Discover a career with purpose at MBIE. * Influence the policy and regulatory settings that support financial markets in New Zealand. * Make a difference to New Zealanders' financial wellbeing. * Permanent, Wellington CBD location. * $132,417 - $160,472 plus KiwiSaver and wellness benefit.Tenei turanga - About the Role:The Financial Markets team provides advice to Ministers to promote fair, efficient, and transparent financial markets in New Zealand. Our vision is that all New Zealand consumers and businesses have access to the money they need to thrive.Our role includes advising on the regulation of financial services like banks and insurers, insurance contract law, KiwiSaver and other managed funds, and wider investment settings and how to grow our capital markets. In an environment where many New Zealanders are worried about their finances, financial products and services are critical to help businesses and individuals save and invest for the future, manage their risks, and grow our collective wellbeing.The Financial Markets team sits in the Commerce, Consumer and Business Policy branch, the Government's lead advisor on the commercial environment in which all New Zealand businesses and consumers operate. We look after the laws, institutions, and systems that underpin how businesses and consumers interact with each other including: competition, consumer affairs, market performance, financial conduct, corporate governance, and intellectual property.It is an exciting time to join our team. We are currently working on a range of high priority and challenging issues, including exploring opportunities to improve the effectiveness of our capital markets settings to support access to capital for New Zealand businesses, and reviewing conduct obligations on financial institutions such as banks and insurers.The Principal Policy Advisor is responsible for:Partnering with the policy manager to drive the strategic policy agenda and set the direction for the team's policy domain.Providing authoritative policy advice and leading programmes of work and project teams on complex and sensitive areas.Effectively influencing on domain topics through engagement and communication with senior stakeholders.Enhancing the overall capability of the team through guiding and mentoring senior advisors and advisors.Nga pukenga me nga wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required:For the role of Principal Policy Advisor, you will have advanced policy skills and ideally you will:Understand the strategic context, current policy agenda and priorities; able to see policy issues in the wider context and apply foresight and judgement.Build requisite knowledge for different policy issues quickly.Draw on expert knowledge of the policy area as well as broad knowledge from other policy domains to critically assess information.Have or want to improve your cultural capability and knowledge of te ao Maori, te reo Maori and how Te Tiriti o Waitangi informs our work.Have the intellectual capability to work with multiple complex ideas in parallel.Have the ability to maneuver comfortably through complex policy advisory processes and Cabinet requirements.Be an expert user of policy project management processes, with skills to manage policy conflicts.Be skilled at drawing on experience, evidence, wisdom, judgement, and expertise to build policy capability of staff.Come join us and make a difference to New Zealanders.Etahi korero mo 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.Me pehea te tono - How to Apply:Click here to view a position description. 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 Demi Matheson at ****** quoting ref MBIE/15471 if you have any further questions.Applications close on Sunday 03 November (midnight).
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