Mō te tūranga mahi - about the role
You are accountable for:
• Driving progress against the Ministry’s strategic framework and priorities, including
identifying and managing risks to organisational priorities and regulatory outcomes
• Providing free and frank advice to political representatives on diverse and sensitive
issues and government priorities
• Leading initiatives that deliver significant impact on a broad range of government
priorities
• Lifting the performance of the regulatory system you steward, including through
tools such as system strategies, cross-agency agreements and evaluation and
monitoring activities
• Managing expenditure and resources in line with approved guidelines, budget,
deadlines and reporting requirements, with a focus on driving cost effectiveness
within the Ministry
• Developing and maintaining a high performing culture that supports people to
deliver to the organisation’s objectives and their own development goals
• Creating an inclusive culture, where all people feel safe, valued and that they belong
and experience growth; embedding genuine accessibility within team practices.
What you’ll
deliver
• Practical knowledge of te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles, and significant
experience applying te Tiriti into policy, implementation and operations
• Practical experience with different types of Treaty settlement redress and ensuring
policy and/or implementation advice and organisational practice honours settlement
commitments
• Experience lifting organisational and/or functional practice and capability in applying
te Tiriti principles and te Ao Māori into work programmes
• Building and maintaining enduring relationships with and experience working closely
with Treaty partners to ensure multiple perspectives are incorporated into work
programmes
• Setting clear management team objectives and expectations and holding yourself
and others to account for delivering outcomes
• Maintaining oversight of work in your area, using metrics and reporting to identify
emerging issues and ensure effective delivery of intended outcomes
• Ensuring you and those in your area focus on achieving short and long-term
objectives
• Lifting the performance, functional maturity and capability of your area to ensure
sustainable and enhanced services over the long term
Ko tāu e kawe mai ai - what you’ll bring
•
Extensive experience in establishing enduring relationships with and
experience working closely with Treaty partners to ensure multiple
perspectives are incorporated into work programmes
•
Deep practical knowledge of te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles, and
extensive experience applying te Tiriti into policy, implementation and
operations
•
Experience leading the development and delivery of policy and/or policy
implementation advice to Ministers at a senior level
•
Experience of the design of regulatory systems using a range of frameworks
and approaches
•
Experience lifting stewardship capability in a range of regulatory systems,
including through the development of system strategies
Your
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Experience leading functions in regulatory systems that demonstrate
knowledge,
sustained behavioural change by regulated parties
skills and
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Experience delivering solutions to complex problems
experience
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Experience empowering and supporting managers to effectively deliver their
work programmes and achieve desired outcomes
•
Extensive experience at a senior level managing people, finances, and
resources
•
A solid understanding of the key factors that influence the sector and
regulatory system
•
A solid understanding of government decision-making and operating
procedures, as well as government expectations on policy development and
implementation
•
Ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships and to
develop and maintain effective relationships with Ministers, senior public
service officials, and internal and external stakeholders
You are expected to demonstrate the following capabilities from the Te Arawhiti
Individual Capability Framework:
Bringing te
Core Capabilities
Specialist Capabilities
Tiriti o
Māori Crown relationship
Capable
Treaty of Waitangi analysis
Capable
Waitangi
Racial equity
Capable
Treaty settlement commitments
Capable
and te Ao
NZ history & the Treaty
Capable
Engagement with Māori
Capable
Māori into
your work
Worldview knowledge
Capable
Partnership capability
Capable
Te reo Māori
Capable
Data and evidence
Capable
Tikanga/kawa
Capable
Relevant tertiary policy or public administration qualification or equivalent work
Qualifications
experience
Internal
External
Te Pūrengi
Ministers
Key
General Managers and Chief
Representatives of our Treaty partners
relationships
Advisors
Leaders in other agencies, local government
Your team
and across the sector
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
Spirit of
mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.
Service
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.
