Senior Policy Advisor I Radio Spectrum Policy and Planning

Job title: Senior Policy Advisor I Radio Spectrum Policy and Planning

Company: Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment


Job description: Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Exciting opportunity to be part of the future of NZ’s wireless communications
• Work in a diverse branch, leading on a range of work
• Help foster MBIE’s Māori/Crown relationship
• Advance both economic and social outcomes by enabling wireless technology use
• Salary range: $110,098 – $138,028

Tēnei tūranga – About the Role:About the Radio Spectrum Policy and Planning teamWireless communication technologies use the radio spectrum to operate. This includes technologies such as 4G and 5G mobile, wi-fi, satellites, Bluetooth, AM and FM radio and many others. These technologies connect communities, enable innovation, and improve resilience. We are often at the forefront of the introduction of new technologies – both enabling them and regulating them. Our team’s work spans a very wide range of issues, providing great experience for anyone wanting to expand their policy skills. Don’t be daunted by our name! Yes, there are technical aspects to our work, but we have highly capable experts to draw on who really know their stuff. This creates a great environment in which to grow your knowledge. What we need is a strong policy generalist who is willing to learn.Our job is to ensure that New Zealanders can choose and use the best wireless technologies for their needs. At its core, this is about determining who gets access to a scare resource – radio spectrum. We provide advice on the regulatory regime and we deal with a wide variety of applied policy questions from Treaty issues to the latest generations of mobile and satellite technologies. We plan for allocations of radio spectrum to ensure that your phone works as fast as it can, your garage door opener doesn’t interfere with your Wi-Fi, and your baby monitor doesn’t disable aircraft navigation systems. We also utilise microeconomic game theory to design and run large auctions to allocate rights to use spectrum.Our major projects currently include renewing access to spectrum for cell phones, implementing the historic agreement recognising Māori interests in the radio spectrum, enabling satellite networks to improve their services to New Zealanders and considering the future of AM/FM radio in New Zealand. We are also thinking about the functioning of our regulatory framework as technology advances.About the roleWe have one Wellington-based, full-time permanent Senior Policy Advisor position available in the Radio Spectrum Policy and Planning team.Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana – Skills and Experience RequiredWe are after someone who:

• Has solid policy experience at Senior level
• Enjoys working in a collaborative way
• Has strong coaching and mentoring skills
• Ideally brings cross-over skills such as economics or software/electrical engineering
• Brings, or is keen to improve, understanding of Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how it applies in the public sector
• Is comfortable working across multiple policy projects
• Has strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and relationship management skills

As a Senior Policy Advisor, you will:

• Undertake complex policy analysis and deliver high quality policy advice
• Lead policy projects
• Hold constructive relationships with our internal and external stakeholders
• Enhance the overall policy capability of the team through coaching and mentoring
• Lean into Treaty partnership in our policy advice

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE – About MBIE: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.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

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.E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.Me pēhea te tono – How to Apply:All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role.Email Roxani Rahn at quoting ref MBIE/16580 if you have any further questions.Applications close on Thursday, 13th February.

Expected salary: $110098 – 138028 per year

Location: Wellington

Job date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 02:15:00 GMT

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