Senior Advisor (Level 1) Data and Information

Tēnei tūranga – About the role

MBIE’s Senior Advisors (level 1) Data and Information are responsible for:

• Stewardship - they deliver work to reduce risk, maximise the value of information and data and to enable safe and ethical use of data and information across MBIE.
• Design - they improve MBIE's information, data and insights services and products, design approaches to lift MBIE’s data capability and promote a culture that is data-driven and evidence-based.
• Communication - they develop trusted advice and guidance on data and information, and they work with a range of people to help build a shared strategic vision for the future and respond to immediate challenges.

Their day to day work and activities will vary depending on the team.

Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role

Role specific competencies

Knowledge and developing expertise in one or more of the following professional areas:

• Data and information governance including stewardship, regulatory requirements, policy design and governance frameworks.
• Data management including documentation, metadata, standards, systems design, data quality and business intelligence.
• Information management including public records management, library collections, document management, information services and regulatory frameworks.
• Data analysis including solving complex problems with efficient and reproducible analytics, data modelling tools and methodologies and data visualisation.
• Research methods including qualitative and quantitative methods, ethics, survey management and managing outsourced experts.
• Understanding of the evolving data system and the role of data-enabled information.
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.

Personal specifications

• A proactive, can-do attitude with great initiative, judgement and discretion.
• A collaborative and action-oriented approach.
• Ability to perceive, communicate and adopt new ways of looking at problems.
• Ability to assimilate new information or areas of work.
• Understanding of MBIE and where the team fits in delivering outcomes for the Ministry.
• Ability to prioritise and juggle multiple tasks for a range of customers.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills to build relationships with team members and diverse stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of Crown responsibilities under te Tiriti o Waitangi, knowledge of te reo Māori and Māori Data Sovereignty principles.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective relationships.
• Previous public sector experience is preferred but not essential.

Qualification

• Relevant tertiary qualification in a related area (desirable).

Requirements

• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables

Core activities and tasks

• Shapes, plans and manages initiatives and projects that enhance MBIE’s data and information capability and collaboration across MBIE data stewards, custodians and business owners.
• Delivers support for tasks and solutions to MBIE-wide challenges, including managing the implementation of data and information projects.
• Develops and implements frameworks and standards to improve data and information quality, consistency and relevance across MBIE.
• Leads the delivery of information services including sourcing, managing, collating and providing information to MBIE people.
• Monitors and logs the details of advice and services requested using assigned systems.
• Ensures the quality and consistency of advice and practices across information and data disciplines.
• Develops guidance on data culture and the use of data, information and insights.
• Promotes and monitors the availability and use of data and information by internal and external decision makers and customers.
• Applies critical and analytical thinking to understand and address problems and identify solutions.
• Supports and develops continuous improvement and innovation to MBIE’s data and information existing practices.
• This role exists in a variety of teams across MBIE, the focus will depend on the work of your team.

Work management

• Applies own knowledge and works with minimal guidance on what is required and with supervision on new, difficult, or unusual assignments.
• Applies project planning and management techniques to effectively to carry out the agreed work, using initiative to resolve most conflicts, manage risks and coordinate work with others.
• Is well organised, plans systematically, regularly monitors and reports on progress towards achievement of plans and strategies.
• Manages multiple pieces of work concurrently and actively plans and manages workload.

Relationship Management

• Maintains relationships across the branch and with stakeholders with a variety of MBIE functions and teams
• Draws upon multiple relationships to exchange ideas, resources and know how.
• Actively fosters a network of contacts to enable delivery on objectives and maintain knowledge of current developments.
• Supports less experienced colleagues and shares knowledge and skills.
• Lives the MBIE values through embracing diversity and supporting others.

Capability development

• Takes responsibility for own professional development, working with their people leader to seek and select learning opportunities.

Wellbeing, health and safety

• Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives.
• Ensures own and others safety at all times.
• Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting.
• Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion.
• Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation.

Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry

The Senior Advisor (Level 1) Data and Information position reports into a manager within the Data Strategy and Knowledge & Data, Insights and Intelligence branch. The branch sits within the Digital, Data and Insights group.

More information about MBIE’s structure

To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand

Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.

To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.

As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).

Ngā matatau – Our competencies

Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.

Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.

Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.

Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.

Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.

Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.

Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service

Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.

In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.

What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission