Business Adviser/Senior | Wellington City

Job Description

Business Adviser / Senior

Role type: Full Time - Permanent

Location: Wellington City

Salary range:  $64,331-$84,918 – Business Adviser & $82,817- $112,321 – Senior Business Adviser depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

Working with New Zealand Food Safety, this position will see you provide technical support to the Approvals team with their reporting outputs. This will include organisational performance, evidence-based reporting, and measures, provide data and analysis to inform performance monitoring, non-financial reporting, and act as a key coordination point for these activities.

You will work across all areas of New Zealand Food Safety, IT and MPI as a whole. Some of this work will require you to work with other directorates in MPI such as Biosecurity and Customs.

The focus of this role will be to look after our technical platforms and supporting the Approvals team in its reporting outputs including coordinating and prioritising incoming applications. You will also be responsible for processing requests from internal/external stakeholders and looking after the renewals, reminders and cancellations of all registrations across the board.

You will act as main point of contact with our website analysts, providing monthly reporting and data for senior leaders including industry reports while also looking for ways to enhance our systems and act as a key coordination point for these activities.

You will have the opportunity to grow and develop a broad range of strategic skills and provide quality analysis, advice and system improvements to the team and the wider directorate.

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team 

This position sits in the Operations, Approvals Team within New Zealand Food Safety Directorate at MPI. The Approvals team is responsible for high quality governance support, performance and risk reporting, official correspondence, and ministerial support.

The team includes members whose key responsibilities are the processing and assessment of applications under the ACVM Act, Animal Products Act, the Wine Act, and the Food Act. 

Mōu - About You

To be successful in this role you'll bring:

• A positive attitude and collaboration
• Exceptional organising skills, attention to detail, personal drive and ability to co-ordinate Business Adviser tasks
• An ability to communicate effectively and have a solid understanding of how to deliver as part of a team.
• Experience with the following would be advantageous in this position: Crystal Reports and MS Access (visual basic), MS office, Power BI, SAP, Salesforce experience in reporting and Data Visualisation. QMS

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most sustainable provider of high-value food and primary products.

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

• Annual Wellness payment
• Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames
• 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.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whānau and hāpori.

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 Manatū 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 whakapapa; 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.

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” or visit the MPI Careers Site. 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 midnight on Monday 5 June 2023

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

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