Senior Advisor Official Correspondence

About Us | Mo matou

The Policy and Te Tiriti | He Pou Rarama branch drives strategic leadership across a wide range of policy areas - gambling and racing, media content, online safety, digital identity, community affairs, local government, and the high-stakes Water Services Programme.

The role | Te tunga

The Senior Advisor Official Correspondence provides expertise and support to the business in the drafting of high-quality official correspondence responses, including parliamentary questions, ombudsman and privacy requests. This role works collaboratively across the Department to ensure the business is well supported to deliver official correspondence within the legislative/ministerial expected timeframes by servicing internal reporting and tracking of requests and correspondence. The role plays an integral part in ensuring we manage risk associated with official correspondence, building capability and applying consistency across the business.

What you bring | Nou te rourou

• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate responses within legislative and ministerial timeframes
• Ability to effectively manage official correspondence processes, proof reading and peer reviewing of Ministerials, parliamentary questions, Official Information Act requests, Aide Memoirs, speeches and event briefings
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to provide clear and effective advice and support to the business on official correspondence matters
• Strong analytical skills, judgement and decision making and innovative thinking
• Ability to identify and effectively mitigate risks and issues
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work at all levels of an organisation.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and deliver in a fast- paced environment
• Ability to interpret legislation and other technical information

For you | Mou

At the Department of Internal Affairs, we are committed to offering a collaborative and innovative culture where your perspective and ideas will be welcomed. We want our people to thrive within a culture of best practice, while being able to set and achieve goals and being encouraged to challenge the status quo.

To learn more about the diverse, important mahi we do at the Department and see why we're a great place to work check out our website https://www.dia.govt.nz/

Benefits - About Internal Affairs - Careers with us - Benefits - dia.govt.nz

The appointing range for this is $94,499 - $117,598

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How to apply '| Me p ehea te tuku tono

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Applications for this role close Tuesday, 16 June 2026. Please also note that you must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.

If you want to know more, please feel free to contact Shaun Ritchie, ***email_hidden***