Associate Policy Advisor at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Wellington Discover a career with purpose at MBIE. Help create a better Aotearoa for all. You'll be supported to grow and develop as part of our MBIE whanau. Apply now to start in February 2025. Salary – $63,278 pa. Permanent Wellington based. We are looking for four Associate Policy Advisors to start with us in February 2025. As an Associate Policy Advisor, you'll be tackling real-life problems and making a lasting difference in the lives of New Zealanders. You'll engage in meaningful work – researching topical issues, analysing key trends, and helping us deliver projects and programmes. We will support you to build the skills and knowledge necessary to step fully into a career in policy and progress to be a Policy Advisor in a year's time. Policy professionals provide the evidence and information Ministers need to make informed decisions on public policy issues. Policy at MBIE involves exciting and challenging mahi that could see you looking at a wide range of issues: How do we grow tourism value while maintaining the support of communities? How do we lift New Zealand's productivity to help us afford the nice things? How do we ensure that firms continue to have access to the skills and labour needed to grow output while minimising the impact migration can have on New Zealand's infrastructure and social services? We're looking for passionate people with diverse perspectives and backgrounds, who love an intellectual challenge and want to help create a better New Zealand. We value our people and reflect the communities we serve. We want people to bring their unique identities into the way they work. We invite diversity and harness our differences to "Grow New Zealand for all." Our staff-led networks include Ngai Kahukura – Rainbow Network, Te Aka Matua – Maori Staff Network Forum, Te Aumangea - Mental Health Network, Pacific Staff Village, and Arahanga Wahine – Women's Network. Nga pukenga me nga wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required Ability to problem solve. Ability to be flexible and adapt to change. You can have no more than one year of post-graduation full-time work experience. You must have graduated or will finish your study before February 2025. You must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand. You must pass all our employment vetting and approval standards. 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 works to ensure quality housing is more affordable. People are at the heart of our mahi, and our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours: Maia – Bold and brave. Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future. 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. Employer: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. #J-18808-Ljbffr