Advisor, Income Portfolio, Wellington
Date: 27 Mar 2025
Location: Wellington, NZ
Company: Ministry of Social Development
About us
The Ministry of Social Development is a people-centred organisation. We’re in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.
We provide social policy and advice to government and assistance, including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and communities.
As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori, whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.
Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.
Advisor, Income Portfolio, Wellington
- Income Portfolio, Service Delivery, National Office, Wellington
- Permanent / Secondment / Fixed Term roles
We’re seeking Advisors to join our Income Portfolio within Service Delivery.
You’ll be part of exciting work programmes, that greatly enhance the access to services, income, and the wellbeing of New Zealanders.
We want you to help us to continue improving our support systems, making them easier to understand and navigate and providing fair, consistent, accurate and timely support.
We are looking for people who are energetic, confident, driven to succeed, and have a practical approach to progressing and supporting a broad range of business work programmes.
You’ll be part of a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team, and you’ll need to be collaborative with others from across the business.
You’ll get involved with different business groups, working to understand and identify their needs and identify solution focused options. We have a complex work programme, so you’ll need to be able to provide good quality, clear advice on business needs in a range of areas.
You will be working as part of an Agile product delivery team. While experience in Agile would be useful, it’s not essential. Having the ability to be across a wide range of relationships from the team right through to external stakeholders would be most useful.
This is a great opportunity to influence the way we develop and deliver products and services in the future to support better outcomes for New Zealanders.
To succeed in this role, you will:
• Have excellent communication skills, including the ability to present clear, concise documentation
• Be able to collaborate with different people across the business at all levels – use your excellent relationship skills, being flexible and adaptable, while keeping business needs at the front of mind
• Have a curious mind capable of understanding complex issues and researching solutions to provide high quality advice
• Provide input to identifying issues that may impact on work programmes and delivery
• Have proven experience delivering quality work to tight deadlines
• Have highly developed analytical skills with the ability to provide robust recommendations
If this sounds like you, we welcome your application.
Position Description
Salary range: $78,222.00 - $94,689.00
How to apply
To apply, click the 'Apply Now' button to upload your CV, cover letter and complete the online application form.
Note: Your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key responsibilities listed in the position description.
All applications must be made online. If this is not possible or if you have any queries, please contact us at jobs@msd.govt.nz
Internal MSD Employees – please apply through your myHR portal at work. This will ensure that your myHR employee profile is visible as internal candidate.
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Joining us
Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents. We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive, and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. We are a Treaty partner committed to strengthening relationships with Māori, Hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.
If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so we can assist you through the recruitment process.
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