Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Looking for People Adviser at Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Full Time

Role Type: Permanent full-time

Location: Wellington

Salary Band: $72,781 to $97,056 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga – About the Role

We are looking for a People Adviser to work in our Wellington office to provide advice and support across workforce planning, remuneration, culture development, employment agreements, employment legislation, employment relations, change management, performance management and management development.

Our People Advisers provide advice and support to Senior People Advisers, People Leaders and leadership teams as trusted advisers. They are busy generalist roles that require resilience, agility and a strong customer-focus. The People Adviser is tasked with being proactive with providing People and Capability services to the business, including the implementation and maintenance of MPI People and Capability systems and processes.

The goal is to achieve successful results in the following areas:

• Developing people capability for a diverse and capable organisation;
• Providing customer-centric products and services as an agile trusted adviser; and
• Growing connections within the People and Capability Directorate, across MPI and externally.

Mōu – About You

Key to your success in this role will be your excellent relationship management skills – you need to be able to quickly develop and maintain trust and confidence with key customers and people leaders across a wide range of disciplines. Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) is essential .

• Naturally, you will offer experience in generalist HR work within a large and complex organisation as an agile, customer-focused, and trusted adviser.
• Experience in supporting organisational change to help to achieve objectives, along with knowledge of relevant and current employment legislation will be critical.
• Experience working with and navigating collective employment agreements in an operational environment is advantageous and will enable you to hit the ground running.
• In addition, you will be a strong communicator and effective at building trusted relationships a national team spread across multiple locations, People Leaders and staff, employee representatives and unions.

You do not need to meet all of the role requirements to apply. We offer a breadth of development and learning opportunities and will welcome an application if you think you could make a great fit.

Mō tō mātou Rōpū – About the Team

Our People Advisory team, based in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland, provide trusted advice on strategy, policy and programmes aligned to our strategy, and supports the enabling of its implementation. We provide advice and support to staff on employment relations, conduct, remuneration, negotiating collective agreements, change management and much more. We also work with managers on developing strategies for growing their teams’ leadership and management capability, and help teams realise their potential.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? – Are you ready to make a difference?

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whānau and hāpori.

We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatū Ahu Matua Ministry for Primary Industries a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we’d like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it – click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.

Applications close at 11:59pm on 13 August.

If you have any questions about the role, please email [email protected]

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