Senior Policy Advisor| Resource Policy

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Work alongside engaged and passionate people
• Join a high-performing team and branch, which values diversity of thought and is willing to invest into your professional development
• Work on cutting edge economic and regulatory reform needed to manage New Zealand’s valuable mineral and petroleum estate in a way that supports the transformation to a more inclusive and sustainable economy
• Salary range: $ 110,098 - $ 138,028 including KiwiSavers + wellness benefits
• Permanent position with flexible working arrangements available, flexible location – Wellington, Auckland or Christchurch

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in the resources sector. You will be an experienced policy professional, able to lead policy workstreams, and have the experience to pick up sector knowledge quickly and provide advice on New Zealand's petroleum and mineral resources, while working closely with other agencies and sector stakeholders.
 
You will use your analytical skills to work on a complex and stimulating work programme, identifying emerging issues and tackling key policy and regulatory challenges to support the Government’s priorities for the sector.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

• Experience at working on complex policy and strategy work programmes – from policy development through to implementation
• Experience of machinery of government
• Significant understanding of the policy production process, including iwi engagement and stakeholder consultation processes
• Ability to think critically, analyse evidence and information and develop clear, well-reasoned advice
• Enjoy getting to the heart of an issue quickly, generating ideas and solving problems

Why work for us?

 It is an exciting time to be working in resources policy! The resources sector is absolutely critical to the prosperity of New Zealand, to ensure we have a secure supply of the energy and minerals we need to support energy security, the clean energy transition, and the economy growing. 

About our Team

The Resource Policy team is at the centre of a number of Government priorities including:
•    Investigating the strategic opportunities in New Zealand's mineral resources, including vanadium, and developing a plan to develop these opportunities.
•    Exploring the potential for a critical minerals list, where such minerals would have a preferential pathway for development once identified.
•    Future-proofing the natural gas industry by restarting offshore petroleum exploration.
•    Ensuring the government's energy settings allow for the exploration of natural geological hydrogen in New Zealand, to maximise future energy resilience.

We also work closely with other government agencies including the Department of Conservation and Ministry for the Environment to provide secondary policy advice on a number of Natural Resource Sector policy projects.  The Crown's Treaty partners are front and centre of our engagement approach to our work, and we also work closely with stakeholders including industry and NGOs.

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 Monica Chow at monica.chow2@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17040 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Wednesday, 9 April.