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The Ministry of Justice in New Zealand is seeking a Strategic People Experience Business Partner to work with Deputy Secretaries and senior leadership to shape workforce strategy and develop high-performing organisations.
You'll translate business priorities into practical people solutions, lead strategic workforce planning, leadership development and organisational change, and use data to influence decisions and address future workforce challenges. This is a highly collaborative role.
If you're an experienced HR Business Partner who enjoys working alongside senior leaders to solve complex organisational challenges, influence strategic direction, and help build high-performing organisations, we'd love to hear from you. This is an opportunity to step beyond operational HR and partner directly with Deputy Secretaries and senior leadership teams to shape workforce strategy, strengthen leadership capability, and enable organisational success.
As a Strategic People Experience Business Partner, you'll be a trusted advisor to senior leaders, helping them deliver the Ministry's strategic priorities through their people. You'll develop a deep understanding of your business group's strategic direction and operating environment, translating business priorities into practical people strategies that strengthen organisational performance. You'll partner with leaders on strategic workforce planning, leadership, organisational capability, culture, talent and organisational change, using data and insight to influence decisions and address future workforce challenges. This is a highly collaborative role where you'll work alongside senior leaders, People Experience specialists and other enabling functions to solve complex business challenges and deliver meaningful outcomes for our people.
This role will suit someone who:
At Te Tāhū o te Ture – the Ministry of Justice, we're committed to strengthening people's trust in the law of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Our People Experience (PX) team helps build effective people systems and practices, grows leadership capability, and partners with leaders to create inclusive, high-performing environments where everyone can do their best work. Joining Te Tāhū o te Ture means you will become part of an organisation that welcomes and supports people of all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disabilities, and religions.
We offer you a range of benefits to support your wellbeing and help make the Ministry a great place to be. These include:
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The appointing salary for this role is between $112,766 and $145,388, depending on skills and experience.
Applications close on Sunday 4 October, We will review applications as they are received and may begin interviewing before the closing date.
If you have any questions, please contact recruitment@justice.govt.nz and include “MOJ/1948334” (job number) in your subject line.
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