Senior Advisor

Te Haeata/The Opportunity

This role presents a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive Senior Advisor who wants to be part of one of the Ministry's in demand teams. If you thrive on working in a a fast-paced environment, can provide high-quality advice on performance telling the story, and undertake a variety of continuous improvement functions, we want you.

Your work will be varied and made up of a mixture of scheduling initiatives and projects and National Office functions. You will work closely with a team of experts in their fields as well as lead your own pieces of work and work autonomously. Building positive relationships, working collaboratively and being open and engaging with the wider business, is part of your DNA. As is wanting to make things easier for people in the business, and for the communities and people who use the courts and tribunals services.

This role is part of the National Scheduling team within Operations and Service Delivery. We support a range of Courts and Tribunals, including supporting District Court scheduling functions on behalf of the Chief District Court Judge. We feed operational business intelligence on utilisation, data quality, and process to support District Court and Tribunals performance. The team is made up of engaged, welcoming people, passionate about the work we do!

Ō pūkenga/Skills and Experience

No candidate will meet every single requirement. If your experience looks a little different from what we have outlined and believe you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you!

Your day-to-day duties may include:

• Lead, support and promote continuous improvement to systems, technology, process, and procedures.
• Communicate accurate, timely and succinct written and verbal advice and recommendations, including for official and ministerial correspondence.
• Reflect solutions and advice using the team's knowledge and experience, on behalf of the National Scheduling Team, Chief District Court Judge, Group Manager or Chief Operating Officer.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of people to achieve results.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have some knowledge of the courts or tribunals operations and business practices.
• Be able to provide accurate, objective advice in a complex customer-centred organisation.
• Have well developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Be able to see things from different points of view and make connections across different topics and streams of work.
• Be able to understand, and interpret complex documents, including legislation, statistics and business information.
• Bring an understanding of public sector systems and processes, the machinery of government, including the use of performance information to inform decision-making.
• Exercise sound judgement and political sensitivity.

Mō mātou/About us

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. You will be working in a team of Analysts and Advisors located across the motu, who contribute to the delivery and improvement of scheduling in the operational environment.

You will be working with a diverse team of enthusiastic analysts and advisors across various locations, who contribute to the delivery and improvement of scheduling in the operational environment. We are motivated by working in a high-performance culture and collaborating successfully with others to achieve results. Our high-performance culture is underpinned by the values of respect, integrity, service, and excellence.

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.

Utu ā-tau/Salary

The appointing salary for this role will be between $97,208 – $135,539 based on the skills and experience.

Tono mai/Apply

To apply, click the Apply button below to be directed to our Careers Website. You can view a detailed position description here, as well as complete an online application form by attaching your CV and cover letter.

Applications close on Sunday, 19 January; however, we will be reviewing CVs as they come in and inviting successful candidates to interview before the close date.

If you have any questions, please contact recruitment@justice.govt.nz

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