Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• 2 x permanent positions available in Manukau and Dunedin
• Requires travel around regions, to support operations and to attend training.
• Use your expertise - ideal for those with regulatory compliance and investigations experience
• Connect with communities - leverage your interpersonal skills to engage with people from all walks of life
• Grow your career - enjoy ongoing development opportunities
• Salary range: $75,114-$88,266 + KiwiSaver + Wellness Benefits

Tenei turanga - About the Role:
Be part of a high profile Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment initiative to improve the New Zealand Tenancy System to ensure healthier, safer homes for all those renting in New Zealand.
As a regulator of the Residential Tenancies Act we work to provide better rentals for tenants and landlords -check us out here: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz:
As there is a lot of Mahi to be done, we will need your help, to ensure landlords better understand their roles and obligations.
As an Investigator, you will bring your business understanding and investigative experience to work in partnership with the wider team. You will hold a regulatory position responsible for promoting compliance and investigating non-compliance, as well as designing and recommending a course of action that will ensure compliance with New Zealand tenancy laws.
In addition you are responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of investigation and practices in relation to the contribution to the teams work, consistent with the Ministry’s policy framework.
You’ll enjoy working with a wide range of people, from all walks of life, requiring a high level of professionalism, communication skills and tenacity. You will be joining a new team of highly skilled professionals keen to make a difference to New Zealanders who rent their homes.
You must have good interpersonal and stakeholder partnership building skills collaborating with iwi, hapu, non-profit and government sector agencies. Have a good knowledge of the residential rental market in New Zealand.
Nga pukenga me nga wheako e hiahiatia ana -

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

In addition, to having the legal right to live and work in New Zealand and a full New Zealand Class one driver’s license, successful candidates should demonstrate:

• Experience and knowledge of regulatory and compliance environments
• Sound compliance skills including gathering, researching, analysing and evaluating information and working knowledge of the enforcement process
• Experience in planning and undertaking Investigation and enforcement processes including report writing
• Knowledge and understanding of government and constitutional environment
• Sound investigative skills including gathering, researching, analysing and evaluating information and working knowledge of the prosecution process in addition
• Experience in planning operations, including applying risk assessment methodology
• Experience in applying tactical communication skills in confrontational situations and the ability to work with a range of people across different cultures and backgrounds.
• Experience in making enforcement decisions and utilizing a range of enforcement tools to successfully resolve identified breaches of the legislation.

Etahi korero mo MBIE - About MBIE:
MBIE’s goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.
We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi - Better Together
• Maia - Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Maori identity - Hikina Whakatutuki - which broadly means `lifting to make successful’.
MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Maori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Maori, other Maori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Maori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Maori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.
E mohio ana a Hikina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kotuinga I waenganui i a ngai Maori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a, kei te whai ia ki te whakau ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ma te whai kiko o nga kotuinga ahungaroa o ngai wi, o ngai Maori, me etahi atu ropu Maori ki te Karauna, katutuki tenei. He ahuatanga nui tenei e ahei ai nga mahi whanaketanga a-ohanga, a-papori hoki ki a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui. E whai tonu ana matou ki te kotui atu ki nga iwi mo te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i nga kaupapakua roa nei e tami ana i a ngai Maori me Aotearoa whanui, a, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i nga aheinga kokiritanga ma nga iwi, me te tautoko i nga iwi kia whai mana ake ai enei aheinga.

• 2 x permanent positions available in Manukau and Dunedin
• Requires travel around regions, to support operations and to attend training.
• Use your expertise - ideal for those with regulatory compliance and investigations experience
• Connect with communities - leverage your interpersonal skills to engage with people from all walks of life
• Grow your career - enjoy ongoing development opportunities
• Salary range: $75,114-$88,266 + KiwiSaver + Wellness Benefit