Advisor – New Zealand Major Events, FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023

Tēnei tūranga – About the role

MBIE is the lead agency for major events, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023. The Major Events FIFA Office has been established within the Major Events Team to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand is set up to support FIFA to deliver a seamless, world-class tournament and to realise the benefit of co-hosting the largest women’s sporting event in the world.

The Advisor role is a vital fixed-term position reporting to the Special Projects Lead, working in the Major Events FIFA Office. The Advisor will support, coordinate and/or lead key workstreams across the FIFA project with a specific focus on Crown Leverage and Legacy. This will include working closely with the Leverage and Legacy Lead, having key relationships with core government agencies, the New Zealand-based FIFA entity and industry stakeholders, and coordinating projects and activity to realise the benefits of hosting the tournament for Aotearoa New Zealand and all New Zealanders.

The Advisor will bring a positive, can-do attitude to the team, have strong relationship management skills, excellent written and oral communication skills and diligent attention to detail.

This role is ideally based in Wellington (other locations considered for the right candidate) and is for a fixed-term or secondment until 30 September 2023.

Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role

Personal specifications

• The ability to quickly establish, build and maintain strong, effective working relationships.
• The ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines and deliverables.
• Flexibility and positivity in responding to changes in priorities and demands for work.
• The ability to gather relevant information, analyse data, identify issues and make recommendations in ambiguous environments.
• The ability to understand financial, contractual, legislative and economic information.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to prepare well-structured, robust and clear papers.
• An eye for risk and opportunity.
• Demonstrated understanding of events management and planning is advantageous.
• A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience.
• The legal right to work in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables

Delivering project work, building and maintaining strong systems across the Major Events FIFA Office

• Owns or contributes to specific project work.
• Produces robust analysis, recommendations and contributes to advice to the Special Projects Lead, senior officials and Ministers.
• Effectively developing and maintaining constructive relationships with key stakeholders and government agencies.
• Identifies opportunities to achieve the government’s outcomes to drive benefits for Aotearoa New Zealand and all New Zealanders.
• Has an eye for risk and is able to quickly identify key issues, and can find solutions.
• Positive work ethic and is able to pick up pieces of work across the breadth of the project.
• Supports the FIFA projects reporting requirements and ensures that relevant information is up to date and on time.

Actively contributing to the wider team’s activity

• Participating effectively and positively in the team; being willing to share ideas, share the load and support others in their work.
• Preparing briefs and Ministerial responses that are suitable to the recipient and appropriate to their needs.
• Effective implementation of reporting and document management requirements and meeting our obligations under the Official Information Act.

Organisational commitment and public services

• Contributes to the development of, and helps promote and builds commitment to MBIE’s vision, mission, values and services.
• Fosters an open, collaborative environment that encourages quality, innovation, on-going learning and knowledge sharing within the team and across MBIE.
• Participates as a positive and active team member and contributes knowledge and expertise needed to achieve MBIE’s outcomes.
• Willingly undertakes any duty required within the context of the position.

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 Advisor position reports into the Manager Major Events within the Tourism branch. The branch sits within the Labour, Science and Enterprise 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