Advisor, New Zealand Major Events
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Advisor is a vital team member position in New Zealand Major Events, which is the lead central government entity for events. It acts as an advisor to government ministers on aligning events to government objectives, links the events sector with the operational and leverage arms of government, invests in events to achieve outcomes that align with government priorities, and partners with other event stakeholders to attract, deliver and leverage major events.
This role will manage a specific portfolio of events from within the Major Events Fund, working closely with event delivery agencies, host city partners, and other Crown agencies to support successful delivery and maximise the benefits for New Zealand. You will be required to receive and assess applications to the Major Events Fund and make investment recommendations. You will also take on some project work, prepare briefings and advice for Ministers, and provide support and input into the wider team’s work.
You can be based in Wellington or Auckland, with other New Zealand locations considered.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- The ability to quickly establish, build and maintain strong, effective working relationships
- The ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines and deliverables
- Flexibility and positivity in responding to changes in priorities and demands for work
- The ability to gather relevant information, analyse data, identify issues and make recommendations in ambiguous environments
- The ability to understand financial, contractual, legislative and economic information
- Strong written communication skills, including the ability to prepare well-structured, robust and clear papers
- An eye for risk and opportunity
- An understanding of the machinery of government is advantageous
- A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience
- Must have legal right to live and work in NZ.
- Flexibility to adapt within a fast-moving environment
- Good working knowledge of local government and experience in the events industry or tourism sector is a significant advantage
Qualifications
A tertiary degree in a relevant field is highly desirable
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Major Events Fund Portfolio Management
- Ensuring events are successfully delivered and government outcomes are achieved.
- Effectively manage an individual portfolio of events across the lifecycle of investment.
- Provide sound advice and support to fund applications
- Produce robust event analysis, recommendations and investment advice
- Delivering project work, building and maintaining strong systems across the Major Events Fund and wider team.
Implementing NZ Major Event initiatives
- Delivering project work, building and maintaining strong systems across the Major Events Fund and wider team.
- Owns or contributes to multiple workstreams, being willing to share ideas, share the load and support others in their work
- Meet our obligations under the Official Information Act, ensure all reporting requirements are fulfilled and all relevant information is up to date and on time.
- Preparing briefs and Ministerial responses that are suitable to the recipient and appropriate to their needs.
- Participate in multi-agency initiatives
- Identifies and manages conflicts of interest appropriately
- Proactively applies risk management principles and practices
Relationship management
- Participate as an active team member and contribute knowledge and expertise needed to achieve wider government outcomes for major event investments
- Develops effective working relationships with other tourism staff, MBIE managers and staff
- Build and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, as necessary, in order to identify and share best practice information and to effectively collaborate to achieve government investment outcomes
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with the regions ensuring a strong, enduring partnership
- Represents whole-of-Ministry views and protects its reputation in any external interactions
- Balance competing interests and priorities, ensuring impartiality and independence is maintained in all relationships at both central and local level
Wellbeing, health and safety
- Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives.
- Ensures own and others safety at all times.
- Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting.
- Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion.
- Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation.
Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry
The Advisor position reports into the Manager Major Events within the Economic Development and Tourism branch. The branch sits within the Labour, Science and Enterprise group.
To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand
Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.
As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).
Ngā matatau – Our competencies
Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.
Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.
Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.
Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.
Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.
Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.
Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service
Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.
In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.
What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission
