Senior Business Partner - Ministerial and Government Services

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• Support Ministers and ensure high-quality official correspondence.
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• Foster continuous improvement and mentor other team members in ministerial processes.
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• Work in a supportive, dynamic team and engage with experts across the organisation.
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• Drive efficiencies and improvements in our ministerial processes through automation and technology.
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We have an opportunity for a Senior Business Partner in the Ministerial and Government Services (MAGS) team within our Office of the Chief Executive.

MAGS is the key interface between the Minister for Land Information and Toitū Te Whenua. We respond to queries internally and externally to the organisation, allocating queries to the relevant area within the organisation for their action.

Some of the usual work for this team is:

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• Tracking all ministerial service requests and ensuring the quality of responses is to a high standard,
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• Assisting our staff to develop strong awareness and skill in ministerial services processes,
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• Leading and/or contributing to LINZ's response to major events in the Parliamentary reporting cycle, such as Annual Reviews and Estimates,
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• Supporting business groups by providing guidance to ensure that Official Information Act responses are compliant with relevant requirements and obligations,
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• Preparing regular weekly reports for Ministers on relevant Toitū Te Whenua activities and communicating with Minister's offices and external stakeholders.
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As a Senior Business Partner in this team you will play a key role in supporting LINZ to maintain an excellent relationship with our Minister and helping LINZ to meet the expectations of the public. You will bring extensive experience of the machinery of government, the Official Information Act, and the interactions between government agencies and its Minister.

At LINZ, we are committed to driving continuous improvement, innovation, and smarter ways of working through the strategic use of technology and automation. This role is central to that ambition, with a strong focus on identifying and delivering efficiencies across process design, service delivery, and customer engagement.

You will bring a proactive, improvement-oriented mindset, using technology to streamline workflows, remove inefficiencies, and enhance customer outcomes. We are looking for someone who is both highly capable in this space and genuinely energised by the opportunity to lead and champion automation-driven change.

Come and join us! Engage closely with experts across the organisation. Take pride in delivering ‘on-point' advice in rapidly evolving situations within Toitū Te Whenua and others, especially with our Ministers and their team.

You will:

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• Have a sound understanding of the machinery of government and government processes, the Official Information Act, and a knowledge of Parliamentary processes.
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• Be able to engage closely with experts across the organisation, taking pride in delivering ‘on-point' advice and ‘doing good' for Aotearoa in rapidly evolving situations.
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• Have excellent written and oral communication skills, with the confidence to mentor and provide guidance and support to individuals and/or groups of people.
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• Be a proven self-starter, with the ability to juggle competing priorities and the drive to proactively initiate activities/projects in response to identified risks, issues or problems, and escalating as appropriate.
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• Be open to new ways of doing things, improving and modernising processes and using technology and AI to support automation and enhanced service delivery.
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• Be able to quickly establish excellent working relationships with a wide variety of people.
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• Have strong attention to detail and pride in the quality of their work.
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The expected appointing range for this role is from $120,000 to $126,000 depending on skills and experience.

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• Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai.
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• Wellbeing allowance reimbursement
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• Ability to purchase additional leave
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• Reduced Health Insurance Premiums
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• Diverse groups and networks
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• If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks.
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• A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave
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Toitū Te Whenua plays a vital role in understanding, developing, and caring for New Zealand's whenua, moana and arawai (land, sea and waterways). Whether you're developing our products and services to support our customers, managing the Crown estate, engaging with our iwi partners, or helping us be an effective regulator, your contribution can make a difference. Our mahi helps New Zealanders have confidence that the development of our land, communities and country is being planned from an informed and expert position that balances environmental, social, cultural, and economic considerations, now and for future generations.

Our Kia Toipoto Intentions - Public Service Gender, Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Pay Gap Action Plan

ToitūTe Whenua is a diverse team of individuals with different experience and perspectives. This drives our culture and high performance. We know that people from underrepresented groups and women in particular don't apply for roles if they're not a 100% match, but we're not looking for perfection, we're looking for potential. As an inclusive and supportive employer, we value difference and want to encourage anyone interested to apply, regardless of whether you tick all the boxes or not. As an organisation we embrace diversity, encourage work life balance and have a flexible approach to the way we work which means you will quickly feel connected and valued.