Ministerial Services Lead — Strategy & Compliance, Flexible Work

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 130,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry for Ethnic Communities is seeking a Workstream Lead, Ministerial Services in Wellington. This permanent role leads ministerial servicing functions, ensuring timely and high-quality outputs including correspondence, OIA responses and parliamentary questions.

You will provide strategic advice to senior leaders, coordinate cross‑agency work, and drive improvements while managing risk and compliance across ministerial products.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in ministerial servicing within a New Zealand public sector environment.
• Proven ability to provide strategic advice to senior leaders on ministerial servicing matters.
• Demonstrated success driving improvements to ministerial servicing functions and embedding effective processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of ministerial products including ministerial correspondence, Official Information Act requests, Parliamentary Questions, event briefings, speeches, and responses to Minister's Office requests.
• Provide expert advice, quality assurance and oversight to ensure ministerial servicing obligations are met and risks are managed.
• Act as a key conduit between the Ministry and the Minister's Office to support timely, accurate and high-quality ministerial outputs.

Skills

Ministerial servicing

Strategic advisory

Stakeholder management

Risk and compliance

Quality assurance

Leadership and coaching

Job description

The Ministry for Ethnic Communities is seeking a Workstream Lead, Ministerial Services in Wellington. This permanent role leads ministerial servicing functions, ensuring timely and high-quality outputs including correspondence, OIA responses and parliamentary questions.

You will provide strategic advice to senior leaders, coordinate cross‑agency work, and drive improvements while managing risk and compliance across ministerial products.