Advisor Risk and Assurance

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Apply your Risk and Assurance skills to improve decisions across data, ICT, finance, health and safety, and more
• Help make risk management an integral part of business – not just compliance
• Salary $75,114 - $88,266 + KiwiSaver + wellness benefits
• Permanent full time | Wellington based

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

Join us as a Risk and Assurance Advisor – Shape the future of risk management at MBIE

Are you passionate about using risk management as a powerful tool to drive smart decision-making and business insight? Do you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your expertise can make a real difference?

We’re looking for a Risk and Assurance Advisor to help embed risk management practices in a newly formed group within MBIE, turning them into a cornerstone of strategic thinking and operational excellence – not just compliance!

Why this role matters

As a trusted advisor, you’ll play a key role in strengthening MBIE’s ability to deliver on its mission by enhancing how we manage risk and conduct assurance. You’ll be instrumental in shaping a proactive, informed approach to risk that supports MBIEs corporate functions, critical ICT service delivery and broader organisational outcomes.

Where you’ll work

The position reports into the Manager Group Risk and Assurance within the Planning Risk and Assurance Team. This is part of the Corporate and Digital Shared Services (CDSS) Group—a large, complex group responsible for MBIE’s ICT, project and programme management, data analytics, finance, people and culture, and workplace health and safety functions. 

Despite the scale, we operate as a close-knit, agile team where your voice is heard, your ideas are valued, and your contributions have real impact.

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

• Demonstrated experience supporting complex risk management or assurance activities—such as risk reviews, control testing, or audit processes—within structured frameworks.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and workstreams effectively, with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes on time and within scope
• The ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in dynamic environments. Able to assess situations, make informed decisions with limited information, and adapt to shifting priorities or emerging risks.
• Takes initiative and ownership of tasks, with a focus on continuous improvement and delivering value. Skilled at balancing competing demands and working independently when needed.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in 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 Dorinda Te Kiri at dorinda.tekiri@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17414 if you have any further questions.

Applications close 15 June 2025