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Careers with us

At the Ministry, we want to lead the way in making Aotearoa a more inclusive place and to support our communities to be empowered. At the heart of our Ministry is our people, who are passionate and engaged to deliver the best for our communities.

The Ministry is a great place to work for many reasons, but some of the best features of working for us are:

  • Meaningful work with real outcomes for our ethnic communities
  • Career development opportunities
  • Competitive remuneration
  • A truly flexible working environment

We would love for you to join our team.

Current open roles

Come work with us! Principal Advisor (Policy). This is not your typical Principal Advisor role. This role is about being a thought leader to influencing system change where there are specific needs or opportunities for Ethnic Communities. Would you thrive on collaborating with various agencies to influence the policy design and service delivery, and improve intercultural capability? Are you excited about leading the development of tools and resources, to lift system capability? Do you enjoy working across a range of areas, proactively identifying problems and opportunities and designing creative and innovative solutions? Are you passionate about coaching and developing junior colleagues?

Principal Advisor (Policy)

This is not your typical Principal Advisor role. This role is about being a thought leader to influencing system change where there are specific needs or opportunities for Ethnic Communities.

Would you thrive on collaborating with various agencies to influence the policy design and service delivery, and improve intercultural capability? Are you excited about leading the development of tools and resources, to lift system capability? Do you enjoy working across a range of areas, proactively identifying problems and opportunities and designing creative and innovative solutions? Are you passionate about coaching and developing junior colleagues

Locations: Wellington

Type: Full time, Permanent

Closing: 5pm - 21 February 2025

Find out more about the role and how to apply.

 

Come work with us! Senior Advisor (Policy). This is not your typical Senior Advisor role. This role is about influencing system change where there are specific needs or opportunities for Ethnic Communities. Would you thrive on collaborating with various agencies to influence policy design and service delivery, and improve intercultural capability? Are you excited about supporting the development of tools and resources to lift system capability? Do you enjoy working across a range of areas, proactively identifying problems and opportunities and designing creative and innovative solutions?

Senior Advisor (Policy)

This is not your typical Senior Advisor role. This role is about influencing system change where there are specific needs or opportunities for Ethnic Communities.

Would you thrive on collaborating with various agencies to influence policy design and service delivery, and improve intercultural capability? Are you excited about supporting the development of tools and resources to lift system capability? Do you enjoy working across a range of areas, proactively identifying problems and opportunities and designing creative and innovative solutions?

Locations: Wellington

Type: Full time, Permanent

Closing: 5pm - 21 February 2025

Find out more about the role and how to apply.

 

Come work with us! Engagement Specialist. As an Engagement Specialist, you are a key conduit into our ethnic communities and businesses. In collaboration with your colleagues, you are responsible for developing and maintaining strategic and targeted relationships with key individuals, organisations and ethnic community and business leaders. You are responsible for convening and brokering connections for and between them for the purpose of advancing the social and economic inclusion and empowerment of ethnic communities and businesses, and resolving issues that may arise from time to time. Engagement Specialist

As an Engagement Specialist, you are a key conduit into our ethnic communities and businesses. In collaboration with your colleagues, you are responsible for developing and maintaining strategic and targeted relationships with key individuals, organisations and ethnic community and business leaders. You are responsible for convening and brokering connections for and between them for the purpose of advancing the social and economic inclusion and empowerment of ethnic communities and businesses, and resolving issues that may arise from time to time.

Locations: Auckland or Wellington

Type: 12 month fixed term

Closing: 5pm - 24 February 2025

Find out more about the role and how to apply.

We encourage diversity and champion equity at the Ministry. If there is any support that we can provide to make the recruitment process as accessible for you as possible, please reach out to us at humanresources@ethniccommunities.govt.nz.

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