Business Manager

• Permanent | Full-time | Wellington Based
• Wellness allowance after 12 months
• Be the strategic business partner to the DDG and Strategy and Policy leaders
• Salary midpoint of $167,029, dependent on experience

What you’ll do – Ko tōu ake mahi

The Office of the Deputy Director-General is part of the Strategy and Policy Group, which leads strategy and policy development, and wider evidence and insights on the health system, to improve the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders. The Office supports Group leaders to plan, manage performance and deliver the Group’s priorities.  This is a new role, following a review to establish the functions we need as a Group in the Office.

As Business Manager, you will be a trusted advisor and active member of the Group Senior Leadership Team, leading the business management functions that enable a large group with policy, evidence and research, and clinical and science advisory functions to operate effectively. This includes planning and performance, finance, workforce, risk and assurance for the Group.  You will also provide leadership to a team member, work as part of an Office team, and play an important role in building a connected, high-performing Group culture.

• Provide strategic business management advice to the Deputy Director-General and Leadership Team, bringing together finance, resourcing, workforce, risk and work programme priorities
• Oversee Group planning, performance and work programme management, including parliamentary, ministerial and Official Information Act functions and Annual Review, Estimates and Annual Report inputs
• Establish and maintain governance, reporting, quality assurance, risk, assurance and business continuity frameworks that support sound decision-making
• Support the DDG with Group-wide communications, engagement and culture initiatives, and coach and develop your direct report

What you’ll bring – Ko ngā pūkenga ōu

• Experience managing internal business functions in a government department, ideally supporting a wider group and the ability to shape these functions to the needs and priorities of the Group
• Ability to analyse multiple sources of business information and present strategic insights to senior audiences
• Proven people leadership, including coaching, building capability and leading through complexity and change
• Excellent relationship management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across diverse stakeholders, to operate as a team with business partners and leaders, and a strong customer focus
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving, and a commitment to equity and Treaty of Waitangi obligations
• Self-starter, with proven experience developing and delivering a work programme and a strong results focus

About the Ministry

As the Government's lead advisor on health, we help shape the future of New Zealand's health system through policy, regulation and monitoring. Join a team that makes a real difference to the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders while working in a supportive, inclusive environment that values wellbeing, growth and development.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to an accessible and respectful recruitment process.

How to apply – Me pēhea te tono mai

Applications close at midnight on Friday 27 November

Click here to view the position description. Please follow the online process on the Ministry of Health careers website and upload a CV and cover letter with your application. For questions, email recruitment@health.govt.nz.