Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Type: Fixed-term/Secondment (until 31 July 2025)
Hours: Full time
Location: Wellington
Business Group: Digital Services Branch Performance
Branch: Digital Services
Salary: $111,458-$138,704
- Opportunity to thrive in a fast paced and dynamic environment where the work you do truly impacts!
- Join a supportive and inclusive team and workplace culture
- Secondment or Fixed Term
About us:
We are looking for talent who can work collaboratively to leverage our people and technology, enabling digital maturity for customer-centred services across the public sector and within the Department of Internal Affairs.
About the role:
As a Senior Advisor you will put your expert evaluative thinking and analysis skills into practice as part of branch work planning and performance, corporate accountability activities, international and ministerial stakeholder services, and leading core internal pieces of work.
Your advice will support senior leadership decision-making and help enable the work of the branch to be efficient, visible, and aligned.
You will also get to work with a really great group of people who will foster your talents as part of a diverse team, and be involved in some incredibly interesting mahi.
To be successful in the role you will have:
- A passion for delivering and for providing excellent customer service
- Top notch communication and interpersonal skills, and be adept at managing diverse relationships
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise workload, organise and negotiate deadlines in the face of competing demands, and work well as part of a team
- Have previous experience in a fast-paced Senior Advisor role, with proven initiative, analytical skills, and impeccable attention to detail
About you:
This role will suit a sharp-thinking and skilled Senior Advisor who knows how to add value from day one. Working within a dynamic environment, experience with complex subject matter and establishing and fostering relationships will be a bonus here. You will need to demonstrate the ability to multi-task on a range of activities, to quality standard, both face-to-face and virtually.
What we offer:
- Exposure across government agencies with value-driven work
- The ongoing support of teams within the branch to encourage diversity of thought, challenge the status quo, and facilitate knowledge sharing
- A range of benefits including access to discounted healthcare, subsided school holiday programmes, allowance for vision and hearing care, with a variety of social committee and networks available
We offer a culture where our people are committed to creating a working environment that is inclusive and encourages talent and potential to thrive. We strongly believe in work-life balance and this is practiced with a range of flexible work options and wellbeing initiatives - just talk to us about what works for you.
We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We recognise a diverse workforce contributes to better business outcomes. We are committed to creating a workplace where all employees have equal access.
Salary band is from $111,458-$138,704. This appointment will be made dependent on relevant skills and experience to the role.
Applications close: 5pm, 21 February 2025
For more information please contact: Christine.Casserly@dia.govt.nz
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