Advisor I Tupu Tai

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Passionate about making a difference for young Pacific people?
• Well-developed analysis, problem solving and decision-making skills?
• Able to form great relationships with agencies?
• Fixed-term until August 2025 or secondment opportunity covering parental leave
• $75,114 - $88,266 + Kiwisaver
   

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

Langa Le Vā Pacific Policy team is a mixed policy and programmes team located within Te Waka Pῡtahitanga’s Tautoru Economic Strategy Branch. The team is responsible for provision of strategic policy advice and delivery of key programme investments focused on improving economic wellbeing outcomes for Pacific Peoples in Aotearoa. One of the team’s programmes is the Tupu Tai Pasifika Public Sector internship programme.

The Tupu Tai programme is a 14-week paid summer internship where Pacific interns are placed with agencies across government. MBIE leads the programme and organises recruitment and placements across the public sector. The 2024/25 summer internship has been paused reflecting the wider context of public sector organisational change processes that are currently underway across MBIE and within other public sector agencies.

The Advisor Tupu Tai plays a key role in contributing to the delivery and future design of the Tupu Tai Pasifika Public Sector internship programme. This is a highly collaborative role that will need to actively build and maintain a wide range of internal and external relationships to support the successful delivery of the Tupu Tai programme.
 

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

• Experience working with Pacific young people in a mentoring/coaching or early in career advisory capacity preferably in the youth development or tertiary sector.
• An understanding of policy and programme design principles.
• Well-developed analysis, problem solving and decision-making skills, with a focus on collaboration.
• Is comfortable quickly developing an understanding of context in relation to the insights required and provide strategic advice.
• Pacific cultural capability skills and understanding of Pacific community contexts.

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 Monica Chow at monica.chow2@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/15681 if you have any further questions.

Applications close at 5pm on Thursday 12 December 2024.

As we are reviewing applications throughout the advertising period and may close advertising sooner than stated we encourage you to apply Now!