Senior Advisor Marketing and Communications | Kaitohutohu Matua M ketetanga

Full job description
At Stats NZ we're all about data that improves lives today and for generations to come. If you're communications professional interested in joining an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes through data - read on.

Bring your marketing and communications skills, creativity, and ideas
Highlight the value of data and the difference it makes to New Zealanders
Salary: $+6,307-$130,2+8
Wellington-based
About Us | Ko m tou

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, M ori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

What's in it for you? | Ng hua ka riro ki a koe

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us to work for you!!

Starting salary: $+6,307 to $130,2+8 + superannuation

Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:

Balance life and work commitments
Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs
State of the art, 6-star green building in Wellington
The role | Te tunga

As Senior Advisor - Marketing and Communications you will be part of a customer-centric and collaborative comms team. From within the Office of the Chief Executive we provide strategic and tactical marketing and communications advice across the organisation.

Reporting to the General Manager - Communications, in this role you'll develop and implement our value of data programme, building the public's understanding of Stats NZ and our products, services and surveys. You'll help Stats NZ bring data moments and stories to life; you'll bring creativity and ideas as well as organisation, planning and attention to detail.

To be successful in this role you'll:

be a generalist marketing and communications professional with at least seven-years' experience in a similar role, including campaign or programme development and implementation
be comfortable switching between big picture strategy, creative thinking and tactical marketing and communications operations
enjoy being busy and "doing the doing"
have experience in developing and implementing marketing campaigns and promotional activity
be skilled at converting strategic, complex or technical information into clear, compelling material that's fit for purpose and audience
be a plain language champion
demonstrate sound relationship building skills
What you bring | Nou te rourou

We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.

We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.

Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.

How to apply | Me pehea te tuku tono

If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.

Note: We will be screening applications as we receive them. We will interview candidates on Tuesday 15th July. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process. We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.

Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.

This role is set to close at 11.55pm, Friday 11th July

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.

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