Principal Advisor Risk and Assurance
Statistics NZ
Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
- New role, make it your own, set the standard
- Bring your creativity, passion, innovation, and ideas to work on risk and assurance at Stats NZ
- Manage and build the risk and assurance capability across Stats NZ
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: $132,114 - $165,428 negotiable + 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
This role is permanent, based in Wellington. Reporting to the General Manager Risk and Assurance / General Counsel your focus is lifting the maturity of organisational risk and assurance and delivering specialist technical advice across all levels of the organisation. This role will lead the development, implementation and future maintenance of core frameworks and tools that will set the expectations around risk management arrangements for Stats NZ to ensure Stats NZ has robust assurance mechanisms in place across the systems, controls, and processes in the services we provide. We see you bringing initiative, innovation and sound judgement to the role and team.
This role would suit someone who can bring:
- Extensive experience providing technical, high quality strategic support, advice, and expertise on all aspects of risk
- Exceptional management and leadership skills
- A collaborative and collegial working style
- Experience developing core risk management frameworks
- Experience advising on complex issues at the Executive level and supporting senior leaders through risk management and assurance work
- Demonstrate a willingness to upskill and increase your cultural capability
- Understanding of the machinery of government and related processes and procedures
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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