Kaitohu Matua, Haumitanga ā-Rohe - Senior Regional Investment Advisor (Te Waipou
Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Kaitohu Matua, Haumitanga-ā-Rohe | Senior Regional Investment Advisor
Te Puni Rohe | Regions
Te Puni Kōkiri | The Ministry of Māori Development
Location: Ōtautahi, Christchurch
Te Puni Kōkiri is the government's principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development. We achieve strategic influence with a focus on providing high quality policy advice and holding other agencies to account for delivering public services to, for, and with Māori. This includes our mandate to promote Māori achievement in education, training, health and economic resource development along with performing our monitoring and mentoring roles.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior investment advisor to join our Regions puni and drive success against Te Puni Kōkiri's priorities. This position is based in our Ōtautahi | Christchurch office, and reports to the Manager, Performance Support, who is based in our National Office in Wellington.
Te whai wāhitanga | The opportunity
The Senior Regional Investment Advisor supports the successful delivery of our investment programmes across the motu. Internal facing, they play an important support role within our regional network and will provide:
- Investment Advice and Support. Providing high level support to the offices in the Te Waipounamu rohe, enabling them to connect their regional investment strategy.
- Provide kaimahi with the knowledge to navigate our investment portfolio systems and processes
- Ensure front facing staff know the key criteria of each investment programme and initiative, and can identify and manage investment risk
- Help staff with more complex investment proposals and decision making
- Maintain the integrity of the investment programme within an ao Māori context.
- Regional Information and Advisory. To support the rohe and wider Te Puni Kōkiri you will understand the local landscape, participate in other Te Puni Kōkiri regionally lead mahi and, as an internal facing kaimahi manage relationships with key internal partners.
- Provide market insights and knowledge to the rohe and wider Te Puni Kōkiri.
- Provide quality assurance advice to Regional Directors and Managers across investments.
- Provide regional insights to the portfolio teams to support investment improvements.
- Support the Manager, Programme Support to understand the wider picture of investments including the impacts on Māori and drive results in our priorities.
The appointment range for this role is between $93,317 to $115,743 per annum and the salary will be determined based on the successful candidate's skills and experience
Mōu | About you
To be successful in this role you will have at least three years Senior level experience, including making sound, robust investment recommendations and applying this thinking through an ao Māori lens. We are looking for someone with:
- The confidence to promote, and "champion" the use of our systems and processes
- The ability to proactively manage and identify investment risks and issues.
- An ability to identify, build and actively manage relationships, valuing diverse perspectives and experiences in this internal facing role.
- Experience working in and is comfortable in a tikanga / kaupapa Māori environment. Having a degree of fluency in Te reo Māori is of benefit.
- Excellent communication skills and strong critical reasoning, numeracy and technology skills - including spreadsheets and databases.
- Has highly developed skills of persuasion and influence
- Has a clean, full drivers licence.
Tāu e whai ai | What you will get in return
Te Puni Kōkiri is a diverse and rewarding working environment full of passionate people focussed on discovering solutions that will assist in serving our communities. We are guided by our values of excellence, valuing people and relationships, working collectively and being creative and innovative.
There is more to life than just work and we encourage our staff to maintain the right balance between work and personal pursuits. We recognise that a healthy workforce is a productive one so we're committed to providing opportunities and incentives for our employees to look after themselves, including:
- Optical allowance
- Hauora allowance
- Te Reo Māori proficiency allowance
- Provide enhanced parental leave provisions and childcare allowances.
Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Māori Development
Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, is committed to 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau'. We consider that when whānau are thriving, so do their communities, hapū, iwi and all of. Aotearoa New Zealand. Our commitment to 'Whānau Taurikura' - 'Thriving Whānau' enables whānau, hapū and iwi to succeed underpins everything that we do.
Our people are at the heart of achieving this vision and it is our people who contribute to supporting Māori collective success by creating and maintaining relationships with iwi, hapū and whānau Māori and government at both a local and national level. It is this that enables Māori participation and success as Māori, and it is our people who will create our best future.
We invite applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We believe that diversity fuels innovation and enriches our collective strength. Your unique perspectives, skills, and heritage contribute to our mission of advancing Māori aspirations and well-being.
Tono mai | Apply Now!
We are actively reviewing talent and an appointment will be made once an ideal candidate is identified. We encourage you to make your application today or get in touch to discuss more about how this great opportunity will fit with your career goals.
Īmēratia vacancy@tpk.govt.nz me he pātai āu. | Please email vacancy@tpk.govt.nz with any pātai.
Ka aukati ngā tono hei te Rātapu 01 Hakihea ā te 11.55pm | Applications close on Sunday 01 December at 11.55pm.