Portfolio Advisor - Investment

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 88,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Police in Wellington is seeking a permanent Portfolio Advisor to support the Investment Management team with data integrity, analysis and portfolio management systems. You will help plan, monitor and deliver the portfolio of projects, maintain records in the Sentient tool, and contribute to enterprise portfolio performance reporting.

This is a full-time role based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington, open to applicants with relevant advisory or portfolio management experience

Qualifications

• Experience in collaborative leadership across levels.
• Ability to influence at all levels and work in a facilitative style.
• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent in advisory/portfolio/investment management.
• Extensive experience in structured project or programme delivery.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to methods and practices for planning, monitoring and delivery of the portfolio of projects.
• Assists with planning activities, governance documents, and records in Sentient.
• Ensures timeliness, completeness and accuracy of the Enterprise Investment Pipeline and monthly reporting.
• Contributes to portfolio performance reporting and trend analysis.
• Builds strong relationships with Portfolio Support and project delivery community; communicates with stakeholders.

Skills

Collaborative leadership

Influence at all levels

Facilitative working style

Advisory / portfolio management

Structured project delivery

Education

Tertiary qualification in advisory or portfolio/investment management

Job description

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 15,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes. We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

• Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
• Permanent – Full Time
• JR 6101636

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About the role

The vision of Police is for New Zealand be the safest country. To achieve this, New Zealand Police is focused on preventing crime and harm, and ensuring everybody is safe, and feels safe, wherever they live, work or visit. Police provides its services 24 hours a day, every day. To support these ambitions, Police currently seek applications for the permanent appointment of a Portfolio Advisor working in our Investment Management team. This key role is responsible for providing a high level of support to the business and senior team members with respect to data integrity, advice and analysis, and supporting the successful delivery of portfolio management systems and processes.

Key Accountabilities

• Contributes to methods and practices for the effective planning, monitoring and delivery of the portfolio of projects. This includes: collecting, recording, and maintaining the integrity of key data points for the portfolio of projects across areas such as benefits, assurance, milestones, risks, and financials; assisting in the development and continuous improvement of delivery frameworks; delivery of regular portfolio, programme, and project induction and training.
• Responsible for assistance with key planning activities, including: assessment and feedback on project governance documents; establishing records within Police’s PPM tool (Sentient); maintenance of the enterprise governance decision record.
• Responsible for the timeliness, completeness and accuracy of the Enterprise Investment Pipeline, including: tracking of core baseline information for projects and reporting on current status; monthly pipeline reporting and analysis to determine slippage, risk, and opportunities within the portfolio.
• Contributes to strategic level commentary on the portfolio-wide view of Portfolio, Programmes and Projects. This includes: assisting in the development of enterprise portfolio performance reporting and trend analysis; assisting in the development of key opportunities and challenges across the overall health of the investment system.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with Portfolio Support functions and wider project delivery community. This includes: effective stakeholder communication to ensure that the best information is available to support decision-making; general query response and provision of advice and guidance across projects and programmes.

What you’ll bring

• Experience of working in a collective, collaborative leadership environment and ability to influence at all levels
• The ability to work in a highly collaborative way with a facilitative working style.
• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience in advisory and/or portfolio or investment management, and a commitment to ongoing professional development
• Highly experienced working in a structured project or programme delivery or portfolio management environment.

This role is Individual Contributor/Emerging Leader level. You can refer to Indicators for Success for further information on the requirements To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/2026-11/Portfolio%20Advisor.pdf

About us

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas. Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways. The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

Applicant Information Pack (External)

All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.

Salary

This position is covered by a collective agreement, and salary will commence between $88,179 and $92,267 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role. Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Sunday 22nd November 2026. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates. If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact Talent Pathway Advisor [e-mail]