Manager, Strategic Engagement | Wellington City

Job Description

Job Title: Manager Strategic Engagement

Role type: Permanent Full Time

Location: Wellington

Salary: $128,247 to $170,000 depending on skills and experience 

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

Fisheries New Zealand works to ensure that fisheries resources are managed to provide the greatest overall benefit to New Zealanders. Our focus is the sustainability of New Zealand's wild fish stocks, aquaculture, and the wider aquatic environment, now and for future generations.

We are experiencing an exciting time of innovation and improvement and have a busy pipeline of important work to ensure a thriving and sustainable seafood industry while ensuring the long-term health of the marine environment.

As the Manager Strategic Engagement, you will lead a small team responsible for assisting Fisheries New Zealand to strengthen its relationships with key partners and external stakeholders. You will ensure that the Fisheries New Zealand's leadership team has visibility of key stakeholder engagement activity, risks, and opportunities, develop engagement strategies and plans for major programmes of work, lead the development of briefing material for ministerial engagement with sector stakeholders, and deliver Fisheries New Zealand events.

To deliver the outcomes required of this position, you will build collaborative relationships and establish credibility with iwi, sector stakeholders, and partners across Fisheries New Zealand, MPI, other New Zealand government agencies, service providers, and other parties. You will use data and insights to report on the effectiveness of Fisheries New Zealand's engagement performance and drive innovation throughout the engagement life cycle.

Mōu - About You

This is an opportunity to deliver significant enhancements to Fisheries New Zealand's connections with stakeholders. 

To be successful in this role you will need: 

• Demonstrated experience in engagement and relationship management at a strategic level
• Previous experience working within Government
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to build trust and credibility quickly
• Proven ability to build a collaborative team and foster a high performing team environment
• Track record in relationship management across a range of groups and individuals with potentially conflicting interests

Familiarity with the sector and the legislation relating to fisheries and aquaculture and Māori, including the Treaty of Waitangi would be an advantage. 

This opportunity could possibly be a step-up in your career and support the hard-working, busy Fisheries New Zealand team with excellent engagement advice, tools, and direction.  

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team 

This is a close-knit team based in Wellington. This role reports to the Director Strategy and Engagement. You will lead two Senior Advisers, and work closely with MPI's Public Affairs Team. You'll be sitting on the same floor as a wide variety of smart, driven people working hard to ensure that fisheries resources are managed to provide the greatest overall benefit to New Zealanders.

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 Additional MPI leave days

• Ability to purchase extra annual leave
• Annual wellness payment
• Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames

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 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 3 November.

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

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