Senior Policy Advisor

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE


Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
Influence the policy settings that underpin how business and consumers interact
Make a difference to New Zealander's wellbeing
Permanent, Wellington CBD location
$110,0+8 - $138,028 + KiwiSaver + wellness benefit.
Tenei turanga - About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior Policy Advisor to join our Consumer Policy team. The team sits within the Commerce, Consumers and Business (CCB) branch of the Building Resources and Markets business group. MBIE's CCB branch is the Government's lead advisor on the commercial environment in which all New Zealand businesses and consumers operate. We look after the laws and institutions that underpin how businesses and consumers interact with each other including: competition, fair trading and consumer guarantees, financial conduct, corporate governance, intellectual property, small businesses, and stewardship of the dispute resolution system.



The Consumer Policy team leads advice to the Government on whether our consumer laws are working well for both businesses and consumers. Our work impacts every transaction that takes place between consumers and businesses. Our current main priorities include:

Implementing legislation to allow consumers to make better use of their data and enable things like open banking
Progressing changes to our consumer credit legislation as part of the Government's financial services reforms
Coordinating efforts across government, the private sector and NGOs to tackle the issue of financial scams.
Nga pukenga me nga wheako e hiahiatia ana -
Skills and Experience Required

We are looking for motivated people with experience in solving tricky policy problems and formulating high-quality policy and regulatory advice for a range of issues and projects. For the role of Senior Policy Advisor, you will have advanced policy skills and ideally you will:


Have a good base of experience in public policy as a Policy Advisor/Senior Policy Advisor or transferrable skills from an advisory, regulatory, legal or similar role.
Be a logical thinker, problem solver, and have a healthy level of curiosity.
Bring knowledge of policy development disciplines and processes.
Enjoy working on tricky problems, generating ideas and coming up with solutions.
Have or want to improve your cultural capability and knowledge of te ao Maori, te reo Maori and how Te Tiriti o Waitangi informs our work.
Have the ability to build relationships with others and work collaboratively.
Have the ability to work through ambiguity and deliver results.
Have been involved in leading complex projects.
Enjoy and be passionate about leading and coaching others to develop their policy craft and take their careers to the next level.
Display strong stakeholder relationship building, influencing and engagement skills to gain the cooperation and commitment of others.
Etahi korero mo MBIE - About 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
Maia - Bold and brave
Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
Pono Me Te Tika - Own It
Our aspirations are echoed in our Maori identity - Hikina Whakatutuki - which broadly means `lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Maori 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, Maori, other Maori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Maori 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 Maori 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 mohio ana a Hikina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kotuinga I waenganui i a ngai Maori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a, kei te whai ia ki te whakau ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ma te whai kiko o nga kotuinga ahungaroa o ngai wi, o ngai Maori, me etahi atu ropu Maori ki te Karauna, katutuki tenei. He ahuatanga nui tenei e ahei ai nga mahi whanaketanga a-ohanga, a-papori hoki ki a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui. E whai tonu ana matou ki te kotui atu ki nga iwi mo te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i nga kaupapakua roa nei e tami ana i a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui, a, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i nga aheinga kokiritanga ma nga iwi, me te tautoko i nga iwi kia whai mana ake ai enei aheinga.

Me pehea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role.

Email Monica Chow at monica.chow2@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17472 if you have any further questions.

Applications close 11.5+pm on Sunday, 15th June 2025

 
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