Work for us

When I started at MBIE as a graduate I was kind of blown away with the amount of opportunities available for me because there are so many different policy areas within MBIE.  MBIE’s also great in giving you the skills and giving you the experience to grow and keep growing your career.  My role is about protecting consumers.  I really love the work I do because I get to work on things that have a direct impact on people's lives. 

So the role of a labour inspector is ensure that minimum standards are being met, protecting workers and ensuring that employers are doing and following the right thing.  Why I love it the most is helping a community, connecting with workers, connecting with employers.  Just hearing about their story and then helping them understand their rights.  To me that's what is the most satisfying is the interaction, the connection.

One of the key focuses in the MBIE organisational strategy is partnership with Maori.  Now partnership with Maori began with the signing of the treaty of Waitangi.  It's really important and it's at the forefront of all of the decision making that our senior leadership team make and that is systemic through our entire agency.  We are all in public service here for the common goal and that is to make things better for every New Zealanders. 

I’m in a really cool team with a really awesome group of people.  I don't think I’ve ever experienced that before just being happy to go to work every single day because the people that you work with are so awesome.  The diversity and the work that you get to do is really cool.  I love that you're constantly exercising your brain to try and think for different people in different ways.

In MBIE we place inclusion at the heart of the inclusion and diversity because only when you have an inclusive and safe environment can you welcome diversity where diversity can thrive.  Where people can feel like they can bring their unique selves to work they feel safe to call out non-inclusive behaviour that are not aligned to our values.  They feel like there are equitable opportunities for growth and support within MBIE so that's what we're ultimately looking to achieve here.