Senior Advisor, Data and Insights
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
As a Senior Advisor, you will support the overall capability of the Data Strategy and Knowledge (DSK) branch to lift the data and insights maturity and capability of MBIE.
To deliver this, you will be responsible for leading initiatives and projects to solve system-wide challenges, delivering advice and guidance to teams and stakeholders, and facilitating cross-system work and partnerships.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Professionally expert in one or more of the following professional areas:
- Data and information management including data governance and stewardship, regulatory requirements, information systems design, content management, data warehouse and business intelligence tools and technologies.
- Data science and analysis including solving complex problems with efficient and reproducible analytics; data modelling tools and methodologies; data visualisation.
- Research methods including qualitative and quantitative methods, ethics, survey management, managing outsourced experts, using the New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure.
- Understanding of the evolving data system and the role of data-enabled insights.
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective relationships.
- Ability to quickly assimilate new information or areas of work.
- Has good knowledge of project methodologies and experience working in project environments.
- Sound understanding of Crown responsibilities under te Tiriti o Waitangi, and knowledge of te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.
- A collaborative and action-oriented approach.
- Ability to adapt within a dynamic environment.
- Able to lead, coach and mentor others.
- Excellent organising skills, with an ability to prioritise and juggle multiple tasks for a range of customers.
- Understanding of MBIE and where the team fits in delivering outcomes for the Ministry.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in data science, information management or a related area (desirable).
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Core activities and tasks
- Develops solutions to MBIE-wide challenges, including leading the implementation of strategies and governance for data and insights across MBIE.
- Leads, scopes, shapes, plans and managers initiatives and projects that enhance MBIE’s data and insights capability.
- Leads development and implementation of frameworks and standards to improve data and insights quality, consistency and relevance across MBIE.
- Promotes a data culture and the use of data, information and insights by internal and external decision makers and customers.
- Efficiently responds to and works with cross government data system related initiatives and policies.
- Applies critical and analytical thinking to understand and address problems and identify solutions.
- Scans the horizon for risks, relevant issues, and opportunities to increase MBIE’s data, information, and digital capability, and supports continuous improvement and innovation.
- Leads project teams and understands, utilises the capability of team members to deliver high quality project outputs.
- Provides support, guidance, coaching and mentoring, and on-the-job training to team members.
- Contributes to the performance of the team through providing peer review and quality control.
Work management
- Uses 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.
- Leads multiple pieces of work concurrently and actively and independently plans and manages workload.
- Takes a leadership role in cross-MBIE and cross-government projects.
Relationship Management
- Plans, develops and maintains strategic relationships with stakeholders and 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.
Wellbeing, Health & 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, Data and Insights position reports into a manager within the Data Strategy and Knowledge branch. The branch sits within the Digital Data and Insights group.
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
