Principal Advisor Planning and Performance

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Fixed-term or secondment through until May 2027
• Wellington based
• Salary $118,390 - $143,639 + Kiwisaver + Wellness Benefit

About the Role - Tēnei tūranga:

Are you a strategic thinker who can connect organisational priorities, planning and performance to deliver meaningful outcomes?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Advisor Planning and Performance to join the Planning, Risk and Assurance team within Corporate and Digital Shared Services (CDSS).
This role provides leadership across planning, performance and business management activities, helping to ensure CDSS delivers on its priorities and achieves strong organisational outcomes. Working across a diverse and evolving group, you will provide high-quality advice, performance insights and practical solutions that support effective decision-making and continuous improvement.

As a trusted advisor, you will build strong relationships across the organisation, influence strategic outcomes, and help strengthen planning and performance capability. You will bring a systems-thinking approach, sound judgement and the ability to connect complex information into clear and actionable advice.

The Planning, Risk and Assurance team supports the CDSS Group to deliver on its strategic priorities through integrated planning, performance monitoring, reporting, risk management and continuous improvement initiatives.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development and delivery of Group planning, performance monitoring and reporting frameworks that support strategic decision-making.
• Partner with senior leaders to develop business plans, performance insights and reporting products that drive delivery and accountability.
• Identify organisational challenges and opportunities, providing strategic advice and practical solutions that improve effectiveness and performance.
• Lead through influence, build organisational capability and promote high-quality planning, reporting and business management practices.

MBIE supports a wide range of flexible working arrangements. Talk to us about what might work for both you and us.

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

We are looking for an experienced strategic advisor who thrives in complex environments and can work effectively across organisational boundaries.

You will bring:

• Significant experience in organisational planning, performance management, monitoring and reporting.
• Proven success leading complex planning processes, programmes of work, or organisation-wide improvement initiatives.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to connect strategy, planning, financial and non-financial performance information.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience partnering with senior leaders and delivering outcomes through collaboration and credibility.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, build capability and drive change in complex organisational environments.
• Resilience, adaptability and sound judgement, with the ability to deliver quality outcomes in evolving and fast-paced settings.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive reporting and the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.
• Knowledge of government planning, accountability and reporting frameworks, including an understanding of machinery of government, would be advantageous.

You must:

• Have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
• Consent to and satisfactorily complete a credit check.
• Be able to obtain and maintain Police Vetting.

About MBIE - Ētahi kōrero mō 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 ahunga roa o ngā iwi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, ka tutuki 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 kaupapa kua 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.

How to Apply - Me pēhea te tono:

All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a CV and cover letter.

Email Jess Dalbeth at jess.dalbeth@mbie.govt.nz if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Monday 10 August 2026 (midnight)