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Posted 06 August, 2026

Assistant People Hub Advisor

New Zealand Ministry Of Economic Development
Wellington, WGN, NZ Full Time
Reference: fc42f9cbebacaa06

Job Description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Grow your career within a high energy, supportive HR team environment Fixed term/secondment opportunity until January 2027 I Wellington based Salary $60,727 - $70,625 plus KiwiSaver and wellness benefits Our Employment Practices team has an exciting opportunity to join as an Assistant People Hub Advisor within our People and Culture branch. This role offers an excellent opportunity to build your capability and contribute to a collaborative, fast paced HR environment. We are the first point of contact for all People Leader HR queries after our intranet, you'll be responsible for delivering timely, high quality, consistent HR advice and documentation to People Leaders and staff across MBIE. The work is interesting, busy, and offers exposure across a wide variety of HR tasks and opportunity to grow your experience and career within HR. This role provides open progression pathways both within the People and Culture branch and wider MBIE depending on your interest. You might have some experience/knowledge from within a HR environment or have sound administrative/customer service skills looking for a change in career. Whatever your background, we welcome your application. Skills and Experience Required - Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana The following experience and attributes will enable you to succeed in the role: Sound knowledge of HR practices and employment legislation Previous experience working in a fast paced, customer facing role The ability to quickly establish, build and maintain strong working relationships Demonstrated ability to manage a large workload, multi-task and prioritise to meet competing demands Strong attention to detail and a desire to produce high quality work Passion for process improvement Be highly motivated with the ability to self-manage Right to live and work in New Zealand 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. Māia– Bold and brave Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'. MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori 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, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori 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 Māori 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. Applications close on Sunday 16 August 2026, at 11:59pm. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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