Senior Advisor – Strategy, Operations and Standards
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Government Property Office is accountable for the strategic leadership of the government’s office accommodation portfolio and provisioning for the centralisation of components of the government’s property function. The Government Property Office is also responsible for delivering on MBIE's own property strategy as well as providing high-quality property management services to MBIE.
The government’s office accommodation portfolio is significant, encompassing circa 1,000,000 sqm of office space and a rental spend of circa $330 million per year across 73 agencies, including Crown Agents. MBIE is an agency with a significant property portfolio (about 10% of the government’s footprint), encompassing both office and non-office sites, across New Zealand and offshore.
The Senior Advisor reports to the Lead Advisor Strategy, Operations and Standards within the Strategy and Standards Group. This position will contribute to the assessment of property investment options through cost benefit and financial analysis. The role will also research and prepare:
- Operational policy artefacts, such as, cabinet papers, business cases, OIA requests;
- Business operation processes and practices; and
- Property and workplace standards that enable agency partners across the government office accommodation portfolio and overall property system uplift.
The Senior Advisor will be responsible for contributing to strategic advice and guidance provided by the Strategy and Standards Group to the Government Property Office. This position will provide analysis, recommendations, and support for key business decisions on the investment strategy and initiatives, operational practices, and property standards.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Over 6+ years’ experience in the government sector with an understanding of financial analysis, investment strategies, and business cases, preferably with a government property context.
- Experience in providing advisory services relating to government property and workplace standards.
- Experience in developing business operational processes and practices.
- Sound working knowledge of the machinery of government.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse system performance opportunities and investment strategies and provide robust recommendations.
- Capable of influencing and persuading others to accept a view, argument or action that promotes organisational success and achievement.
- Ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships and develop trust, credibility, buy-in and collaboration with managers, staff, and other stakeholders.
- Strong relationship management skills with the demonstrated experience of successfully managing relationships at a senior level.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated by credibility, personal or collaborative influence, managing expectations and targeted persuasion.
- Excellent, oral and written communications, including the ability to present complex issues clearly and concisely.
- A track record of developing and delivering professional guidance and advice and able to develop strong interpersonal skills including the ability to form trusted relationships and communicate to different stakeholders.
Qualifications
- A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience, and a commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Advice
- Provides quality advice on operational property and workplace practices and standards that is robust and supports property system outcomes.
- Provides thought leadership on complex and/or ambiguous issues.
- Contributes to the provision of quality financial advice, review and analysis of investment options.
Strategy and planning
- Work with key staff in the team and the branch to:
- Contribute to strategic directions and priorities;
- Develop documents to support priorities ensuring all initiatives align with the overall strategy.
- Bring a creative, practical and proactive approach to problem identification and resolution.
- Communicate in a clear, persuasive, and impactful way; to convince others to embrace change and take action.
Business operations and standards
- Research, develop and implement key business and operational strategies, processes and policies, and support the setting and monitoring of organisational KPIs.
- Research, develop and implement sector standards, and contribute to guidance relevant to portfolio planning and leasing activities for government office accommodation.
Industry knowledge and networking
- Continuously updating knowledge and skills related to office accommodation property, investment strategies, industry regulations and standards, and emerging trends.
- Networking with industry (property and financial) professionals, attending conferences, and participating in professional development activities to stay at the forefront of the industry.
- Communicate in a clear, persuasive, and impactful way; to convince others to embrace change and take action.
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 Senior Advisor position reports into the Lead Advisory, Strategy, Operations and Standards within the Government Property Office. The branch sits within the Kānoa - Regional Development Commercial Services 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
