Principal Adviser at Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington CityJob Title: Principal Adviser, Accelerating New Mitigations
Role type: Permanent, full-time
Location: Wellington City
General Salary Range B: $136,214 - $182,836 depending on skills and experience.
(Salary midpoint for this position is $159,525 per annum) We are seeking a Principal Adviser, Accelerating New Mitigations to join our Programmes and Planning directorate within the Policy & Trade business unit. This directorate is home to MPI's key agriculture and climate change investment and implementation programmes, including the Accelerating New Mitigations (ANM) Programme. The ANM Programme is established to accelerate research, development, and commercialisation of tools for farmers to reduce their methane and nitrous oxide emissions.
This is a unique opportunity to lead the Crown's involvement in AgriZeroNZ, a world-first public-private partnership helping farmers reduce emissions while maintaining profitability and productivity. The Principal Adviser will provide Business Unit-wide intellectual leadership in research & development investment, regulatory, policy, science, and commercialisation levers to deliver effective Green House Gas (GHG) mitigation tools for NZ farmers.
As part of this role, you will: Provide expert advice on investment, regulatory, policy, science and commercialisation levers to deliver effective GHG mitigation tools for farmers.Provide strategic advice to ensure that overall outcomes and financial objectives are being met at the fund level and improve the impact and optimisation of the ANM programme investment portfolio.Lead the Crown's involvement in AgriZero NZ, a catalyst and investment industry: crown joint venture company. This includes supporting AgriZero NZ shareholding Ministers, the effective functioning of AgriZero NZ from a Crown perspective, and monitoring AgriZero NZ performance.Manage a specified portfolio of other large or high-profile investments and commercial arrangements.Work closely with Maori Partnerships and Investment to support the Maori specialist programmes.Support the Head of Programme to look at the long-term sequencing, planning and interconnection across Accelerating New Mitigation to ensure successful delivery.The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, a solution-focused approach, and a proven ability to forge effective partnerships. You'll be a thought-leader who is comfortable challenging conventional norms and will use strategic thinking to transform the way information is collected, used, and shared.
You will draw on specialist knowledge and experience to effectively work with a range of stakeholders and present information in a manner that is easily understood by a range of audiences.
To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate: Relevant experience in a highly similar working environment; or extensive experience with commercial business and/or government agencies at domestic and international level;Strategic and cross-Government policy development for the primary sector;Strong financial budgeting and contracts management skills, which may include grant or investment funds or administration;Ability to build and maintain effective relationships across a range of groups and individuals with potentially conflicting interests;Sound understanding of the world trade environment, and the constraints and opportunities for NZ primary products;Very strong analytical ability; a capacity to quickly identify and clearly express core elements of an issue or proposal;Ability to work in an agile and changing environment.You do not need to meet all of the role requirements to apply. We offer a breadth of development and learning opportunities and will welcome an application if you think you could make a great fit.
Policy and Trade provides sector-level strategic thinking and evidence-based advice for effective government decision-making for systems related to agriculture, forestry, fisheries, biosecurity, food, animal welfare, and rural communities. Our people are our greatest resource. They are collaborative, supportive, passionate, and are highly skilled in a range of economic, science and social disciplines.
This is a Wellington-based role reporting to the Head of The Accelerating New Mitigations and working alongside a team that brings a mix of industry knowledge, machinery of government experience, and promotes strategic thinking. The team has a collaborative working style so that everyone feels supported in contributing to their collective goals.
The team also works closely with the Policy & Trade business unit, wider organisation, and industry bodies, so there is ample opportunity to build meaningful relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki – guardianship of our natural resources.
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.
Applications close at midnight on Wednesday 27 November.
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