Senior Advisor Business Partnering
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Senior Advisor, Business Partnering is a trusted advisor who will utilise their business understanding and perspective to work in partnership with the Business Partner, business group leaders and other staff within MBIE to support the achievement of business outcomes.
The Senior Advisor is responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of advice and practices in relation to HR issues and works closely with P&C Business Partners and other Advisors across People & Culture.
It is a requirement for all Business Partnering positions that you may be rotated across portfolios. Any such rotation will be managed in consultation with you.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Demonstrated expert knowledge of HR best practice with the ability to provide advice in areas such as employment relations, performance management, remuneration, change management, workforce management, and employee engagement.
- Strong relationship skills.
- Proven experience in change management.
- Well-developed problem-solving skills.
- Sound understanding of businesses and how they operate (Business Acumen).
- Effective communications, including strong writing skills.
- Proven ability to develop trust and credibility with People Leaders and staff.
- Analysis and decision-making skills.
- Has demonstrated ability to influence other’s where necessary to achieve the required outcome.
- Proven ability in making connections between various aspects of the organisation and potential implications for their work.
- Ability to adapt and work effectively across a variety of stakeholders.
- Can easily simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts.
- Sound appreciation of corporate management disciplines and techniques.
- Understanding of Government decision-making and operating procedures.
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification, preferably in Human Resource Management or related discipline and/or comparable relevant experience.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Delivers quality results that contribute to the Ministry’s outcomes:
- Adopts a high value consultative approach to interactions with business group leaders in order to understand and support business objectives and outcomes.
- Provides professional HR support and advice to People Leaders in assigned areas on an account management basis.
- Supports change management outcomes across the business, assisting People Leaders with the end to end change management processes including business case design and approvals, consultation and final decision processes through to the completion of all staff outcomes.
- Links People Leaders to specialist HR advice or services (internal or external) as required.
- Coaches People Leaders to develop capability in staff management ensuring they understand how to access support through the P&C operating model.
- Supports business outcomes in areas such as Employee Engagement, Workforce Planning, Talent Management and Succession Planning.
- Provides People Leaders with HR advice and input to business planning and/or decisions as required. Ensures that relevant HR data is available and understood in the decision making processes.
- Identifies and proactively manages risk regarding HR practices and decisions.
- Assists to monitor the effectiveness of P&C policies, advice and support, offering support into process design, development and ongoing improvement.
- Proactively contributes to or leads projects that support MBIE P&C outcomes. These may be within the business or focussed on improvement projects with the P&C Branch.
- Works collaboratively with teams across P&C to deliver integrated strategies, policies and processes to meet business needs
- Keeps updated at all times with relevant HR best practice and legislation.
- Delivers other HR services that actively support and contribute to the achievement of MBIE’s outcomes and that deliver to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
Customer focus
- Identifies the needs / expectations of customers and designs solutions aligned to MBIE P&C strategic approach.
- Partners with customer to achieve optimal outcome for MBIE and its people.
- Always looks to improve service.
- Maintains professionalism.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables continued
Relationship Management
- Participates as an active team member and contributes knowledge and expertise needed to achieve MBIE’s outcomes.
- Develops effective working relationships with other MBIE managers and staff in order to transfer knowledge and learning from the team to the wider organisation.
- Builds and maintains effective relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, as necessary, in order to identify and share best practice information and to promote the Ministry, its products and services.
- Represents whole-of-Ministry views and protects its reputation in any external interactions.
Action oriented
- Takes responsibility for own work and supports the wider team when required.
- Self-starter.
- Seeks input / guidance if required.
- Recognises and acts on opportunities.
Self-Management
- Models MBIE values.
- Willingly shares knowledge, expertise and within the team and with others in the organisation.
- Acts with honesty and integrity.
- Welcomes feedback and is receptive to input from others.
- Takes ownership of ongoing personal development.
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 reports to the Head of People & Culture within the People & Culture Branch (P&C). The branch sits within the Corporate Services, Finance & Enablement 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
