Senior Adviser Workforce | Wellington City

Job Description

Role Type: Permanent full-time

Location: Wellington

Salary Band: $92,073 to $115,000 depending on skills and experience

The Ministry for Primary Industries are currently recruiting for a Senior Adviser, to join our Forestry Engagement & Advice directorate, which forms part of our wider Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service business unit based in Wellington.

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

This is your opportunity to be part of Sector Partnership's Workforce Team where we work alongside the forestry sector to ensure we have the right people, with the right skills for now and in the future.

You will work across the forestry industry and government agencies to enable the successful implementation of a range of forestry and wood processing workforce initiatives that improve capability and skills at all levels across the forestry sector.

The role is varied, collaborative, challenging and rewarding.  A high-performing Workforce team will have a positive and sustainable impact on the sector where industry bodies, workers and employers are supported to improve capability and fulfil capacity.

Core responsibilities for the role:

• Provide workforce advice within and external to MPI, including the support and coordination of events and forestry forums
• Establish and implement processes for the successful delivery of forestry workforce related initiatives
• Support current initiatives to understand their success factors and scalability and apply learnings to other similar programmes
• Support initiatives through the Forestry Workforce Action Plan

Mōu - About You

You're someone who loves to build collaborative relationships in order to get the work done and you know how to plan, implement, evaluate and support.

 Our ideal candidate will have experience in:

• Establishing and effectively maintaining collaborative relationships with stakeholders, Maori and Government and non-governmental agencies.
• Managing priority projects and work programmes
• Education and training
• Providing advice and writing reports

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team

This role is part of the Forestry Engagement and Advice directorate within Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service.  Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service is a branded business unit within the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and is leading the Government's renewed focus on forestry, one of our country's most successful primary industries. You'll be joining a dynamic and diverse team who partner with tangata whenua, landowners, and the forestry and wood processing sectors to ensure our people and forests are fit for now and fit for the future. 

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to Apply

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click Apply or visit the MPI Careers site. 

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki – guardianship of our natural resources.

To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

• Additional MPI leave days
• Ability to purchase extra annual leave
• Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working

We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

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 5 February.

If you have any questions about the role, please email shane.gooch@mpi.govt.nz 

The Ministry for Primary Industries is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values inclusion and diversity. Your unique talents and experience will help us deliver exceptional services to our communities in Aotearoa. In return you'll enjoy an inclusive and flexible working environment in a diverse team of people while you're growing your career here in NZ and internationally. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so that we can assist you through the recruitment process.