Principal Advisor Planning (Workforce)

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Lead operational and longer-term workforce planning initiatives
• Opportunity to shape workforce strategy in a fast-paced, high-impact environment
• Salary range$132,417 - $160,472 + KiwiSaver and Wellness benefits
• Permanent position | Wellington Central 

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

We’re looking for an exceptional Principal Advisor to lead workforce planning within the INZ Planning team. You’ll work closely with the Planning Manager to align day-to-day and long-term workforce strategies with INZ’s priorities and policy changes.

This is a fast-paced, high-impact role where people are at the heart of every decision. Your insights will shape how we understand and plan for our workforce.

If you thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy delivering operational strategic advice backed by strong data and analysis, we’d love to hear from you.

Working in our team, you will:

• Report to and work closely with the Planning Manager, and work in a team of three Principal Advisors, two Senior Advisors and three Workforce Planners.
• Provide well informed workforce planning advice and maintain a wide range of planning artefacts that are relied on within the business. 
• Be able to make the complex simple, articulate and illustrate your advice clearly.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

• Experience supporting cross organisational planning.
• The ability to work independently and take initiative within the role.
• Well-developed written, verbal and visual communication skills.
• Strong technical experience with PowerBI and Excel is required.
• Experience in hands-on delivery and artefact development.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong applicants will have experience as Workforce Planners in other complex organisations or may be VOMs, or Immigration Managers (or equivalent).
• A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant workforce planning or human resources discipline.

At time of application you must be a NZ citizen or hold a Permanent resident visa. 

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 Emily Boyd at Emily.Boyd@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17501 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Friday 20 June 2025 at 11.59pm.