Department of Corrections NZ Looking for Senior Adviser Talent at Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand Full Time

• Play a key role in developing and delivering integrated talent solutions.
• Help create fair, transparent, and inclusive opportunities for all staff, ensuring equity in career development.
• Join a team that values collaboration and supports your professional growth from a strengths-based perspective as you support others.

‘Kotahi anō te kaupapa, ko te oranga o te iwi’ – ‘There is only one purpose to our work: the wellness and wellbeing of our people.’

Ngā kawenga | About the role

As the Senior Adviser Talent in the Talent & Career Pathways team, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of talent management and career development within Ara Poutama Aotearoa, and across the wider public service. You will work alongside the Principal Adviser to design, develop, and implement frameworks, systems, and processes that underpin talent management and career pathways.

Please note, this is not a Talent Acquisition role, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful initiatives that will help support our people to achieve their career aspirations!

Some Of Your Day-to-day Activities Will Include

• Supporting talent management discussions, facilitating career coaching conversations with leaders, and sourcing solutions that enable staff to grow and thrive in their roles.
• Managing the logistics of Ara Poutama Aotearoa’s career board cohort, supporting secondment mobility programmes and equitable access to career development opportunities.
• Contributing to innovative improvements in our talent management practices such as large-scale talent identification and mapping.

He kōrero mōu | About you

We’re seeking someone with a warm and approachable nature, who has a love of being innovative with data, and the curiosity to ask thoughtful questions to understand diverse perspectives. You can think critically, and develop and deliver solutions, build strong relationships, and maintain them, all while thriving in a changing environment.

If you’re passionate about helping others succeed, enjoy tackling complex challenges as part of a team, and are driven to make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you!

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

Submit your application online and include highlights and examples as to how you meet the below requirements:

• Demonstrated experience with career development conversations and talent management (excluding Talent Acquisition).
• Excellent written, verbal communication, and facilitation skills.
• The ability to build authentic and trusted relationships and maintain them.
• A strong appetite to work with data and complex information to make well-reasoned decisions, produce insights, and tell meaningful business stories.
• Strong level of cultural capability and awareness, able to work effectively with diverse groups of people.
• Experience in the design, development, and implementation of organisational development initiatives with a focus on inclusion and diversity.

Utu ā-tau | Salary

The midpoint of the salary range is $119,013 per annum. Appointment and remuneration will reflect skills and experience relevant to the role.

Ko wai mātou | About us

Ara Poutama Aotearoa is a name that has been gifted to us and is our commitment to improving the oranga and safety of the people, whānau, and that of the communities we serve across the motu.

As a values-led organisation, we use the principles of rangatira (leadership), manaaki (respect), wairua (spirituality), kaitiaki (guardianship) and whānau (relationships) to shape how we work and deliver the outcomes in our strategy – Hōkai Rangi (https://corr.nz/hr).

We welcome applications from disabled and neurodiverse communities, all cultures, faiths, and rainbow communities, as we appreciate the richness of experience that diversity brings to our organisation. We strive to make our recruitment process fair and inclusive, and we encourage applicants to discuss reasonable accommodation with us if required at [email protected].

Tono ināianei | Apply Now

If you have any questions please contact: [email protected]

To view the job description, click ‘apply’ and you will be taken through to our careers site, where you can view this.

To apply, please submit a tailored CV and a cover letter describing your motivation for joining the department highlighting relevant skills and experience. Alignment to our kaupapa is critical to our success – we ask that you provide examples which reflect and demonstrate our organisation values.

Applications close on: Wednesday the 5th of March.

All applications must be submitted through our careers site to ensure transparency. Applications received via email will not be considered.

If you want to find out more about a career with us, visit careers.corrections.govt.nz or email our team at [email protected].