Job title: Adviser
Role type: Full time, fixed term, or secondment through to June 2026
Location: Wellington
Salary band & range: GSR F $76,463 to $98,135 depending on skills and experience
About the Role - Korero mo te Turanga
We have an exciting opportunity to help shape how Manatu Ahu Matua - Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) builds and maintains a positive workplace. You'll help deliver strategies and initiatives that enable our people to thrive and perform at their best. We are focused on delivering services and programmes that meet current and future workforce needs.
You'll contribute across multiple portfolios and collaborate with senior colleagues to embed workplace culture principles into people-focused programmes. This generalist role suits someone with advisory-level experience who can confidently deliver, and progress established projects.
You're results-focused, skilled in relationship management, and experience using data and insights to inform decisions. You'll join a supportive team that values collaboration, career development, and knowledge sharing.
This is a unique opportunity to refine your skills and expand your knowledge across leadership and talent, careers, Maori capability, and workplace culture. Whether you're joining on secondment or seeking your next challenge, you'll be supported to make a meaningful impact.
You thrive with:
- Proven ability to deliver with a strong results focus
- Skilled in relationship management and collaboration
- An ability to use data and insights to inform decisions
- Confident communicator - written and verbal
- Advisory level experience in organisational development or HR
About You - Mou
You're experienced in supporting the delivery of projects and initiatives that strengthen workplace culture and capability. You bring a collaborative, relationship-driven approach, and care about the strategic areas we focus on. You're confident working with data, working with providers, shaping programme content, and supporting communications. You enjoy varied, project-based work and thrive in a team that shares knowledge and works together to deliver.
You have experience in several of these areas:
- Research and data analysis to inform programme development
- Supporting the delivery of training programmes
- Planning and drafting internal communications
- Delivering initiatives that support workplace culture and capability
- Updating resources, including content and design
- Assessing tools and content for fit and improvement
About the Team - Mo to matou Ropu
This role sits within the Organisational Development Team, a diverse and collaborative group of subject matter experts supporting Inclusion and Belonging, Maori Capability, Career Pathways, and Leadership. We care deeply about each other and the impact of our work, and we're committed to delivering initiatives that support MPI's strategic direction and public sector outcomes. You'll be joining a large, team where knowledge sharing, support, and career development are valued.
The team includes three Principal Advisers, six Senior Advisers, two Advisers, a Strategic Adviser, and a Coordinator. We design and deliver programmes and tools that build capability, shape organisational culture, and create inclusive workplaces. You'll learn from a range of specialities, refine your skills, and make a real impact with senior support.
About MPI - Mo te Manatu Ahu Matua
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most trusted provider of high-value food and fibre products.
Benefits of working at MPI - Nga hua o te mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua
- Additional MPI leave days
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes
Are you ready to make a difference? - Kua rite koe mo tenei mahi whaitake?
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapu, whanau and hapori.
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 Manatu 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 FOR THIS JOB" 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 10 September 2025.
If you have any questions about the role, please email [email protected]
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