Engagement Adviser | Wellington City

Job Description

Engagement Adviser

Role type: Permanent, full-time

Location: Wellington City

Salary band & range: General Salary Range F: $74,964 to $87,466 depending on skills and experience

About the Role - Kōrero mō te Tūranga

As New Zealand Food Safety's Engagement Adviser, you will support events, engagement and communication programmes across a range of food safety issues & priorities.

This is a hands-on position and includes activities such as arranging stakeholder visits/itineraries and other stakeholder group interactions; supporting events and sponsorships; developing engagement and communications content for stakeholders; and developing clear systems and processes to improve New Zealand Food Safety's stakeholder engagement programmes.

To enable you to deliver the above outcomes, it is essential to build collaborative relationships across New Zealand Food Safety, MPI, other New Zealand Government agencies, service providers, and other interested parties.

More specifically, your key responsibilities will include:

• Contributing to the delivery of partner and stakeholder engagement plans and the successful delivery of engagement outcomes.
• Writing and preparing quality work and other collateral appropriate for a range of audiences, and turning complex & technical information into plain English for traditional and digital channels.
• Delivering within deadlines and adapting quickly to change and changing/tight timeframes.

About You - Mōu

Our next Engagement Adviser will have at least a year of experience implementing communication and engagement strategies, or organising events.

You thrive on collaborating directly with food businesses and adjacent directorates to drive for results across the organisation. You are highly organised, and can manage a variety of tasks, which contribute to developing New Zealand Food Safety's values.

You will have a strong background in written communication and the ability tailor messages to different audiences, both internally, such as New Zealand Food Safety's senior leadership team, and externally, such as operators and organisations within the “farm to fork” cohort.

Experience with Government processes and a passion for the food safety system is highly advantageous.

In addition, our ideal candidate will have/display the ability to:

• Stay calm under pressure in an environment where the goalposts shift regularly.
• Bring groups/people together in productive discussions.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of people.
• Measure results against engagement and communications objectives.
• Set priorities and manage time effectively.
• Translate complex or technical information in an accessible, factual and easy-to-understand way.
• Write and edit communications material for digital and traditional channels.
• Balance the needs and perspectives of different audiences.

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 - Mō tō mātou Rōpū

Reporting to the Manager Stakeholder Engagement, you will contribute to the Regulatory Support & Performance directorate and play a key role in role in designing and delivering effective and balanced engagement and communications. You will work alongside a Visual Designer, and Senior Adviser (both Wellington based) to support New Zealand Food Safety's Deputy Director-General, and key customers.

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

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” 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 11:59pm on Tuesday, 27 May.

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