Lead Advisor Strategy, Operations & Standards

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• New Zealand Government Property Office
• Permanent position based in Wellington
• Salary range: $132,417 - $160,472 + Kiwisaver

The Government Property Office is accountable for the strategic leadership of the government’s office accommodation portfolio and provisioning for the centralisation of components of the government’s property function.

The Government Property Office is also responsible for delivering on MBIE's own property strategy as well as providing high-quality property management services to MBIE. The government’s office accommodation portfolio is significant, encompassing circa 1,000,000 sqm of office space and a rental spend of circa $330 million per year across 73 agencies, including Crown Agents. MBIE is an agency with a significant property portfolio, encompassing both office and non-office sites, across New Zealand and offshore.

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

The Lead Advisor Strategy, Operations & Standards reports to the Head of Strategy and Standards and is responsible for providing high level strategic advice, critical analysis, recommendations, and support for key business decisions on investment strategies and property initiatives. The Advisor provides financial advice and cost benefit analysis of investment options, ensuring they are assessed, prioritised, and monitored to align with the Government Property Office’s long-term strategic direction.

The role leads the development and execution of:

• Operational policy artefacts, i.e. Cabinet papers, business cases.
• Business operation processes and practices; and
• Property standards that enable agency partners across the government office accommodation portfolio and overall property system uplift.

This role leads a small team in promoting and driving improvements in the Government Property Office business performance and is a trusted and influential advisor to the senior leadership team of the branch.

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

• Considerable experience in the property industry with an advanced understanding of strategy development, Ministerial communications, system wide reporting and investment management, preferably within a government property context.
• Comprehensive experience and examples of advisory services relating to sector standards for large property portfolios.
• Comprehensive experience in business operational processes and practices including setting organisational KPI’s.
• A strategic outlook with the intellectual capability to analyse complex issues to deliver new insights and provide advice where needed.
• Ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships and develop trust, credibility, buy-in and collaboration with senior leaders, managers, staff, and other stakeholders.
• Excellent, oral, and written communications, including the ability to present complex issues clearly and concisely.

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 Graham Pomeroy at Graham.Pomeroy3@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/16720 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Thursday, 6 March.