Talent Acquisition Lead – Projects and Deployment
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Talent Acquisition Lead Projects and Deployment is responsible for leading a small team focusing on:
- delivery of projects stemming from Te Ara Amiorangi, the People Strategy, our Employee sprints and Te Kawa Mataaho related to recruitment, sourcing, and workforce.
- the deployment of our people across MBIE and the Public Sector.
The Talent Acquisition Lead drives the thinking and delivery on this work. They will work closely with the Innovation team, Māori Capability and Inclusion and Diversity teams and wider People and Culture to deliver on their work programme.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Experience in leading a high performing team.
- Extensive track record of delivering high quality talent acquisition advice and services.
- Experience planning and delivering significant and complex pieces of work - projects, with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong technical recruitment skills (i.e., behavioural interviewing, knowledge of testing and employment checking etc.)
- Experience partnering with business to understand their needs and develop talent acquisition strategies to suit.
- Proven ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships, including senior leaders.
- 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 New Zealand.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Leadership
- Oversight and leadership of the day-to-day work of the team.
- Appropriately assigns tasks and projects and monitors and reports on progress to ensure deliverables and timeframes are met.
- Leads the team in a way that inspires trust, respect, and continuous improvement in performance.
- Provides coaching and mentoring to the Projects and Deployment team to support the delivery of strategic sourcing and project activities.
Deployment
- Develops the frameworks - processes to ensure the smooth and fair deployment of our people into other roles.
- Works closely with key stakeholders to identify people available to be deployed as required.
Partnership
- Works in partnership with teams within People and Culture (Innovation, Māori Capability and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and across the Public Sector to deliver on the programme of work.
- Works closely with the HoPs and advisory teams to ensure projects meet the business needs.
- Builds a clear and shared understanding of the talent acquisition priorities and supports the Talent Acquisition Manager, to develop strategies and solutions to meet the skill needs of the Ministry.
- Builds strong collaborative relationships with the business to support their ownership and implementation of their Talent Acquisition strategy,
Project delivery
- Working with the Talent Acquisition Manager and Innovation team, develops the programme of work to support MBIE’s Talent Acquisition priorities.
- Has an in-depth knowledge, and keeps up to date with, trends in the labour market as well as the wider talent acquisition field.
- Manages and delivers all aspects of the projects in accordance with best practice MBIE guidelines.
- Monitor project progress against planned target dates and take all reasonable actions to keep project within planned timetable.
- Monitoring progress, identifying emerging issues, risks, and problem solving ensuring all approval processes and any other programme agreed processes, procedures, standards, and guidelines are followed.
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 Talent Acquisition Lead – Projects and Deployment position reports into the Manager Talent Acquisition within the People and Culture branch. The branch sits within the Ngā Pou o te Taumaru group.
Matatautanga – Competencies (Leadership Success Profile)
The Leadership Success Profile (LSP) is a leadership capability framework, developed by the New Zealand public sector for the New Zealand public sector. It creates a common language for leadership and establishes what great leadership looks like. You can look at the twelve underpinning capabilities and four leadership characters here: Leadership Success Profile | Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission(external link)
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).
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
