Advisor People and Culture

Ministry of Social Development; Wellington; On-site; NZD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Advisor, People and Culture at the Ministry of Social Development is a fixed-term or secondment opportunity through to 31 March 2027. You will provide practical people and employment relations advice and support, and play a critical role in our Wellbeing, Health and Safety responsibilities.

Your work programme includes implementing the Leaders framework and hub, reviewing key policies and processes, supporting recruitment process reviews, and delivering employment relations projects.

Qualifications

• Experience providing employment advice and managing ER issues.
• Experience supporting Wellbeing, Health and Safety responsibilities, including monitoring and reporting.
• Ability to contribute and sometimes lead People and Culture initiatives and projects.
• Ability to manage a varied workload and work collaboratively across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Implement the Leaders framework and hub.
• Review several key organisational policies and processes.
• Support the review of our recruitment processes.
• Deliver employment relations projects.
• Manage the People and Culture inbox and BAU recruitment activities.

Skills

Employment advice

ER issues

Wellbeing & Safety

Project leadership

Collaboration

Job description

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As the Advisor, People and Culture, you will be responsible for providing practical people and employment relations advice and support. You will also play a critical role in our Wellbeing, Health and Safety responsibilities.

This is a fixed-term or secondment (internal or external) opportunity through to 31 March 2027.

Your work programme will include:

• the implementation of the Leaders framework and hub
• the review of several key organisational policies and processes
• Supporting the review of our recruitment processes
• Several employment relations projects

This work programme will be in addition to your business as usual activities, such as delivering our recruitment processes and managing the People and Culture inbox.

Ko wai koe | About You:

You will bring:

• demonstrated experience in providing employment advice and managing ER issues
• experience supporting Wellbeing, Health and Safety responsibilities, including monitoring, reporting and follow up actions to keep our people safe at work.
• ability to contribute and sometimes lead People and Culture initiatives and projects
• ability to manage a varied workload and work collaboratively across the organisation

How we work:

People and Culture is a small team with a broad work programme. We work at pace, support each other, and focus on finding genuine and practical solutions. We design with simplicity in mind.

You will take ownership of work, test ideas, and try new ways of doing things - even if that means we don’t nail it the first time. We value equity, strengthening one another, and continuous learning.

We encourage applications from Deaf and disabled people, Turi Māori, tāngatawhaikahaMāori, and those with lived experience.

Ifyou’repassionate about inclusion and ready to learn,we’dlove to hear from you.

At Whaikaha, we want an Aotearoa New Zealand where Deaf and disabled people and tāngata whaikaha Māori are thriving.

As a Ministry we are dedicated to this goal, working with government, businesses, and communities to drive real change.

We do this by investing in disability communities, providing strategic and policy advice across government, monitoring how well services are working, and identifying new, exciting opportunities to make a difference.

We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive environment.