Senior Adviser - Ministry for Primary Industries
Location: Wellington
Salary: $98,955 to $132,427
Role Type: Permanent full-time
About the Role: We are looking for a Senior Adviser to join the Strategy, Performance and Treaty Partnerships directorate, which is part of Biosecurity New Zealand (BNZ). This is an important role where you will have the opportunity to assist in achieving improved outcomes for iwi-Maori and for Aotearoa New Zealand.
As the Senior Adviser, you will lead the work to support BNZ's implementation of Treaty settlement commitments. This includes ensuring Treaty settlement commitments are understood, upheld, and reported on.
This is a collaborative position where you will be internally focused. You will be working with BNZ to provide engagement and partnership advice to support collaboration with iwi, hapu, and whanau, as well as building a strong working relationship with the Maori Partnerships and Investment business unit.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage the Treaty commitment database and other treaty partnership information.
Provide monthly reports on treaty commitment and partnership work.
Collate information requests from MP&I to support Accord hui and other ministerial meetings.
Provide expert advice to biosecurity responses to ensure manawhenua are adequately engaged and supported.
About You: The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, and a proven ability to forge effective and collaborative partnerships. You will draw on Maori culture to enrich your work by using tikanga Maori and te reo Maori principles to facilitate engagement processes and to effectively present information to different groups.
To be successful in this role, you will have a strong understanding and experience of Treaty-related issues and responsibilities and how these impact on the Biosecurity system. You should also understand design and delivery that demonstrates understanding of Te Ao Maori and Matauranga Maori.
Additional Skills:
Strong writing, editing, and oral communication skills in both Te Reo Maori and English.
Understanding of customer segmentation principles in developing engagement solutions.
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.
About the Team: The Treaty Partnerships team leads, supports, and grows Maori capability, and supports BNZ to be a good Treaty partner. With oversight of what BNZ does in the Treaty partnership and capability space, they ensure BNZ is joined in its efforts to support the Maori Crown relationship.
You will be working within a small Wellington-based team of 4, reporting to the Manager Treaty Partnerships and working alongside two Principal Advisers.
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.
Benefits of Working at MPI: Additional MPI leave days, annual wellness payment, reduced premiums for group healthcare schemes, and career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation.
Flexible Working: We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you. 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.
Application Instructions: In your cover letter, please include information about your values, your interest and motivations for this role, and 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.
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