Job Description

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role

Fisheries New Zealand | Tini a Tangaroa, a business unit of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), is experiencing an exciting time of innovation and improvement. We have a busy pipeline of work designed to ensure fishing and aquaculture practices maximise value while reducing environmental impacts.

As Adviser or Senior Adviser Strategy and System Design, you will work alongside the team and support the development of strategies and organisational improvements. You will provide analysis that informs how we deliver to our customers and service users. The work you do will help elevate our profile as a responsive regulator with a clear operating model and simple and effective processes that support good outcomes.

The position sits within the newly established Strategy and Governance directorate in a small and influential team. This presents an opportunity for high profile impact. You will be an agent for change and work alongside colleagues and stakeholders to build capability and continue our transformation.

You will:

• Support strategy development and the delivery of the Fisheries New Zealand | Tini a Tangaroa organisational improvement work programme
• Support good quality research to inform strategic prioritisation
• Support operating model refinements and implementation plans
• Co-design new approaches and processes with a wide range of teams and stakeholders
• Build support for change within Fisheries New Zealand | Tini a Tangaroa
• Identify and address risks and emerging issues that may impact our customers, service users, internal teams, or the broader fisheries system
• Establish relationships, networks, and a strong platform for cross-team communication

Mōu - About You

You will be inquisitive, love solving problems and digging into issues. This is an opportunity to deliver meaningful enhancements to how we operate. You will be curious to understand our organisation and the opportunities to improve the system to continue to be productive and effective.

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate:

• Ability to collaborate – you will work inside, outside, across, up and down
• Curious mind, interest in a range of topics and ability to learn quickly
• Interest in human centred design
• Drive for results and comfort in taking initiative to achieve outcomes
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to communicate with a variety of audiences, written and verbal
• Understanding of the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of Waitangi
• Working knowledge of supporting strategy development and implementation desired
• Relevant tertiary qualification and a minimum of one-year relevant work experience (adviser role) or three years (senior adviser