Senior Advisor Planning and Performance

New Zealand Ministry Of Economic Development; Wellington; On-site; NZD 95,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

The New Zealand Ministry Of Economic Development seeks a Senior Advisor Planning and Performance to enhance government effectiveness. Join in shaping strategies and delivering improvements for New Zealand, with a focus on business planning and performance outcomes, while collaborating with diverse teams.

Benefits

Wellness benefits

KiwiSaver contributions

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business planning and performance reporting.
• Ability to connect planning with performance outcomes.
• Experience in the public sector is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of planning and performance frameworks.
• Deliver coordinated planning, reporting, and monitoring.
• Manage multiple pieces of work concurrently.

Skills

Business planning

Performance reporting

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Collaborative mindset

Continuous improvement

Job description

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• Influence how government delivers for New Zealanders
• Permanent, full-time role based in Wellington
• Salary range: $95,103- $115,585+ KiwiSaver + wellness benefits

Shape strategy. Drive performance. Make a difference. We’re looking for an experienced and strategic thinker to join MBIE as aSenior Advisor Planning and Performance. The Corporate and Digital Shared Services group brings together our shared service functions to create a centre of expertise to better serve our customers.

The Planning, Risk and Assurance branch are looking for a skilled Senior Advisor Planning and Performance to lead the development and implementation of planning and performance frameworks that support MBIE’s strategic goals. You’ll work across teams, provide high-quality advice, and help improve systems and services that impact all New Zealanders.

As a Senior Advisor Planning and Performance, you’ll deliver coordinated planning, reporting and monitoring that support the strategic direction of MBIE’s Corporate and Digital Shared Services (CDSS) and Strategy & Assurance groups. You’ll work across teams, build strong relationships, and help drive continuous improvement across the organisation.

The successful candidate will lead multiple pieces of work concurrently and actively and independently plans and manages workload. They will maintain a well-developed awareness of issues, and provide, wherever appropriate, a branch perspective through support and advice, for inclusion into CDSS and MBIE projects, policies and procedures.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

• Proven experience in business planning, performance reporting, or advisory roles.
• Be focused, clear and persuasive with written and verbal communication.
• Ability to think strategically and connect planning with performance outcomes.
• Well-rounded analysis skills, able to draw insights and identify recommendations from different sources of information
• Experience in the public sector or a complex organisational environment.
• A collaborative, proactive, and improvement-focused mindset.
• Previous exposure to or experience in continual improvement methodologies, practices and behaviours.
• Ability to quickly assimilate new information at a high level and come to an understanding of unfamiliar and complex issues.

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Māia– Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under TeTiritio Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to TeTiritio Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

Applications close on Sunday, 22 June 2025.