New Zealand Job Openings

New Zealand Government

Senior Advisor Emergency Management

Auckland

FULL TIME

November 14, 2024

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Do you have knowledge and experience in incident and emergency management?
Do you have exceptional stakeholder management skills?
Be part of a team dedicated to ensuring MBIEs readiness to respond to a catastrophic event
Ensure MBIE maximises its contribution to all of government initiatives, particularly in the hazard and national security system space
Permanant full time, Auckland based
Salary range: $101,911 - $121,196

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

MBIE is looking for a Senior Advisor with excellent relationship building skills to work closely with the National Manager - Emergency Management (Auckland) on an ambitious work programme.

Your ability to establish positive, consultative style working relationships with people at all levels is a key success factor for this role. Together with managers and senior leaders, you’ll facilitate the process of developing, implementing and embedding the Ministry’s incident and emergency management arrangements.

Once in place, you’ll be involved in testing arrangements with the business groups to ensure that plans have been properly socialised and referred to in response to potential incidents. Being able to critically assess and provide credible suggestions is key in this element of the role. The ability to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and build people capability to respond is also important.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required

Extensive experience in emergency and incident management and business continuity planning including certification and/or training in this area e.g. CBCI, CIMS training, EM qualification
Superior relationship management, influencing and problem resolution skills
Sound understanding of New Zealand’s National Security System
Demonstrable experience of managing significant programmes of work
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to think analytically about issues and express ideas clearly
Well-developed interpersonal skills and the ability to work at all levels within the organisation including with senior management
Ability to balance working in a team environment with the need to operate independently and with autonomy when necessary
Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Ability to obtain and maintain a national security clearance at Secret level.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

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.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

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 Demi Matheson at demi.matheson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/16182 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Sunday, 24 November (midnight).

Please note: Pay@MBIE and MBIE's Career site will be unavailable on Saturday, 16 November 2024 between 4:00am and 11:00am NZST due to a system upgrade. Candidates and potential candidates won’t be able to log into the system or apply for roles during this time. If you experience any issues please contact recruitment2@mbie.govt.nz.

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