Assistant People Hub Advisor

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Grow your career within a high energy, supportive HR team environment
• 12 month fixed term/secondment opportunity, Wellington based
• Salary range: $60,727-$70,625 plus KiwiSaver and wellness benefits

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

Our Employment Practices team has an opportunity available on a fixed term/secondment basis to join as an Assistant People Hub Advisor within our People and Culture branch. We are the first point of contact for all People Leader HR queries after our intranet, you'll be responsible for delivering timely, high quality, consistent HR advice and documentation to People Leaders and staff across MBIE.

The work is interesting, busy, and offers exposure across a wide variety of HR tasks and opportunity to grow your experience and career within HR. This role provides open progression pathways both within the People and Culture branch and wider MBIE depending on your interest.

You might have some experience/knowledge from within a HR environment or have sound administrative/customer service skills looking for a change in career. Whatever your background we welcome your application.

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

The following experience and attributes will enable you to succeed in the role:

• Sound knowledge of HR practices and employment legislation
• Previous experience working in a fast paced, customer facing role
• The ability to quickly establish, build and maintain strong working relationships
• Demonstrated ability to manage a large workload, multi-task and prioritise to meet competing demands
• Strong attention to detail and a desire to produce high quality work
• Passion for process improvement
• Be highly motivated with the ability to self-manage
• 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 Danielle Plane at Danielle.Plane2@mbie.govt.nz if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Sunday 4 January 2026 (midnight). Please note, queries will not be monitored over the Christmas break, but queries will be responded to as soon as possible in the new year.