Take advantage of a range of development and training opportunities across the organisation. Four weeks and three days annual leave per year pro-rata, flexible working options. Permanent full-time role, Wellington based Toit te marae a Tne-Mahuta, toit te marae a Tangaroa, toit te tangata If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) serves to protect and sustain nature across Aotearoa.

We put nature and people at the heart of our mahi, guided by te reo Mori, te ao Mori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We do this by: protecting land, species, ecosystems, and cultural heritage for conservation purposes managing threats and adverse impacts being a voice for conservation connecting people to nature. He angittanga | About the role Joining our Organisational Support Group, the Principal Advisor will support the Deputy Director-General (DD-G) to manage risks, drive improvements and performance across the organisational support system.

The Principal Advisor will maintain knowledge across the Group's work programmes to effectively advise the DD-G and deliver key Group initiatives and work programmes as directed. The position will be focussed on: providing generalist support across a multi-disciplinary organisational support group of Directors ensuring effective partnership and collaboration across Groups to lead conversations to identify improvement opportunities in line with the wider group strategy preparing papers and reports to effectively communicate risks and opportunities for programmes of work ensuring the DD-G has timely and quality information with analysis, insights, and advice to make key decisions ensuring Official Information Act requests and Written Parliamentary Questions are effectively triaged and allocated, and key risks are flagged developing strong and effective relationships with key stakeholders across the business. Ng pkenga me ng wheako | Skills and experience We are looking for proven experience navigating and delivering results in a complex corporate environment.

You will possess the ability to form strong working relationships with teams and key roles across the organisation. If you have the following attributes, we are keen to hear from you: proactive and confident experience supporting a variety of senior leaders and stakeholders with the ability to anticipate situations and act ahead with consideration ability to operate within a complex work environment, navigating multiple programmes and functions with the ability to think creatively and systematically strategic, problem solving, analytical and issues management skills ability to demonstrate cultural capability and to ensure leader led behaviour through the use and promotion of te reo and tikanga track record of strong relationship-building, connecting and collaborating, both internally and externally ability to inspire and motivate others while fostering a culture which values teamwork and continuous improvemen.