Senior Advisor People Experience | Kaitohutohu Mātāmua Hautū & Pūmanawa
Statistics NZ
Great at organisational development? Want to work with a team of people that love it too? You've come to the right place.
- Join a passionate, connected, fun loving team of OD, L&D and DEI professionals
- Bring your creativity, innovative ideas and desire to have real impact
- Work in our brand new 6-star green building in the heart of Willis Street
- Work flexibly and have greater work and life harmony
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:
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, mentorship, study support, secondment opportunities)
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
The role | Te tūnga
This role is permanent, based in Wellington. Reporting to the Senior Manager of People Experience, your focus is to lead and support specific projects and activities in the People Experience portfolio. You'll have opportunities to design interventions, dig into organisational challenges and opportunities and grow your knowledge across the breadth and depth of the OD specialism. Your team includes a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) lead, two other organisational development professionals, two learning and development gurus and a people leader keen to grow and develop you. We see you bringing a good technical understanding of OD; the useful techniques, frameworks and approaches to unpick organisational challenges and great influencing and communication skills - you can package up your thinking in a way that stakeholders can understand it! We have a work programme we'd be happy to talk through with lots of opportunities for you to lead, influence and develop. It includes projects connected to change implementation, performance culture, and a new and developing leadership model.
This role would suit someone who can bring:
- Significant experience working on OD projects and initiatives, ranging from leadership development to through to culture and performance
- Great communication skills, both written and verbal
- A positive and solution-oriented mindset
- An understanding of the importance of Te Tiriti O Waitangi and it's connection to Public Service
- Cultural capability or a willingness to upskill and increase cultural capability
- Facilitation skills
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.
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