Senior Advisor - Benefits Realisation

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Work in a dynamic environment and be part of a team responsible for delivering transformational change
• Play a key role in embedding benefits realisation thinking across a complex, multi‑workstream programme
• Provide trusted, high‑quality insights and advice to senior leaders to support delivery, governance and performance
• Permanent full-time opportunity based at Wellington
• Salary range: $101,911 – $121,196 (dependent on skills and experience)

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

The Our Future Services programme is transforming the immigration system by bringing visa applications and processing into a single digital platform, supported by smart risk management, modern tools and redesigned end-to-end processes that deliver a better experience for kaimahi and customers. The programme is delivered through multiple workstreams operating in parallel, each implementing key initiatives with defined milestones.

You will be part of the Future Services Branch within Immigration New Zealand, reporting to the Programme Director, Future Services.

As a Senior Advisor – Benefits Realisation, you will provide high‑quality operational and strategic advice to support the successful delivery of the programme, with a particular focus on ensuring programme benefits are clearly defined, measured, monitored and understood across the programme team and delivery workstreams.

Working closely with the Programme Director, Principal Advisor, workstream leads and colleagues across MBIE, you will:

• Support the development, refinement and ongoing management of the programme’s Benefits Realisation Plan.
• Work with key stakeholders across the programme and organisation to identify, define and track benefits in a consistent and meaningful way.
• Use quantitative and qualitative data to produce analysis and insights reporting that enables effective governance and decision making.
• Support programme governance and assurance processes, including reporting to programme boards and forums.
• Proactively identify and escalate risks that may impact benefit delivery and realisation.
  
  

This role requires strong analytical capability, confidence working with senior stakeholders, and the ability to navigate complexity and uncertainty while keeping delivery outcomes and benefits front of mind.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Strong experience providing high‑quality advice in a programme, operational or policy environment.
• Demonstrated experience with benefits realisation, performance reporting or programme monitoring frameworks.
• Confidence using quantitative and qualitative data to prepare analysis, reports and recommendations, including insights to inform decision-making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop clear, high‑quality documents, such as reports, memos and presentations.
• Proven ability to quickly understand complex and unfamiliar issues and provide sound advice on risks, issues and pathways forward.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to work proactively and independently, including prioritising across competing demands and tight timeframes.
• Well‑developed relationship management and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and organisational boundaries.
• A sound understanding of the public sector environment, including governance, assurance and decision‑making processes.
• You must be a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident. 

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:

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When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role. All applications must be submitted via our online process.

We can't wait to hear from you! Email Nik Sharma at nikhil.sharma@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/19431 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Tuesday, 5 May 2026