Senior Advisor Talent Acquisition
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Talent Acquisition team is responsible for providing a centre of expertise for MBIE in the delivery of cost effective, efficient, and high-quality operational recruitment delivery and talent acquisition strategy. The Senior Advisor, Talent Acquisition works with the hiring manager to enable them to run high quality, efficient recruitment processes and understand, influence and deliver their talent priorities. The responsibilities of this position are expected to change over time as the Ministry responds to changing needs, the incumbent will need the flexibility to adapt and develop as the environment evolves.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Proven track record of delivering high quality talent acquisition advice and services.
- Strong technical recruitment skills (i.e., behavioural interviewing, knowledge of testing and employment checking etc.)
- Experience delivering proactive, multi channelled, sourcing campaigns with a particular focus on social media.
- Experience partnering with business to understand their needs and develop talent acquisition strategies to suit.
- Experience planning and delivering key pieces of work/projects.
- Proven ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships.
- Strong influencing skills.
- An understanding of government decision making and recruiting environment would be beneficial.
- Must have the legal right to live and work in NZ.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Talent acquisition
- Works with managers to understand their talent acquisition priorities, focusing in particular on hard to fill roles, to deliver innovative talent acquisition solutions.
- Understands the business groups plans and talent acquisition priorities in order to influence these and develop strategies and solutions to meet the particular skill needs of the group.
- Delivers proactive and innovative sourcing strategies and campaigns, with a particular focus on social media.
- Understands and establishes networks in relevant markets to actively identify and engage with talent.
- Contributes to the design and implementation of initiatives to support MBIE’s employer brand.
- Champions the use of technology (both existing and new) to improve the recruitment processes for candidates, managers and the talent acquisition team.
- Uses Information and data to understand what is working and look for areas to improve.
- Has an in-depth knowledge, and keeps up to date with, tends in the market in which you recruit as well as the wider talent acquisition field.
Operational recruitment
- Provides advice across all steps of the recruitment process, e.g., attraction and sourcing, assessment, and selection, offer management, pre-employment checking etc.
- Coaches and supports managers to run efficient recruitment processes, hiring great people.
- Designs efficient processes for hiring managers.
Talent acquisition projects
- Key projects and pieces of work within your portfolio are well planned and actions are delivered according to plan.
- Stakeholders are identified and engaged with at the right time.
- Contributes to other projects within talent acquisition team as appropriate.
- Clear objectives and performance measures are developed, and work is reviewed to determine effectiveness and lessons learnt.
Communication and relationship management
- Builds strong relationships with hiring managers, able to coach and influence managers at any level
- Collaborates with wider P&C branch to ensure talent acquisition plans align with business/workforce planning needs and other capability/development initiatives.
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 Talent Acquisition position reports into the Talent Acquisition Lead within the People and 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
