Risk and Assurance Advisor

Tēnei tūranga – About the role

As a Risk and Assurance Advisor you will have the opportunity to grow your risk and assurance skills and play a crucial role in enabling MBIE to deliver its outcomes and effectively manage critical ICT service delivery.

The role sits within the Planning Risk and Assurance Branch of the Digital Data and Insights (DDI) Group in MBIE. The DDI group is large and complex being responsible for all MBIEs ICT, project and programme management and data analytics and insights functions. We operate as a small team in a fast-paced environment where you will have the opportunity to challenge yourself and really add value.

Reporting to the Manager Group Risk and Assurance, the role acts as a trusted advisor providing expert advice and support to improve how risks are managed and the quality and effectiveness of assurance activities.

Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role

Personal specifications

• Experience supporting a risk, assurance or compliance function in a large and complex environment is desirable.
• Proven ability to develop trust, credibility and influence with senior managers and staff and build strong working relationships.
• Pragmatic and empathetic approach to applying different frameworks, systems, and processes to different types of organisations/teams.
• Experience working with internal controls and continuous business process improvement is desirable, including the ability to scope and execute reviews.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to quickly assimilate new information or areas of work.
• Well organised with the ability to multitask and manage time effectively.
• Takes initiative and manages own work programme.
• Takes personal ownership of growth and development.

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience.

Other

• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
• Must consent to, and satisfactorily complete, a credit check.

Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables

• The responsibilities of this position are expected to change over time as DDI responds to changing needs. The incumbent will need the flexibility to adapt and develop as the environment evolves.

Delivers quality results which contribute to the Ministry’s outcomes

• Provides expert advice on risk identification, management, and analysis.
• Provides expert advice on compliance and internal control related matters to senior managers and staff that is timely and pragmatic.
• Works with internal policy owners to define compliance obligations that will form the basis of those policies.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of DDI’s obligations register ensuring this is kept up to date for any changes to legislation, model standards, internal policy obligations, risk review recommendation etc.
• Works closely with DDI’s 1^st line Risk and Assurance teams and 2^nd line Functional Risk Leads to ensure there is appropriate compliance monitoring in place to assess the state of compliance across the Ministry.
• Supports and implements the work programme to lift risk, assurance and compliance capability and culture across DDI, including taking the lead on specific initiatives and engagement with key stakeholder groups.
• Supports and implements reporting frameworks for branch and group risk and assurance systems.
• Conducts root-cause identification of significant risks and issues or areas where non-compliance is identified.
• Works with internal stakeholders to ensure commitments made to address audit findings are delivered.
• Continuously improves DDI risk and assurance frameworks, policies, systems and processes and their application across the Ministry.
• Leads by example by displaying and encouraging behaviours essential to the delivery of a strong risk and assurance culture in DDI.

Customer focus

• Identifies the needs or expectations of customers.
• Works hard to meet customer deadlines and looks to improve service.
• Maintains professionalism.

Relationship management

• Engage and build relationships whilst maintaining objectivity and independence.
• Participates as an active team member and contributes the knowledge and expertise needed to achieve DDI’s outcomes.
• Develops effective working relationships with other MBIE managers and staff to transfer knowledge and learning from the team to the wider organisation.

Action oriented

• Takes responsibility for own work.
• Self-starter, seeks input if required.
• Recognises and acts on opportunities.

Self-management

• Models positive behaviours and the desired values and culture of the organisation.
• Willingly shares knowledge and expertise within the team and across the organisation.
• Acts with honesty and integrity.
• Welcomes feedback and is receptive to input from others.

Key relationships

• DDI Business Manager network.
• Policy owners.
• General Managers and Tier 4 and 5 Managers.
• Practice leads, Compliance and Functional Risk Leads.
• Internal Assurance and Risk Teams and staff.

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 Risk and Assurance Advisor position reports into the Manager Group Risk and Assurance within the Planning Risk and Assurance branch. The branch sits within the Digital Data and Insights group.

More information about MBIE’s structure

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