Senior Advisor Parliamentary And Ministerial Services

Senior Advisor Parliamentary and Ministerial Services

Date : 2 Sept 2025

Location : Wellington, NZ, 6011

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Bring your strong communication, innovation, and influencing skills to provide expert support and advice in the Parliamentary and Official Information space

Varied and challenging role with room to grow and make it your own

Fixed Term / Secondment opportunity until end of June 2026 based in our Wellington office

Salary range : $85,537 to $101,911 + Kiwisaver

As the Senior Advisor you will be part of a team responsible for providing advice and supporting the MBIE ministerial and parliamentary services system.

Working in a dynamic and changing environment, you will play an important role by providing expert advice and guidance across MBIE on official information requests, ombudsman complaint processes as well as managing and coordinating the Parliamentary and Select Committee accountability processes.

MBIE is a complex and multi-vote ministry, which means that you need to be able to work across the whole organisation and make connections between the various aspects of the organisation to be able to prepare a cohesive approach to the parliamentary accountability processes.

Nga pukenga me nga wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

Knowledge and experience across the Parliamentary and Select Committee accountability processes, and ministerial services systems.

A strategic analytical thinker who can make connections between various aspects of the organisation and is able to prepare a cohesive approach across the organisation.

Confident and enjoy challenging the status quo to develop better ways of doing things.

The ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships and to develop trust and credibility with senior managers, staff and key internal and external stakeholders.

A proactive, can-do attitude with a high level of initiative, sound judgement and discretion.

Exceptional teamwork and collaborative abilities, committed to supporting a positive team and branch culture, and a willingness to share knowledge and expertise with others.

Highly developed communication and writing skills.

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 by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, 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 TeTiritio Waitangi between Maori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to TeTiritio 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.

When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role.

All applications must be submitted via our online process.

Applications close on Sunday 28th September 2025 at midnight.

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