director-General team to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of legislative and contractual obligations.
• Advise on MPI corporate policies and ensure compliance across the business unit.

About You - Mōu

To be successful in this role, you'll have significant leadership experience in business support functions, with a very strong customer and service focus.

You'll have proven experience managing relationships across a range of stakeholders both internally and externally, with the ability to influence and gain the support of key individuals. You will be experienced in advising and supporting senior leaders, while also able to support operational staff in navigating the approval and support processes to conduct activity.

More specifically, your experience will include:

• Knowledge of relevant legislative, legal and Government policy and practices, and machinery of government.
• Experience working in government agencies or large complex environments managing or enabling high profile programmes of work.
• Proven skills in people leadership, management, development, performance management, succession planning, and building a support team.
• Proven ability to effect change and deal with ambiguity.
• Proven negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills.
• Proven communications, presentation skills.
• Management skills, including experience in leading work and achieving effective outcomes in situations where there are diverse interests.
• An understanding of the Health and Safety responsibilities of senior leaders towards their staff.

About the Team - Mō tō mātou Rōpū

The Business Support and ODDG team plays a vital role in enabling Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forest Service to deliver on its strategic priorities. We're a collaborative, service-focused group that provides leadership, guidance, and operational support across the branch, ensuring our people have what they need to succeed.

The team works closely with other enabling service teams across the Strategy, Enablement and Māori Partnership directorate to deliver integrated support to the delivery of the strategy and core services.

About MPI - Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua

We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki - guardianship of our natural resources

To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

Benefits of working at MPI - Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu

• Additional MPI leave days
• Annual Wellness payment
• Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames

Security checks - Ngā Taki Whakahaumaru

Low level Security Clearance

• most preferably a New Zealand citizen, who has resided continuously in New Zealand for at least the last five (5) years, OR
• is a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last five (5) years: either Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States of America (USA); and has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at this level.
• click here to find out more about the national security vetting process and access the eligibility self-check tool.

If you do not meet these minimum criteria, we will not be able to accept your application.

Credit check - Tirotiro nama

Please note, given this position is identified as carrying financial risk, the preferred candidate(s) will be required to satisfactorily pass a credit check.

Are you ready to make a difference? - Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake?

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whānau and hāpori.

We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatū Ahu Matua Ministry for Primary Industries a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click "Apply" or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it - click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.

Applications close at 11:59pm on Tuesday, 28 October.

If you have any questions about the role, please email

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