Manager – Group Capability and Workplace Strategy

Tēnei tūranga – About the role

The Manager, Group Capability and Workforce Strategy is responsible for leading of people capability development of Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery Group (TWSD) and supporting TWSD People & Culture (P&C) team and branch leadership teams to develop workforce strategy.

This role helps to ensure that the Group human capital resources meet current and future business needs through capability building and strategic workforce planning, and our people are well supported with the right level of skills for their current role and future career aspirations.

This role will work closely with Group Senior Management Team (SMT), Branches Business Managers, TWSD P&C Business Partners, Pou Whakatairanga (Group Māori Director) and Capability and Learning Delivery Managers in other MBIE Business Groups.

Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role

Personal specifications

• Experienced at a senior level in a strategic capability development role.
• Experienced in the development and implementation of strategic workforce plans.
• Strong communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work and facilitate across the business units.
• Sound working knowledge and understanding of corporate management disciplines and techniques.
• Sound working knowledge and understanding of the machinery of government and relevant operating procedures and policies that apply within the state sector.
• Good understanding of organisational and management theory and practice.
• High level of political nous and awareness.
• Experience in developing and maintaining an environment focused on continuous improvement to enhance organisational performance.
• The ability to gain and maintain a national security clearance as required.
• To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables

Capability Development

• Working closely with SMT and branch leadership team and business managers to identify capability development needs.
• Providing strategic and specialist advice and support to enhance people’s capability development including the Regulatory Compliance Learning initiatives.
• Manages the development and delivery of high-quality learning and development solutions that support managers in the development of people capability and service delivery.
• Anticipates future capability needs of the Group and develops plans to meet changing requirements.

Workforce Strategy

• Working with TWSD P&C business partners and Group and Branch leadership teams to develop workforce strategies and plans that drive attraction, development, and engagement of talent in support of the business strategy.
• Be recognized as the subject matter expert for Strategic Workforce Planning, providing thought leadership to the development of workforce planning discipline.

Providing advice and support on group-wide organisational change programmes and initiatives to enhance overall group capability and performance.

Personal Leadership

• Modelling exemplary management and leadership behaviours and public sector ethics and values.
• Creates a sense of vision, engages and motivates people to participate, and makes things happen.
• Communicates, engages and consults with key stakeholders to achieve business results.
• Fosters an open, collaborative environment that encourages quality, innovation, on-going learning and knowledge sharing.

General Management

• Develops strategies, work programmes and performance targets for the team, with supporting measurement, monitoring, and reporting mechanisms.
• Aligns the work programmes with group’s strategic direction and priorities.
• Monitors and adjusts work programmes through the agreed processes to enable the Team to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Regularly monitors and reports on progress towards achievement of plans and strategies.
• Builds continuous review and improvement throughout all elements of the Capability team operations.

Team Leadership

• Establishes clear accountabilities, expectations and performance standards with direct reports and ensures regular performance management and development occurs.
• Monitors individual, team and branch performance to ensure that performance targets are met.
• Anticipates future capability needs in consultation with People and Culture, identifies gaps in capability and addresses these gaps through targeted recruitment and development or other actions.
• Coaches, mentors, and develops staff to meet the needs of MBIE now and in the future.

Relationship Management

• Participates as an active team member and contributes knowledge and expertise needed to achieve TWSD and MBIE’s outcomes
• Develops effective working relationships with other TWSD and MBIE managers and staff 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, to identify and share best practice information and to promote the Ministry’s products and services.
• Represents whole-of-Ministry views and protects its reputation in any external interactions.

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 Manager, Group Capability and Workforce Strategy position reports into the Director Group Performance, within the Strategy, Performance and Design branch. The branch sits within the Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery group.

More information about MBIE's structure

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