Principal Advisor Data and Information

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Join a future-focused team that champions innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Shape strategic learning solutions that empower our people and drive performance.
• Bring your hands-on learning expertise to design scalable development programmes.
• Influence senior leaders and translate organisational need into impactful learning solutions.
• Salary $132,417 - $160,472 +KiwiSaver +Wellness Benefits Wellington CBD permanent full time.

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking a strategic Principal Advisor Data and Information to lead learning and capability building initiatives within the Data Enablement and Performance team. This high-impact role focuses on building capability, enabling data literacy, and driving change across a complex, diverse environment.

We’re looking for someone with strong learning and development expertise who can work at both strategic and operational levels. You’ll have a solid grasp of learning principles, experience designing scalable programmes, and the ability to engage senior leaders, influence stakeholders, and turn organisational needs into effective learning solutions.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Lead the design and development of learning content aligned with organizational data capability goals.
• Oversee the creation and curation of data and information learning resources.
• Establish and manage a regular review cycle for existing training offerings, ensuring relevance, impact and alignment with evolving business needs.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure learning content is accurate, future-focused, and drive measurable outcomes.
• Champion and drive data culture change across the organisation, embedding data capability uplift as a core enabler of strategic change.
• Partner with users and leadership to identify, scope, and prioritise learning needs that support organizational strategy and workforce development.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

We are keen to hear from you if you have:

• Essential - a minimum of 3 – 5 years in a learning and development role.
• Knowledge of a range of learning frameworks and methodologies.
• Experience in developing/producing capability matrix, learning needs analysis and implementation plans.
• Solid experience in introducing new ways of looking at problems and adopting creative new approaches.
• Experience leading initiatives to improve capability for data, information, or technical tooling.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage across the organisation.
• Clear concise writing, editing and oral communication skills at all levels.
• Experience in or understanding of data or information management practices.
• Proven understanding of the evolving data system and the role of data-enabled information.
• Have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Please note this is not a Data Analyst role – you MUST have significant demonstrable experience in learning and development.

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 upload a tailored CV and cover letter documenting why you're the perfect fit for this role.

All applications must be submitted via our online process. 

Email Jackie Johnson at jackie.johnson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/18679 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on 2nd March 2026 at 5pm

The Principal Advisor Data and Information Job Description is part of a standardised job family so please refer to the advert for the more specific skills required for the role.