Job Title : Senior Business Advisor
Location : Wellington City, Wellington
Company : New Zealand Government
Salary :
Open Date : 2023-01-29
Close Date : 2023-05-29

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Have an impact on Building System Performance’s business operations
• Be part of an inclusive team culture that prioritises your health and well-being
• Pursue opportunities to learn and grow and progress your career
• Work in a flexible way that suits you, your work and your life
• Permanent full-time opportunity based in Wellington, Christchurch or Auckland
• Salary range between $81,942 to $97,832 plus KiwiSaver and wellness benefit

Tēnei tūranga - About the role:
Come and progress your career in the Business Services Team. The Business Services Team’s mission is to deliver business services that build business capability and drive effective programme management within the Building System Performance (BSP) Branch.

BSP is New Zealand’s building system regulator with responsibility for its overall design and monitoring of its performance. We provide policy and technical advice on New Zealand’s building system, rules and standards, and implement building legislation and regulations to deliver on MBIE’s objective of “Grow New Zealand for All”.

You will sit within a small team of advisors (Business Advisor and Principal Advisor) who aim to increase customer satisfaction and accountability. Our work programme covers:

• risk management
• performance and accountability
• business continuity
• procurement and contract management
• building levy management
• business planning
• ministerial servicing (e.g. PQs, OIAs).

When you progress your career with us we find it fulfilling. You will be offered opportunities to broaden your breadth and depth of experience. You will be trained in our work processes and encouraged to continuously improve them. To grow your skills, knowledge and experience further, you will be provided with projects sometimes. You will also have the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to you within MBIE. You will have a wide range of flexible working arrangements available to you. We will work with you to develop working arrangements that work for you.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required:

• At least 5 years’ experience working in the public sector, preferably in a planning, reporting, governance or ministerial servicing role
• A good understanding of the processes that underpin the operations of the public sector environment, such as Cabinet and parliamentary processes, portfolio / appropriation and budget development, management and reporting, and development of accountability products (Estimates, Annual Review, non-financial information etc)
• Experience contributing to or leading business management processes such as risk management, business continuity, induction, contract management and/or managing business improvement projects
• Ability to quickly assimilate new information and come to an understanding of unfamiliar and complex issues.
• Good written and communications skills.
• Understanding of the functions and workings of Ministers’ Offices.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:
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 * Māia – Bold and brave * Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future * Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori 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, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori 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 Māori 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 mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to apply:
Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process. Email Rachel Wilson at [email protected] quoting ref MBIE/9479 if you have any further questions.
Applications close on 19 February 2023.

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