Advisor – Reward and Remuneration
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Remuneration and Reward Advisor has a wide scope and is responsible for managing the varying day to day Remuneration & Reward requests received from the business; delivering timely, high quality, accurate and consistent remuneration advice, as well as delivering solutions and initiatives centred on business' needs. The Advisor will also be required to work with external vendors and agencies to gather data, complete analysis and share accordingly.
The Remuneration and Reward Advisor will contribute to the successful operations of the Remuneration & Reward team. The team is responsible for providing quality expert remuneration and reward advice to the organisation and will play an active part in supporting key projects with a remuneration and reward focus, such as annual reviews, job evaluation and pay frameworks as well as pay equity and collective bargaining support.
The Remuneration and Reward Advisor will work within this context is responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of advice and practices in relation to their contribution to the team’s work.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Demonstrated experience in an HR Advisory role.
- Confident with the ability to provide advice in the broader remuneration, recognition and job evaluation fields.
- Ability to interpret information and convert into usable insights.
- Ability and willingness to quickly assimilate new information or areas of work.
- Can-do attitude and the ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment.
- Ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships inside and outside of the team.
- Ability to engage with stakeholders anticipate risks and recommend best options to meet information needs.
- Ability to manage an information request from early discussion to delivery.
- Good communication skills both written and verbal which can be used at varying levels.
- Good Excel Skills.
- Proven ability to develop trust and credibility with managers and staff.
- Tertiary qualification, preferably in Human Resource Management, or comparable relevant experience.
- Completion of Job Evaluation training is desirable.
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
The Advisor Remuneration and Reward will be required to deliver results in the following areas:
- Manage the Job Evaluation Process for the team/business, which includes evaluations, communications & document maintenance. Also providing recommendations to P&C Advisory for approvals. Escalating as required or outsourcing based on requirement.
- Investigation of Band, Range and Remuneration anomalies.
- Undertake market analysis to determine cost and potential savings and implications between existing employees and contract conversions.
- CAPP Framework Phases 1 & 2: Dealing with day to day queries/CRM requests from the business. Contacting relevant agencies for information on rem ranges for roles as a market guide.
- Supporting the Tier 2 & 20+ Bands Remuneration Review process as required.
- Undertaking market matching & analysis across roles at MBIE and investigate anomolies.
- Managing Offshore Allowances and the Leave Entitlements process in-conjunction with Advisory, Payroll & Immigration New Zealand.
- Recognition/Service Programme: Actively participate and contribute on process development & implementation. Support the ongoing process through reporting and approvals as required.
- Triaging the Remuneration Team multiple email inboxes. Taking ownership of issues, raising cases via CRM and escalating as appropriate.
- Managing the annual Salary Survey Data submissions in conjunction with our suppliers.
- Other Remuneration Team activities as required. These may include work on benefits, policy, communications and project work.
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 Advisor Reward and Remuneration position reports into the Head of Reward and Remuneration within the People & Culture branch. The branch sits within the Ngā Pou o te Taumaru 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
