Advisor | Transformation | Wellington

Ministry of Social Development; Wellington; On-site; NZD 79,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Social Development is seeking Advisors to contribute to a major transformation programme, delivering analysis, practical advice and delivery across all phases from planning to BAU. You will work within established frameworks to develop workable solutions and support transitions.

You’ll partner with programme teams and stakeholders to align activity, manage dependencies, and resolve delivery issues while maintaining momentum in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to foster positive and cooperative working relationships with stakeholders.
• Demonstrate initiative and commitment to the team’s programme and priorities.
• Experience supporting projects, programmes or transformation initiatives.
• The ability to identify and analyse trends in written material.
• Clear, succinct written and verbal communication skills, adaptable for different audiences.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Proven ability to deliver at pace to tight timeframes in a complex environment.
• Demonstrate resilience with ambiguity.
• Collaborate, contribute and work well within a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to work with analysis, practical advice and delivery across MSD’s Transformation Programme.
• Develop workable solutions from planning through to implementation and transition into BAU.
• Collaborate with programme teams and stakeholders to align activity and manage dependencies.
• Help resolve delivery issues and maintain momentum under tight deadlines.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Delivery at pace

Written and verbal communication

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Organisational planning

Resilience with ambiguity

Problem solving

Job description

MSD is transforming how we deliver services, creating a welfare system that’s simpler, smarter and centred on people.

Join a talented team delivering one of New Zealand’s most significant transformation programmes and help create better experiences and outcomes for New Zealanders.

About the role | Mō te tūnga

We are lookingforAdvisors with experience working atpace who can contribute to the work with analysis, practicaladviceand delivery across MSD’s TransformationProgramme. Working within established frameworks and guidance, you will help develop workable solutions and support initiatives from planning through to implementation and transition into business as usual.

You’ll work collaboratively with programme teams and stakeholders to align activity, manage day-to-daydependenciesand help resolve delivery issues. Along with your ability to build andmaintainstrong working relationshipsyou’llshow resilience with complex work, conflictingdeadlinesand ambiguity.

• Ability to foster positive and co-operative working relationships with stakeholders
• Demonstrate initiative and commitment to the team’s programme and priorities
• Experience supporting projects, programmes, transformation initiatives or continuous improvement in a complex organisation
• The ability to identify and analyse trends in written material
• Clear, succinct written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt information for different audiences.
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Proven ability to deliver at pace to tight timeframes in a complex environment
• Demonstrate resilience with ambiguity
• Collaborate, contribute and work well within a team environment

Salary | Utu-ā-tau: $79,200.00 - $95,873.00

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is a people-centred organisation. We’re in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.

We provide social policy advice to government, and assistance including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and communities.

As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner, we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori, whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.

Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.

Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents.

We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. You can find out more about our values here.

Note: Your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process. Please highlight how your skills and experience relate to the key responsibilities listed in the position description and job advertisement.

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