Senior Advisor Employment Relations

• Grow your ER career in a large, diverse and inclusive organisation
• Specialist advisor 
• Supportive environment offering flexible arrangements
• Salary – $118k - $143k 
• Fixed term full time for 6 months - | Can be based within New Zealand

As a Senior ER Advisor at MBIE, you will provide Employment Relations (ER) guidance, advice and support to our People and Culture team and the business. You will deliver high quality and pragmatic advice. You will work on ER cases and projects, policy and guidance to create people-centred, sustainable, and constructive outcomes aligned to MBIE’s People Strategy.
 

You will collaborate with others and quickly establish and maintain effective working relationships across the People and Culture branch, internal stakeholders and our union officials and delegates.  You will support and lead work that is challenging, interesting and varied and  will also have an opportunity make a difference and develop your ideas in employment relations initiatives and further develop your career within MBIE.

What this role offers 

A career with MBIE will offer you interesting, varied and meaningful work that makes a real difference to the lives of New Zealanders.  We’re a large, far-reaching organisation undertaking complex and diverse work, this means there are opportunities to take on new and interesting work.  

We’ll also help you manage a healthy work-life balance — with flexible working options that benefit you, your family and our organisation. 
 

To be successful in this role, you will need to have strong ER experience and be up-to-date with legislation and employment relations best practice in New Zealand. 

You will also have the following

• A strong background and experience with ER cases (including mediation) in Public Sector agencies or in large and diverse employee relations environments
• A collaborative approach to work in a team of specialists and across the wider People and Culture branch
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• A pragmatic style that is people- centred with a sound customer service ethos
• Must have legal right to live and work in NZ

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role. 

Email Dorinda Te Kiri at dorinda.tekiri@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/16265 if you have any further questions.

Applications close 15 December 2024 - Please note, we will be shortlisting and interviewing during the advertising period due to the advert timeframe.