Senior Regional Advisor – South Island
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Senior Regional Advisor supports the senior regional officials and principal regional advisors in their leadership of government partnerships in the region.
The Senior Regional Advisor’s main focus is contract management. Additionally, the role is developing relationships, facilitating investment in regional projects and assisting the Principal Regional Advisor to co-ordinate cross-agency regional work programmes where required.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Demonstrable experience of project delivery within work programmes and within agencies
- Demonstrable experience establishing and maintain strong relationships at all levels of an organisation and across government and to develop trust and credibility with stakeholders, managers and staff
- Experienced contract manager
- Knowledge of the South Island region and surrounds, and experience working with iwi/hapū and Māori in South Island
- Strong understanding of the labour market of the position location and surrounding regions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience influencing others to move toward a common vision or goal
- Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
- A team player who works collaboratively with, and through others
- Understands how a government agency functions, understands key government processes and current government priorities
- A strong track record of achievement of results and ability to maintain a clear focus on long-term goals
- Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of people which gains the trust and support of peers and collaborators
- Ability to deal with concepts and complexity comfortably
- Required to drive
- Credit check required
- Tertiary qualification in relevant discipline
- Must have the right to live and work in New Zealand
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Key deliverables
- Proactive contract management
- Develop and manage regional relationships to ensure projects are effective
- Work effectively with the Investment team and the wider South Island team
- Manage contract relationships
- Provide support to the wider team across regions where required
- Being actively involved with all regional projects, ie progress, roadblocks, deliverables etc where required
- Assisting to co-ordinate Government support for projects across region, including the co-ordination of cross-agency regional work programmes
- Building and nurturing strong relationships with key stakeholders
- Address regional policy issues
- Support the senior regional officials and principal regional advisors in their leadership of government partnerships in regions
Relationship management
- Participate as an active team member and contribute knowledge and expertise needed to achieve Kānoa and MBIE outcomes
- Develop effective working relationships with other Kānoa staff and 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 promote Kānoa, its products and services
- Represent whole-of-Ministry views and protects its reputation in any external interactions
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
Kānoa – Regional Economic Development and Investment Unit
The Government’s broad economic objective is to achieve higher wellbeing for New Zealanders through productive, sustainable and inclusive economic growth. This means moving beyond narrow economic indicators and instead puts the wellbeing of our people and the environment at the centre. Regional Economic Development is an integral feature of this objective.
Kānoa has been established to be the focal point within government for regional economic development and oversee central government's investments in the regions and to implement the Regional Strategic Partnership Fund (RSPF). Kānoa also delivers and contract manages a number of other funds and is responsible for working with regions to determine priorities for investments in these regions and establishing processes to support the implementation of further funds.
The Unit has three branches:
- Strategy, Planning and Performance branch is responsible for the development and implementation of business strategies where the focus lies in strong financial management, data and research and governance functions.
- Investment Management branch is responsible for managing the pipeline of proposals including assessment of applications against the criteria of the fund, due diligence and conflict and risk management in relation to each proposal.
- Regional Development branch works with people in the regions to seek out opportunities and remove barriers to investment, assists with developing investment proposals and is the primary conduit to other New Zealand Government regional teams.
The Senior Regional Advisor position reports into the Director Regional Development (North) for Kānoa – RDU.
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
