Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Fixed term or secondment opportunity until end of June 2025
- Based in our central Wellington offices
- $85,537 - $101,911 + Kiwisaver
An opportunity has arisen for a 10 month Senior Ministerial Services Advisor role supporting the corporate groups of MBIE. You will gain in-depth exposure to a wide range of critical corporate functions and enterprise wide subject matters, work with stakeholders across the group and MBIE, with the Ministers' offices and externally.
Your core responsibilities will include providing advice and drafting replies to a range of ministerial products that will include DOIAs, MOIAs, Ministerial Correspondence, Privacy Requests, Ombudsman requests and Written Parliamentary Questions. Your role would include collaborating with branches across the two corporate groups and wider MBIE business groups to source information and advice and contributing to team processes to ensure consistent and quality service delivery
- Experience leading and writing responses to OIAs, Privacy Act requests, Ministerial Correspondence, WPQs and/or responding to Ombudsman requests
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, rules and regulations
- Political acumen and sound knowledge of Parliamentary and government structures and processes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an eye for detail and a high level of accuracy
- A demonstrated ability to form robust professional working relationships, which includes collaboration and co-operation with internal and external stakeholders
- Can-do attitude and a high level of initiative, sound judgement and discretion
- The ability to work well under pressure, and to tight timeframes when needed
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
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
- Maia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It
Our aspirations are echoed in our Maori identity - Hikina Whakatutuki - which broadly means `lifting to make successful'.
MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Maori 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, Maori, other Maori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Maori 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 Maori 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 mohio ana a Hikina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kotuinga I waenganui i a ngai Maori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a, kei te whai ia ki te whakau ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ma te whai kiko o nga kotuinga ahungaroa o ngai wi, o ngai Maori, me etahi atu ropu Maori ki te Karauna, katutuki tenei. He ahuatanga nui tenei e ahei ai nga mahi whanaketanga a-ohanga, a-papori hoki ki a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui. E whai tonu ana matou ki te kotui atu ki nga iwi mo te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i nga kaupapakua roa nei e tami ana i a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui, a, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i nga aheinga kokiritanga ma nga iwi, me te tautoko i nga iwi kia whai mana ake ai enei aheinga.
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All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role.
Email Jess Dalbeth at [email protected] quoting ref MBIE/17928 if you have any further questions.
Applications close on Thursday 14th August at 23:59pm
