Trade Remedies Analyst

Tēnei tūranga – About the role

The Trade Remedies Analyst will work within, and support the overall capability of, the trade remedies team at MBIE. The Analyst will: gather evidence, analyse trade remedies issues and prepare robust and high-quality reports. They will need to work closely with legal and colleagues within MBIE, and will be involved in discussions with domestic and overseas industry, as well as overseas governments. There will also be a need to develop briefing materials to ministers and senior officials.

Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role

The Trade and International team is responsible for policy on – and administration of – New Zealand’s trade remedies regime, which protects domestic industry from unfair overseas competition in the form of dumped and subsidised imports. We have worked on a variety of high profile investigations, including on the alleged subsidisation of Chinese steel imports.

As well as responsibility for New Zealand’s trade remedies regime, other areas of work within the wider Trade and International team include the impact of standards and regulations on the ability of businesses to trade and operate offshore, and how we can partner with foreign governments to reduce barriers to trade. This includes policy work on: import tariffs; the role of standards in innovation; and firms’ engagement in international standards development and global value chains. To achieve this, we work closely with other parts of MBIE, the Treasury, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and regulators across government.

Personal specifications

The Trade Remedies Analyst will work on a variety of trade remedies investigations, including:

• Gathering information from interested parties in trade remedies investigations, including domestic industry, importers, overseas manufacturers and overseas governments. This may involve some domestic and international travel (as the health situation permits).
• Analysing information in depth, on the basis of New Zealand’s trade remedies legislation and World Trade Organisation jurisprudence.
• Preparing formal reports on: the acceptance and initiation of trade remedies applications from domestic industry; the imposition of provisional measures, where sought by domestic industry; essential facts and conclusions; final recommendation to the Minister.
• There may also be the opportunity to engage international counterparts on trade remedies matters, either through NZ’s trade negotiations or in terms of knowledge exchange and sharing experience.

The Trade Remedies Analyst will be an experienced professional with:

• Proven critical thinking and reasoning skills.
• Rigorous analytical skills.
• Attention to detail, in both numerical and written work.
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders, such as Ministers, senior managers, domestic industry and international counterparts.
• The ability to work well in a small team, in an environment that can at times be fast-paced and time-pressured.

The following would be an asset for the Trade Remedies Analyst, but are not essential:

• Previous experience of trade remedies investigations, whether in New Zealand or another jurisdiction.
• An understanding of the World Trade Organisation.
• A qualification in accounting, law or economics.

The Trade Remedies Analyst:

• Must have a good tertiary qualification.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables

Responsibilities of this position may change over time as the Ministry responds to changing needs. The incumbent will need the flexibility to adapt and develop as the environment evolves.

Work management

Plans and manages work, develops and maintains relationships with colleagues and stakeholders

• Works with direction and guidance on what is required and with supervision on new, difficult, or unusual assignments.
• Plans and coordinates process, and manages and delivers projects.
• Actively and independently plans and manages own projects and work load.

Relationship Management

• Maintains relationships across a variety of functions and locations. Draws upon multiple relationships to exchange ideas, resources, and know how. Actively seeks to build and maintain a network of contacts.

Capability development

Seeks development opportunities, coaches and mentors, supports team capability development

• Takes responsibility for own professional development, working with manager, to seek opportunities to learn.
• Supports less experienced colleagues and may act as a coach and share knowledge and skills. May review work and provide quality control.

Knowledge and skills

Has understanding of the trade remedies area and issues and the wider strategic context

Manages complexity, and builds networks

• Is building knowledge of a range of frameworks and methods, and is able to apply appropriate approaches to given issues.
• Is able to use critical thinking, clear and logical reasoning and judgement to shape an ambiguous issues into a tractable problem, identify its root causes, and draw interferences.
• Is able to make a start on analysing issues without the total picture.
• Is able to build requisite knowledge for different issues quickly, draw on knowledge of the area, use information and evidence from multiple and diverse sources.
• Is able to build relationships with stakeholders, government agencies and domestic industry, understand their perspectives.
• Is able to evaluate potential risks.
• Is able to use project management processes and has a working knowledge of policy and machinery of government processes.
• Is able to communicate effectively.

Organisational

Cultivates Innovation

Shape the agenda, creating new and better ways for the organisation to be successful, including by:

• Coming up with useful ideas that are new, better or unique.
• Generating and adopting new and creative ideas, and putting them into practice.

Nimble Learning

Actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as

learning fodder, including by:

• Being flexible and responsive to changes in requirements.
• Seeking guidance when issues encountered.
• Seeking and being receptive to constructive feedback.
• Taking on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks and learning as we go.
• Extracting lessons learned from failures and mistakes.
• Identifying personal learning opportunities.

Collaborates

Support others, building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives, including by:

• Working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups to achieve shared objectives.
• Identifying, engaging early and partnering with relevant stakeholders to get work done.
• Providing timely and helpful information to others across the organisation.
• Working constructively with team members.
• Crediting others for their contributions and accomplishments.
• Gaining trust and support of others.
• Addressing behaviours that do not align with our culture.
• Seeking and respecting the views and opinions of others.
• Accurately reading situations and adapting behaviour and actions to achieve desired outcomes.

Customer Focus

Build strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions, including by

• Gaining insights into customers’ needs.
• Understanding the customer’s and Government’s priorities
• Delivering high quality, accurate, timely service.

Action Oriented

Take on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline, by

• Readily taking ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.
• Identifying and seizing new opportunities.
• Displaying a can-do attitude in good and bad times, and celebrating success.
• Knowing when to escalate issues.

Decision Quality

Make good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward, by

• Making sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information.
• Relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.
• Recognising when a quick 80% solution will suffice, and when it will not.
• Analysing information to make effective decisions in order to improve performance.

Organisational commitment and public service

Role models the standards of Integrity and Conduct for the State Services Contributes to the development of, and helps promote and builds commitment to MBIE’s vision, mission, values and services, by

• Willingly undertaking any duty required within the context of the position.
• Managing own personal health and safety, and takes appropriate action to deal with workplace hazards, accidents and incidents.
• Understanding Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) principles and the application of these to MBIE.
• Complying with all legislative requirements and good employer obligations.

Wellbeing, health & 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 Trade Remedies Analyst position reports into the Team Leader Trade Remedies within the Science, Innovation and International branch. The branch sits within the Labour, Science and Enterprise group.

More information about MBIE’s structure

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