Advisor Regulatory Practice

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Help improve how people experience the resources regulatory system, supporting policy and operational changes, lifting capability, and making the system easy to engage with
  
• Wellington-based, full-time, permanent
  
• Salary: $75,114 to $88,266 plus KiwiSaver and wellness benefits

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

We’re looking for a motivated and proactive person to join our team as an Advisor – Regulatory Practice within the Resource Markets branch at MBIE.

In this role, you’ll help people understand and navigate New Zealand’s regulatory systems for oil, gas, minerals, and renewable energy. 

You’ll work with subject matter experts to turn technical content into clear, accessible information, communications and strategies and support initiatives that improve how our customers engage with and understand the system. 

This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll plan and deliver communications, support the implementation of policy and operational changes, and contribute to system improvements.

You’ll bring energy, curiosity, and a people-centred mindset to everything you do. If you enjoy planning, problem-solving, and making complex ideas easy to understand, this could be the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Planning, advising on, and delivering guidance, communications, and engagement collateral through a variety of channels - including websites and social media platforms. 
• Translating complex or technical information into plain English for different audiences.
• Supporting the implementation of new or changing policies through clear, fit-for-purpose information.
• Applying customer-centred design principles to improve how we communicate and engage across the system.
• Identifying opportunities to improve how we support compliance, system understanding, and customer experience.
• Assist in planning and delivering stakeholder engagements, including webinars, website content and presentations.       
• Building strong working relationships across operational, policy and regulatory teams. 

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

We’re keen to hear from people who are:

• Strong planners and communicators, with a knack for simplifying complexity
• Comfortable working across multiple projects and priorities
• Curious, collaborative, and motivated to make a difference
• Able to think critically and bring a practical lens to problem-solving
• Skilled at building relationships and working with a wide range of people
• Committed to public service values and the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Experience in regulatory systems, communications, and understanding of parliamentary and government structures and processes is helpful but not essential.

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. 

When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role.

All applications must be submitted via our online process.

Email Monica Chow at monica.chow2@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17791 if you have any further questions.

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

Applications close at 23:59pm on Tuesday, 16th September.