Senior Governance Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua - Ngā Ratonga Whakaruruhau, Hautū hoki

Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.

Grow your career and experience working with senior leaders, including the Chief Executive and Government Statistician

• Support the implementation of our new organisational governance model
• Interesting and varied work in a fast-paced environment
• Utilise your knowledge of machinery of government

About Us | Ko mātou

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!

Starting salary: $95,972 - $128,391 + superannuation

Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:

• Balance life and work commitments
• Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
• Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
• 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
• City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs
• State of the art, 6-star green building in Wellington

The role | Te tūnga  

You will be providing proactive executive governance services to our internal and external governance boards and committees, which includes providing clear and practical governance advice, agenda preparation, scheduling, setting up and minute-taking of meetings, following up on actions, and commissioning, reviewing and distributing meeting papers.

In this role, you will be building strong working relationships with all members and key stakeholders, in particular the Chair, and supporting them to consistently work at their best. This includes ensuring that the governance bodies are provided with the right information, at the right time, to make well informed decisions.

You will be the link between the executive governance group and the wider organisation, helping to ensure the right level of visibility of decisions made by the various executive governance groups are clear and understood. You will use the insights you gain to optimise the way in which the governance bodies operate.

This role will enable you to build relationships with secretariats from across government to foster shared governance knowledge and broaden your network.

This role would suit someone who can bring:

• Proven experience in supporting the effective operation of executive governance groups, ability to operate to deadlines and plan work ahead.
• Experience at anticipating the needs of governance groups, in particular those of the Chair and the high-level needs of the organisation, where possible, to maintain the smooth operation of the governance groups.
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to contribute to and collaborate with senior leaders, and review and provide feedback to authors of governance papers.
• Excellent working knowledge of board and organisational statutory obligations including a working knowledge of the Public Services Commission Cabinet Fees Framework for appointing external members to governance groups.
• Ability to manage travel, accommodation and payment of fees for external members where required.
• Proven ability to write and convey technical information in an easy to consume format and synthesise important points from complex discussions.
• Understand the machinery of government, have political savvy and understand nuances of the political landscape.

What you bring | Nōu te rourou  

We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.

We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.

Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono 

If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.

We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz  if you have any questions.

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.