18/305 Lead Advisor Strategic Engagement

Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Location: Wellington
Business Group: Regulatory Services
Branch: Policy Regulation and Communities
Salary: $88,816 - $120,163

• Be part of a growing, dynamic, modern regulator
• Apply your significant engagement skills to help the Regulatory Services group communicate with impact
• Show us your ability to think strategically and be innovative in engagement
• Be a champion the effective use of engagement as a key lever to help our regulated sectors to comply

Working at the Department of Internal Affairs, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of New Zealanders. 

As one of Government's larger regulators, Regulatory Services aims to minimise harm and maximise benefits through effective oversight of three key regulatory systems; anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism, gambling, and digital safety.  We are a responsive risk-based regulator that wants to maximise the impact that good communication can have on our regulated sectors so that we achieve desired outcomes for New Zealand communities.

We are looking for a Lead Advisor - Strategic Engagement position who will be responsible for promoting and championing excellent engagement to support our work as a modern and responsive regulator. This will include developing strategies and approaches to guide and support managers and staff to successfully engage with impact internally and with a diverse range of external partners and key stakeholders across our regulatory systems. 

 To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven experience in a senior engagement or communications role 
• Successful experience in developing and implementing engagement strategies, frameworks and approaches 
• An understanding of a regulatory environment and associated engagement challenges
• The ability to think strategically beyond immediate issues and consider long term and broader implications
• The ability to identify and develop innovative approaches to engagement to support business change
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship management and networking skills

If you are looking for a challenging and exciting new position and want a job where the work you do matters to communities across New Zealand we would like to hear from you.

Applications close: 5pm, Monday 23 July 2018
For more information please contact: Philippa Doyle on 04 460 2853,[email protected] or Louise Cavanagh on 04 495 9372,[email protected]
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