Senior Strategy & Planning Advisor: Lead Priorities

Ministry for Primary Industries; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 103,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional MPI leave days

Annual Wellness payment

Eye care subsidies

Job summary

Ministry for Primary Industries seeks a Senior Adviser to join the Strategy and Planning team in Wellington. You will work with senior leaders to shape long-term strategy, priorities, and delivery across enterprise initiatives.

The role spans high-priority projects and advisory contributions to ministers and Parliament. You will manage work end-to-end, synthesising complex information into concise advice, building trusted relationships, and supporting MPI’s carbon neutral government programmes

Qualifications

• Experience solving complex organisational issues in strategy, policy, planning, or advisory work.
• Ability to analyse complex information and provide clear, well-judged advice.
• Strong written communication for senior decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and refresh organisational strategy and related plans.
• Manage end-to-end work, coordinating inputs and communicating progress and risks.
• Provide clear, evidence-based advice for ministers and senior leaders.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Systems thinking

Written communication

Planning & coordination

Political awareness

Relationship building

Job description

Ministry for Primary Industries seeks a Senior Adviser to join the Strategy and Planning team in Wellington. You will work with senior leaders to shape long-term strategy, priorities, and delivery across enterprise initiatives.

The role spans high-priority projects and advisory contributions to ministers and Parliament. You will manage work end-to-end, synthesising complex information into concise advice, building trusted relationships, and supporting MPI’s carbon neutral government programmes