Senior Advisor, Strategy, Investment and Performance | Wellington City

Job Description

Senior Advisor, Strategy, Investment & Performance - Te Puna Aonui

Location: Wellington

Make a real impact: Become part of our vision to eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand

Are you ready to be part of something bigger? We are a unit with a significant system role, working across government to take collective action against family violence and sexual violence.

We steward the family violence and sexual violence system and drive realisation of the cross-agency strategy—Te Aorerekura. We work in partnership with communities across Aotearoa New Zealand, placing survivors, families, and whānau at the heart of everything we do.

Te Haeata/The Opportunity

Te Puna Aonui is seeking a dedicated Senior Advisor, Strategy, Investment & Performance to join a new multi-disciplinary and flexible team. Whilst there will be opportunities to work across these functions, this role will be primarily focused on understanding and shaping approaches to Family Violence and Sexual Violence investment across Te Puna Aonui agencies.  A key requirement of this role will be supporting an annual investment and system reprioritisation process across Te Puna Aonui agencies.

You will work through strong relationships to influence others. You will produce and build support for, shared, collective investment advice to the Government and our Board. You'll be comfortable with complexity, be experienced in application of investment case methodology and analysis, and will operate proactively. You will  be able to apply your skills to broad effect across the Te Puna Aonui Business Unit and agencies.

If you are passionate about making a difference and have the skills to drive strategic initiatives, we encourage you to apply.

Ō pūkenga/Skills and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 3 years public sector experience.
• Understanding of public sector funding arrangements, budget processes and expenditure.
• Proven experience in developing business cases and budget bids.
• Understanding and specific experience with developing investment logic, in line with best practice methodology.
• Supporting strategic development, including advice, strategy development, action plans and/or programme and project scoping.
• Sound planning and organisation, including the ability to prioritise activities and plan to deliver critical milestones.
• Proven experience in preparation of strategic advice, including Board papers, Ministerial briefings and Cabinet Papers and reporting and monitoring of critical activities.
• Strong stakeholder relationships and the ability to actively collaborate as part of teams to co-design priorities, strategic approaches and delivery within agreed time frames and quality standards.

 Ngā painga o tēnei wāhi mahi/What's great about working here

• Our Values: We are guided by values such as Kotahitanga (equity in relationships and inclusion), Kaitiakitanga (protection and accountability), Mahi Tahi (collaboration and collective advocacy), Ora (wellbeing and restoration), Koi Mahi (learning and innovation), and Tiki-Pono-Aroha (integrity).
• One Team: As a small unit, we work as one team to deliver maximum impact. We are flexible, working in cross-functional teams to ensure we have the right mix of capability to do the right work. We are innovative and harness the people across the Family Violence and Sexual Violence system to deliver collective impact.
• Professional Development: We support continuous development of technical capability and leadership expertise.

Utu ā-tau/Salary

The appointing salary for this role will be between $110,766 and $143,338 based on skills and experience.

Tono mai/Apply

To apply for this position, please submit your application through our careers portal here. Ensure your application includes a cover letter and CV detailing your relevant experience and qualifications.

Applications close on Friday 29 November; however, we will be reviewing CVs as they come in and inviting successful candidates to interview before the close date.

If you have any questions, please contact recruitment@justice.govt.nz

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