Advisor

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• An exciting opportunity for an Advisor to join the New Zealand Major Events team.
• Manage a specific portfolio of events from within the Major Events Fund.
• Work closely with event delivery agencies, host city partners, and other Crown agencies to support successful delivery and maximise the benefits for New Zealand.
• Receive and assess applications to the Major Events Fund and make investment recommendations.
• Use your project skills and prepare briefings and advice for Ministers and provide support and input into the wider team’s work.
• Salary: $85,537 - $101,911, full time, perm, Wellington or Auckland, with other New Zealand locations considered.

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

New Zealand Major Events advises government about investing in major events, and partners with the events sector to attract events and leverage event benefits for NZ.  New Zealand Major Events is an advisor to government ministers on aligning events to government objectives; the link between the events sector and the operational and leverage arms of government; an investor in events to achieve outcomes that align with government priorities and a partner with other event stakeholders to attract, deliver and leverage major events.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Event investment management to ensure events are successfully delivered and government outcomes are achieved.  This will include effectively managing an individual portfolio of events across the lifecycle of investment, providing sound advice and support to fund applicants, and producing robust event analysis, recommendations, and investment advice.
• Delivering project work, building and maintaining strong systems across the Major Events Fund and wider team. This will include owning or contributing to multiple workstreams, sharing ideas and workload, meeting obligations under the Official Information Act, and ensuring all reporting requirements are fulfilled.
• Relationship management, including building and maintaining effective relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, and encouraging effective cross-agency engagement to effectively collaborate to achieve government investment outcomes.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

• The ability to quickly establish, build and maintain strong, effective working relationships.
• The ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines and deliverables.
• Flexibility and positivity in responding to changes in priorities and demands for work.
• The ability to gather relevant information, analyse data, identify issues and make recommendations in ambiguous environments.
• The ability to understand financial, contractual, legislative and economic information.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to prepare well-structured, robust and clear papers.
• An eye for risk and opportunity.
• An understanding of the machinery of government is advantageous.
• A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Flexibility to adapt within a fast-moving environment.
• Good working knowledge of local government and experience in the events industry or tourism sector is a significant advantage.
• Comfortable working collaboratively and using online tools, with occasional and event related travel. 
• The legal right to work in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

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.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori 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 Māori 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.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role. 

Email Jackie Johnson at jackie.johnson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/16964 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on the 7th April 2025 at 11.59pm.