Job Description Job Title: Manager Regulatory Advice ServiceRole type: Permanent, full-timeLocation: WellingtonSalary band & range: General Salary Range B: $136,214 to $170,000 depending on skills and experience Korero mo te Turanga - About the Role As Manager Regulatory Advice Service, your overarching responsibility will be to lead, develop, and manage our Regulatory Advice Service.
This is a highly visible business customer facing team.You will be working with external customers & stakeholders, across MPI, the public sector with the overgoal goal of providing efficient and accurate regulatory advice to businesses, particularly to small and medium businesses.The team you lead supports New Zealand exporters, importers, and domestic food businesses to grow by providing tailored advice, self-service options, and supporting them in navigating complex regulatory environments.
The team which advises importers and domestic food business is a newly established team so you will have the opportunity to build this function.Your key responsibilities will include: Leading the team that; Advise exporters, importers, and domestic food businesses to better understand regulatory requirements, constraints, and optionsDevelop and publish business regulatory guidanceMake regulatory information easier to find, use and understandSupport the identification of trends, issues, patterns and pain points for sectors and businesses through the analysis of data and informationSupport cross-agency and All of Government initiatives to grow primary sector value Leading and managing the Regulatory Advice Service to deliver strategy, business plans, and agreed outcomes by setting clearly defined performance outcomes and creating an environment that enables and reinforces high performanceProviding business leadership in the development and use of processes and supporting data tools used to capture engagement with businessesDeveloping systems and processes to support the delivery of work including the capture and reuse of knowledge, channels, and processes across MPIMeasure the impact RAS is having both internally and externally and use this to drive the future work programme Mou - About You To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced people leader with strong operational management experience, and will be confident leading a business facing regulatory advice service.
You could be working for the public sector leading stakeholder engagement or advisory service.Ideally, your experience will include primary sector stakeholder engagement, operations management, process improvement, with extensive experience working with business customers, identifying and meeting their needs while managing expectations.
You also would have an understanding of of primary sector legislative frameworks and Government agencies.As such, you will have excellent communication and listening skills and be able to understand technical issues objectively, consider a range of options, and translate this into simple, easily understandable information.More specifically, your experience may include: Primary sector production or processing business or the MPI environmentA good understanding of how a Government agency functions and its strategiesKnowledge about how organisations work - including the ingredients that drive strong customer focussed performance.The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of people, including demonstrated success working across business groups in a collaborative manner using effective influencing skills.Conceptual and analytical skills and systems thinking ability, and able to deal comfortably with ambiguity and complexity.
Mo te Manatu Ahu Matua - About MPI Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.
Nga hua o te mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI Additional MPI leave daysAnnual Wellness paymentBi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/framesAccess to free professional confidential counselling Wa Mahi Ngawari - Flexible WorkingWe support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.
Kua rite koe mo tenei mahi whaitake?
- Are you ready to make a difference?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" 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 Sunday, 13 October.
If you have any questions about the role, please email ****** Whaia nga tuhononga ki MPI i konei – Follow MPI hereFacebook, MPI Careers, LinkedIn, X