Senior Communications Advisor

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; Wellington; On-site; NZD 101,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Kiwisaver

Wellness benefits

Job summary

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking a senior communications professional to support Immigration New Zealand (INZ) portfolio through external communications advice and services. You will provide high-quality support to Ministers’ offices, handle media inquiries, and draft communications plans in a fast-paced environment.

Ideally you have around five years’ experience delivering communications strategies and stakeholder materials.

Qualifications

• manage our media relationships
• write engaging content for a range of channels and stakeholders
• work with our fantastic multi-media, marketing, design and digital channel gurus to create meaningful content that reaches the right people
• build strong networks with senior managers across MBIE, as well as our staff and key internal and external stakeholders
• know about Government decision-making and operating procedures.
• be proactive, positive, bring great ideas to the table, have sound judgement and discretion
• manage competing priorities in a way that makes all our interactions valued

Responsibilities

• Be a risk navigator
• Be a creator of conversations
• Be the source of new ideas
• Be the one who writes the story

Skills

Media relations

Content writing

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Government processes

Idea generation

Prioritisation

Job description

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Salary Range $101,000 - $121,000 + kiwisaver + wellness benefits

Permanent Role

• Be a risk navigator
• Be a creator of conversations
• Be the source of new ideas
• Be the one who writes the story

About the Role - Tēnei tūranga:

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Salary Range $101,000 - $121,000 + kiwisaver + wellness benefits

Permanent Role

Wellington Central

• Be a risk navigator
• Be a creator of conversations
• Be the source of new ideas
• Be the one who writes the story

About the Role - Tēnei tūranga:

You will support our work in the high-profileImmigration New Zealand (INZ)portfolio by delivering external communications advice and services.

You will provide high quality communications support to Ministers’ offices, deal with media inquiriesand draft communications plans.It's a fast-paced and challenging environment but a rewarding one!

Ideally you willhave around five years' experience in creating and delivering communications strategies and supporting material.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills And Experience Required

• manage our media relationships
• write engaging content for a range of channels and stakeholders
• work with our fantastic multi-media, marketing, design and digital channel gurus to create meaningful content that reaches the right people
• build strong networks with senior managers across MBIE, as well as our staff and key internal and external stakeholders
• know about Government decision-making and operating procedures.
• be proactive, positive, bring great ideas to the table, have sound judgement and discretion
• manage competing priorities in a way that makes all our interactions valued

About MBIE - Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE:

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.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

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

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o 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.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahunga roa o ngā iwi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, ka tutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā‑ohanga, ā‑pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapa kua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Applications close on 03 November 2026