Senior Advisor | Performance Insights and Evaluation

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Identify opportunities to improve system performance and strengthen regulatory stewardship. 
• Shape evidence-based advice that supports better system outcomes for New Zealand's building regulatory system.
• Permanent or 12-month secondment opportunity, Wellington or Christchurch based location
• Salary $111,098 - $138,028 plus KiwiSaver and wellbeing allowance

About the Role - Tēnei tūranga:

We are looking for a Senior Advisor who can:

• Use evidence and analysis to identify opportunities to improve system performance and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen regulatory stewardship and improve system-level outcomes.
• Lead and coordinate evaluation activities, including managing relationships and contracts with external evaluation providers.
• Build strong relationships across MBIE, government and the wider building sector to support reporting, monitoring and evaluation activity.
• Communicate with confidence, using excellent written and verbal communication skills to influence decisions and convey complex ideas clearly to project teams, governance groups, Ministers and stakeholders.

We're looking for someone who is not only highly capable in these areas, but who is excited by the opportunity to drive change and improve system-level outcomes.

You'll be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team that values innovation, continuous improvement, and evidence-based decision-making, with the opportunity to have a real impact on New Zealand's building regulatory system.

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

We are looking for someone who has:

• Strong experience with procurement and contract management of outsourced service provision. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to convey complex ideas clearly to diverse audiences, including Ministers. 
• Strong knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
• Ability to combine storytelling with qualitative and quantitative insights. 
• Experience with, or ability to learn, reporting tools such as Power BI. 
• Good understanding of the public sector, including the Ministry’s role and government processes.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand and be able to satisfy the Ministry’s security clearance requirements. 
• Knowledge of or understanding of the building regulatory system in New Zealand is an advantage, but not a requirement. 

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:

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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 Monica Chow at Monica.Chow2@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/19843 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Sunday, 2nd August at 11.59pm.